Lok Sabha Question No. 2736 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Post Office Banking
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2736 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   JULY, 2019

## POST OFFICE BANKING

## 2736. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has started post office banking across the country;
- (b) if so, the details and the present status thereof;
- (c) the time by which the service of post office banking will be available in all post offices of the country; and
- (d) total  vacancies,  present  strength  of  post  offices  and  expected  employment  generation possibilities during the next five years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) Yes Sir, the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has set up 650 branches on 01.09.2018, which are functional across all States and Union Territories.
- (b) & (c) The details of India Post Payments Bank Branches are at Annexure I. The services of IPPB are available in more than 1,36,000 Post Offices which are working as Access Points of IPPB. IPPB is routinely working towards making services available through remaining post office access points subject to technical and other constraints.
- (d) The  approved  sanctioned  strength  in  India  Post  Payments  Bank  is  3458  and  the  vacancy position for the month ending May, 2019 is 2209 details of which can be seen at Annexure II. The vacancy position for the operative regular staff of the post offices is at Annexure III. All the figures are Postal Circle-wise and cadre-wise as information is not gathered State/UT wise. Recruitment to fill  up  the  posts  is  a  continuous  process  and  is  being  done  regularly  by  holding  departmental promotion committee, departmental examination, direct recruitment and by individual Postal Circles and IPPB as per the provisions of relevant recruitment rules.

## ANNEXURE - I

Annexure referred to in reply of para (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question No 2736 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari regarding  Post Office Banking.

The details of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) branches are as under:

| State                       |   No. of IPPB Branches |
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                      1 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |                     24 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                     10 |
| Assam                       |                     26 |
| Bihar                       |                     38 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                     27 |
| Delhi                       |                      3 |
| Goa                         |                      2 |
| Gujarat                     |                     31 |
| Haryana                     |                     20 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |                     12 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |                      8 |
| Jharkhand                   |                     22 |
| Karnataka                   |                     31 |
| Kerala                      |                     14 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                     42 |
| Maharashtra                 |                     40 |
| Manipur                     |                      9 |
| Meghalaya                   |                      8 |
| Mizoram                     |                      6 |
| Nagaland                    |                      9 |
| Odisha                      |                     33 |
| Punjab                      |                     23 |
| Rajasthan                   |                     33 |
| Sikkim                      |                      1 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |                     37 |
| Telangana                   |                     23 |
| Tripura                     |                      5 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                     79 |
| Uttarakhand                 |                     14 |
| West Bengal                 |                     19 |

ANNEXURE - II

Annexure referred to in reply of para (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question No 2736 raised by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  Sisir  Kumar  Adhikari  regarding  Post  Office Banking.

The Sanctioned strength and vacancy position of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB):

| Scales   | Designation                               | Sanctioned strength   |   Person position |   in Vacancies |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------|
| VII      | Chief General Manager and General Manager | 7                     |                 4 |              3 |
| VI       | DGM                                       | 11                    |                 1 |             10 |
| V        | AGM                                       | 36                    |                21 |             15 |
| IV       | Chief Manager                             | 67                    |                11 |             56 |
| III      | Senior Manager                            | 716                   |               325 |            391 |
| II       | Manager                                   | 871                   |               615 |            256 |
| I        | Assistant Manager                         | 950                   |               767 |            183 |
| Below I  | Territory Officer                         | 800                   |               465 |            335 |
| Total    |                                           | 3,458                 |              2209 |           1249 |

Annexure referred to in reply of para (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question No 2736 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari regarding Post Office Banking.

