Lok Sabha Question No. 1743 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Revenues Earned by Department of Posts
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1743 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## REVENUES EARNED BY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## 1743. DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Department of Posts is increasingly earning revenues from non-traditional sectors like e-commerce and Payments Bank and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  revenues  earned  by  the  Department  of  Posts  in  terms  of  percentage  from  various  value added services/ non-traditional sectors during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the future expansion plans proposed by the Government in the aforementioned sectors/services in the State of Tamilnadu; and
- (d) the number of Postal Payments Bank accounts in the said State, post office-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The details of revenue earned from non-traditional sectors like e-commerce and payment bank during last three years is as under:

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year    |   Revenue earned |
|---------|------------------|
| 2017-18 |          3415.35 |
| 2018-19 |          3051.55 |
| 2019-20 |          2993.47 |

## (b) The major items of revenue for the Department of Posts are as follows: -

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Services            |   2017-18 |   %of Total Revenue |   2018-19 |   %of Total Revenue |   2019-20 |   %of Total Revenue |   2020-21 (upto Aug, 20) |   %of Total Revenue |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Speed Post          |   1833.37 |               53.68 |   1870.71 |               61.3  |   1758.34 |               58.74 |                   294.94 |               58.41 |
| 2         | Business Post       |    747.14 |               21.88 |    259.83 |                8.51 |    132.75 |                4.43 |                    15.88 |                3.15 |
| 3         | Express Parcel Post |     54.07 |                1.58 |     39.52 |                1.3  |     15.29 |                0.51 |                     0.07 |                0.01 |
| 4         | Business Parcel     |     84.46 |                2.47 |     83.25 |                2.73 |    134.1  |                4.48 |                    18.46 |                3.66 |
| 5         | Bill Mail Service   |     56.74 |                1.66 |     28.42 |                0.93 |     12.26 |                0.41 |                     0.87 |                0.17 |
| 6         | Retail Post         |    108.59 |                3.18 |     66.75 |                2.19 |     64.94 |                2.17 |                    26.07 |                5.16 |
| 7         | Media Post          |      6.63 |                0.19 |     22.78 |                0.75 |      3.63 |                0.12 |                     0.66 |                0.13 |
| 8         | e-Bill Post         |     22.88 |                0.67 |     26    |                0.85 |     15.1  |                0.5  |                     2.73 |                0.54 |
| 9         | Direct Post         |      2.12 |                0.06 |      1.6  |                0.05 |      1.33 |                0.04 |                     0.08 |                0.02 |
| 10        | e-Post              |      4.78 |                0.14 |      2.14 |                0.07 |      2.26 |                0.08 |                     0.39 |                0.08 |
| 11        | Logistic Post       |     15.41 |                0.45 |     12.56 |                0.41 |     12.03 |                0.4  |                     4.69 |                0.93 |
| 12        | POPSK               |      0    |                0    |      0    |                0    |     61.59 |                2.06 |                     0    |                0    |
| 13        | Aadhar Updation     |      0    |                0    |      1.86 |                0.06 |     70.84 |                2.37 |                    13.05 |                2.58 |
| 14        | PRS                 |      2.24 |                0.07 |      2.25 |                0.07 |      1.89 |                0.06 |                     0.13 |                0.03 |
| 15        | IPPB                |      0    |                0    |      0.04 |                0    |      0.22 |                0.01 |                     0.05 |                0.01 |
| 16        | Others*             |    476.92 |               13.96 |    633.84 |               20.77 |    706.9  |               23.61 |                   126.84 |               25.12 |
|           | Total               |   3415.35 |              100    |   3051.55 |              100    |   2993.47 |              100    |                   504.91 |              100    |

Note:  -* Other includes Greeting Post, National Bill Mail, Flat rate Parcel, Over Night Parcel, e-VPP,    e-  Commerce  Product  and  International  Mails,  retail  activities  such  as  Sale  of forms, Examination/Recruitment Fee, Cable TV Registration Fee, Fee  from  ATM Interoperable, Other recoveries from APS, sale of old records etc .

(c)    There are 30 POPSKs, 1435 Aadhar Updation Centers and 20 PRS Centers in Tamilnadu. No further expansion plan is proposed for the present.

(d) There are 37 IPPB branches and 10954 physical banking points at various Post Offices across Tamil Nadu. Branch wise details of IPPB accounts opened and number of Post Offices mapped with respective branches are as under:

|   Sl. No | Name of IPPB Branch   |   No. of Post offices mapped (live Access Point) |   No. of Accounts Opened since Sep 1, 2018 ( till 14.09.20) |
|----------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Karaikal              |                                               24 |                                                        8966 |
|        2 | Pondicherry           |                                               82 |                                                       20467 |
|        3 | Anna Road             |                                              263 |                                                       93800 |

| 4   | Charing Cross     |   159 |   17516 |
|-----|-------------------|-------|---------|
| 5   | Chidambaram       |   471 |   58750 |
| 6   | Coimbatore        |   353 |   72557 |
| 7   | Cuddalore         |   226 |   39589 |
| 8   | Dharmapuri        |   240 |   73338 |
| 9   | Dindigul          |   432 |   81406 |
| 10  | Erode             |   311 |   48496 |
| 11  | Kanchipuram       |   382 |   68085 |
| 12  | Karur             |   315 |   33190 |
| 13  | Kovilpatti        |   316 |   68019 |
| 14  | Krishnagiri       |   298 |   42610 |
| 15  | Kumbakonam        |   445 |   49308 |
| 16  | Manamadurai       |   286 |   53831 |
| 17  | Mayiladuthurai    |   277 |   77887 |
| 18  | Nagercoil Town SO |   257 |  103427 |
| 19  | Palayankottai     |   321 |   56750 |
| 20  | Perambalur        |   115 |   13257 |
| 21  | Pudukkottai       |   332 |   65032 |
| 22  | Ramanathapuram    |   269 |   69183 |
| 23  | Salem             |   513 |   89128 |
| 24  | Tallakulam        |   272 |   63851 |
| 25  | Thanjavur         |   366 |   41749 |
| 26  | Theni             |   209 |   61515 |
| 27  | Tiruchirappalli   |   338 |   39729 |
| 28  | Tirupattur        |   559 |   80797 |
| 29  | Tirupur           |   338 |   60686 |
| 30  | Tiruvallur        |   280 |   43818 |
| 31  | Tiruvannamalai    |   431 |   82145 |
| 32  | Tiruvarur         |   104 |   14995 |
| 33  | Tuticorin         |   291 |   92300 |
| 34  | Udayarpalayam     |   221 |   35014 |
| 35  | Velur             |   326 |   53770 |
| 36  | Villupuram        |   267 |   67917 |
| 37  | Virudhunagar      |   265 |   56090 |
|     | Grand Total       | 10954 | 2098968 |

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