Lok Sabha Question No. 4049 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Services of IPPB
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4049 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2020

## SERVICES OF IPPB

## 4049. DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the services offered by the India Post Payment Banks (IPPB); and
- (b) the post offices in which IPPB is able to provide its services, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a)      India  Post  Payment  Bank  (IPPB)  is  a  wholly  owned  government  scheduled  payments bank offering a range of products such as savings and current accounts, remittances and money transfer,  direct  benefit  transfers,  bill  and  utility  payments,  enterprise  &  merchant  payments including  Government  to  Citizen  (G  to  C)  payment  and  Aadhar  Enabled  Payment  System (AePS).  These  products,  and  related  services,  are  being  offered  across  multiple  channels (Counter Services, Micro-ATM, Mobile Banking App, SMS and IVR, and at the doorstep).
- (b) A list  indicating  number  of  post  offices  in  which  IPPB  services  are  being  provided State/UT-wise is at Annexure-I .

Annexure-I

| S.No.       | State                                              |   No of Banking Access Points |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1           | ANDHRA PRADESH                                     |                          9924 |
| 2           | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                  |                           125 |
| 3           | ASSAM                                              |                          3126 |
| 4           | BIHAR                                              |                          8340 |
| 5           | CHHATTISGARH                                       |                          2544 |
| 6           | DELHI                                              |                           430 |
| 7           | GOA                                                |                           235 |
| 8           | GUJARAT * (includes Dadra &Nagar Haveli)           |                          8465 |
| 9           | HARYANA                                            |                          2603 |
| 10          | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                   |                          2558 |
| 11          | JAMMU AND KASHMIR * (includes Ladakh)              |                          1535 |
| 12          | JHARKHAND                                          |                          2438 |
| 13          | KARNATAKA                                          |                          8110 |
| 14          | KERALA * (includes Lakshadweep)                    |                          4459 |
| 15          | MADHYA PRADESH                                     |                          8183 |
| 16          | MAHARASHTRA                                        |                         11002 |
| 17          | MANIPUR                                            |                           418 |
| 18          | MEGHALAYA                                          |                           203 |
| 19          | MIZORAM                                            |                           227 |
| 20          | NAGALAND                                           |                           126 |
| 21          | ODISHA                                             |                          6919 |
| 22          | PUNJAB * (includes Chandigarh)                     |                          3806 |
| 23          | RAJASTHAN                                          |                          8833 |
| 24          | SIKKIM                                             |                            58 |
| 25          | TAMILNADU * (includes Puducherry)                  |                         10566 |
| 26          | TELANGANA                                          |                          5243 |
| 27          | TRIPURA                                            |                           433 |
| 28          | UTTAR PRADESH                                      |                         16028 |
| 29          | UTTARAKHAND                                        |                          2278 |
| 30          | WEST BENGAL * (includes Andaman & Nicobar Islands) |                          6863 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                                        |                        136078 |

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