Lok Sabha Question No. 1721 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Speed Post Centres in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1721 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## SPEED POST CENTRES IN CHHATTISGARH

## †1721. SHRI ARUN SAO:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of operational speed post centres across the country, as on  date, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up more such centres across the country and if so, the details thereof and the number of such centres proposed to be opened across the country, State/UTwise including Chattisgarh;
- (c) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) 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 across the country including Chhattisgarh. The State-wise details are at Annexure.
- (b) to (d) No proposal for creation of National Speed Post Hub is under consideration.

Annexure referred  to  in  reply  of  para  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1721  to  be answered on 21 st September, 2020 regarding Speed Post Centres in Chhattisgarh.

## 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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