Postal Circle-wise and Cadre-wise Present Strength and Vacancy Position

|                  | Multi Tasking Staff   | Multi Tasking Staff   | Postman/ Mail Guard   | Postman/ Mail Guard   | Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant   | Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant   |
|------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Circle           | Present Strength      | Vacancy Position      | Present Strength      | Vacancy Position      | Present Strength                      | Vacancy Position                      |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 887                   | 242                   | 1950                  | 441                   | 3381                                  | 440                                   |
| Assam            | 614                   | 473                   | 711                   | 324                   | 1723                                  | 286                                   |
| Bihar            | 1281                  | 610                   | 1246                  | 691                   | 3679                                  | 558                                   |
| Chhattisgarh     | 248                   | 118                   | 359                   | 267                   | 715                                   | 224                                   |
| Delhi            | 1950                  | 784                   | 2229                  | 766                   | 3287                                  | 804                                   |
| Gujarat          | 1795                  | 679                   | 3144                  | 1391                  | 5699                                  | 1816                                  |
| Haryana          | 573                   | 220                   | 586                   | 361                   | 1645                                  | 248                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh | 301                   | 97                    | 302                   | 106                   | 971                                   | 146                                   |
| Jammu& Kashmir   | 178                   | 212                   | 119                   | 225                   | 669                                   | 264                                   |
| Jharkhand        | 441                   | 133                   | 586                   | 388                   | 1320                                  | 213                                   |
| Karnataka        | 1269                  | 431                   | 2906                  | 1029                  | 5462                                  | 290                                   |
| Kerala           | 1199                  | 273                   | 2039                  | 653                   | 5913                                  | 584                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 833                   | 392                   | 1038                  | 1049                  | 2667                                  | 200                                   |
| Maharashtra      | 2982                  | 2806                  | 4880                  | 5185                  | 10372                                 | 2843                                  |
| North East       | 284                   | 114                   | 372                   | 254                   | 646                                   | 18                                    |
| Odisha           | 631                   | 306                   | 1267                  | 178                   | 2392                                  | 574                                   |
| Punjab           | 1106                  | 166                   | 1416                  | 424                   | 3179                                  | 636                                   |
| Rajasthan        | 987                   | 339                   | 1429                  | 653                   | 2927                                  | 435                                   |
| Tamil Nadu       | 1931                  | 989                   | 4013                  | 2275                  | 7739                                  | 1941                                  |
| Telangana        | 567                   | 152                   | 1239                  | 358                   | 2285                                  | 275                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 1702                  | 1267                  | 2559                  | 2328                  | 6790                                  | 1977                                  |
| Uttarakhand      | 272                   | 214                   | 297                   | 440                   | 1036                                  | 157                                   |
| West Bengal      | 3262                  | 843                   | 4357                  | 1162                  | 8265                                  | 1784                                  |
| Total            | 25293                 | 11860                 | 39044                 | 20948                 | 82762                                 | 16713                                 |

Cont….

|                  | Lower Selection Grade/ Higher Selection Grade I &II   | Lower Selection Grade/ Higher Selection Grade I &II   | Postmaster Grade I, II &III   | Postmaster Grade I, II &III   | Inspector Posts/ Assistant Superintend Posts   | Inspector Posts/ Assistant Superintend Posts   |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Circle           | Present Strength                                      | Vacancy Position                                      | Present Strength              | Vacancy Position              | Present Strength                               | Vacancy Position                               |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 965                                                   | 921                                                   | 94                            | 44                            | 194                                            | 43                                             |
| Assam            | 169                                                   | 223                                                   | 17                            | 39                            | 89                                             | 9                                              |
| Bihar            | 1091                                                  | 316                                                   | 67                            | 58                            | 207                                            | 3                                              |
| Chhattisgarh     | 336                                                   | 158                                                   | 20                            | 7                             | 50                                             | 20                                             |
| Delhi            | 657                                                   | 634                                                   | 46                            | 16                            | 94                                             | 0                                              |
| Gujarat          | 1229                                                  | 1145                                                  | 64                            | 161                           | 139                                            | 92                                             |
| Haryana          | 352                                                   | 425                                                   | 38                            | 15                            | 62                                             | 17                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh | 263                                                   | 135                                                   | 34                            | 15                            | 47                                             | 15                                             |
| Jammu& Kashmir   | 19                                                    | 299                                                   | 12                            | 9                             | 20                                             | 20                                             |
| Jharkhand        | 282                                                   | 407                                                   | 27                            | 15                            | 53                                             | 24                                             |
| Karnataka        | 1139                                                  | 1230                                                  | 115                           | 155                           | 214                                            | 41                                             |
| Kerala           | 57                                                    | 239                                                   | 80                            | 116                           | 155                                            | 37                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 808                                                   | 742                                                   | 54                            | 41                            | 155                                            | 40                                             |
| Maharashtra      | 721                                                   | 3869                                                  | 210                           | 208                           | 309                                            | 71                                             |
| North East       | 264                                                   | 98                                                    | 10                            | 25                            | 34                                             | 9                                              |
| Odisha           | 987                                                   | 423                                                   | 60                            | 36                            | 137                                            | 38                                             |
| Punjab           | 100                                                   | 221                                                   | 49                            | 50                            | 89                                             | 16                                             |
| Rajasthan        | 1011                                                  | 593                                                   | 36                            | 54                            | 177                                            | 33                                             |
| Tamil Nadu       | 2130                                                  | 2223                                                  | 229                           | 140                           | 232                                            | 114                                            |
| Telangana        | 310                                                   | 719                                                   | 37                            | 34                            | 82                                             | 54                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 2091                                                  | 1645                                                  | 157                           | 115                           | 343                                            | 50                                             |
| Uttarakhand      | 292                                                   | 267                                                   | 25                            | 19                            | 54                                             | 5                                              |
| West Bengal      | 313                                                   | 553                                                   | 110                           | 140                           | 228                                            | 53                                             |
| Total            | 15586                                                 | 17485                                                 | 1591                          | 1512                          | 3164                                           | 804                                            |

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