Lok Sabha Question No. 2774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-11
Subject: DARPAN Scheme
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2774 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  MARCH, 2020

## DARPAN SCHEME

## †2774. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of post offices that have been digitalised under (DARPAN) scheme till date, State/ UT-wise including Odisha.
- (b) whether the Government has any new Scheme to be launched in future to digitalise the rural post offices; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Sir,  a  total  of  1,29,076  Branch  Post  offices  have  been  digitalised  under  the  Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India (DARPAN) Scheme including 6967 Branch Post Offices in Odisha. State/UT- wise details is at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) No Sir, at this point of time the Government does not have any plan to launch new scheme to digitalise the rural post offices.

## Annexure

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  para  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2774  to  be answered  on  11 th   March  2020  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  Basanta  Kumar Panda, regarding 'DARPAN Scheme'.

|         | State-wise/UT-wise details of DARPAN Rolled out Branch Post Offices   | State-wise/UT-wise details of DARPAN Rolled out Branch Post Offices   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SL. No. | Name of the State/Union Territory                                     | Rolled out 0                                                          |
| 1 2     | Andaman and Nicobar Island Andhra Pradesh                             | 8,932                                                                 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                     | 233                                                                   |
| 4       | Assam                                                                 | 3,384                                                                 |
| 5       | Bihar                                                                 | 7,962                                                                 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                                                            | 9                                                                     |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                                                          | 2,815                                                                 |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                  | 45                                                                    |
| 9       | Daman & Diu                                                           | 13                                                                    |
| 10      | Delhi                                                                 | 46                                                                    |
| 11      | Goa                                                                   | 152                                                                   |
| 12      | Gujarat                                                               | 7,580                                                                 |
| 13      | Haryana                                                               | 2,183                                                                 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh                                                      | 2,316                                                                 |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir                                                       | 1,303                                                                 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                                                             | 2,647                                                                 |
| 17      | Karnataka                                                             | 7,936                                                                 |
| 18      | Kerala                                                                | 3,553                                                                 |
| 19      | Laddakh                                                               | 0                                                                     |
| 20      | Lakshadweep                                                           | 0                                                                     |
| 21      | Madhya Pradesh                                                        | 7,258                                                                 |
| 22      | Maharashtra                                                           | 10,491                                                                |
| 23      | Manipur                                                               | 637                                                                   |
| 24      | Meghalaya                                                             | 403                                                                   |
| 25      | Mizoram                                                               | 343                                                                   |
| 26      | Nagaland                                                              | 286                                                                   |
| 27      | Odisha                                                                | 6,967                                                                 |
| 28      | Puducherry                                                            | 60                                                                    |
| 29      | Punjab                                                                | 3,087                                                                 |
| 30      | Rajasthan                                                             | 8,977                                                                 |
| 31      | Sikkim                                                                | 186                                                                   |
| 32      | Tamil Nadu                                                            | 9,206                                                                 |
| 33      | Telangana                                                             | 4,968                                                                 |
| 34      | Tripura                                                               | 627                                                                   |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh                                                         | 15,110                                                                |
| 36      | Uttarakhand                                                           | 2,316                                                                 |
| 37      | West Bengal                                                           | 7,045                                                                 |
|         | Total                                                                 | 1,29,076                                                              |

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