Lok Sabha Question No. 602 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Speed Post Centres
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 602 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## SPEED POST CENTRES

| †602.       | SHRIOMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH alias PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:                              |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)         | the State/UT-wise total number of operational Speed Post Centres in the country;                            |
| (b) current | whether the Government proposes to set up more Speed Post Centres in the country during the financial year; |
| (c)         | if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;                                                                  |
| (d)         | whether all operational Speed Post Centres are both receiving and delivery centres; and                     |
| (e)         | if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?                                                |

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Department of Posts, under a new operational arrangement has changed the nomenclature of Speed Post Centres to National Sorting Hubs (NSHs) and Intra Circle Hubs (ICHs). As on date there are 90 NSHs and 151 ICHs. The State-wise details are at Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c) As of now no proposal for creation of National Speed Post Hub is under consideration.
- (d) & (e) NSHs  process  the  incoming  and  outgoing  articles.  Articles  are  delivered  through delivery post offices.

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  para  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  602  to  be answered on 16 th September, 2020 regarding Speed Post Centres.

## Number of National Sorting Hubs (NSHs) and Intra Circle Hubs (ICHs) (State-wise)

| S. No.   | State/UT                                                    | NSH   | ICH   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                                              | 4     | 9     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                                           | 1     | -     |
| 3        | Assam                                                       | 2     | 5     |
| 4        | Bihar                                                       | 4     | 4     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                                                | 1     | 4     |
| 6        | Delhi                                                       | 1     | -     |
| 7        | Goa                                                         | 1     | -     |
| 8        | Gujarat (including Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu)      | 4     | 13    |
| 9        | Haryana                                                     | 4     | 3     |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh                                            | 2     | 4     |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir                                              | 2     | -     |
| 12       | Jharkhand                                                   | 3     | 3     |
| 13       | Karnataka                                                   | 7     | 6     |
| 14       | Kerala (including Lakshadweep)                              | 5     | 3     |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh                                              | 4     | 9     |
| 16       | Maharashtra                                                 | 4     | 18    |
| 17       | Manipur                                                     | 1     | -     |
| 18       | Meghalaya                                                   | 1     | -     |
| 19       | Mizoram                                                     | 1     | -     |
| 20       | Nagaland                                                    | 1     | -     |
| 21       | Odisha                                                      | 4     | 6     |
| 22       | Punjab (including Chandigarh)                               | 4     | 4     |
| 23       | Rajasthan                                                   | 3     | 10    |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu (including Puducherry)                           | 7     | 12    |
| 25       | Telangana                                                   | 2     | 4     |
| 26       | Tripura                                                     | 1     | -     |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                                               | 9     | 18    |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                                                 | 1     | 6     |
| 29       | West Bengal (including Sikkim and Andaman& Nicobar Islands) | 4     | 10    |
|          | Total                                                       | 90*   | 151   |

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