Lok Sabha Question No. 3473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-02
Subject: Speed Post Centres
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO, LAKHAN LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3473 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  JANUARY, 2019

## SPEED POST CENTRES

- †3473. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO: SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number  of speed  post centres operating in various States including Chhattisgarh as on date, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  more  such  centres  across  the States including Chhattisgarh;
- (c) if so, the State-wise details in this regard as on date and the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) The Department of Posts,  under  a  new  operational  arrangement  has  changed the nomenclature of Speed Post Centres into National Sorting Hubs (NSHs) and Intra Circle Hubs (ICHs). As on date there are 91 NSHs and 149 ICHs, which are mapped to the NSHs. The state-wise details are at Annexure-I.

(b),  (c)  &  (d)  The  NSHs/  ICHs  are  upgraded/  downgraded/  closed  and  established based  on  mail  volume,  geographical  locations,  operational  feasibility  etc.  At  present, Department  has  received  a  proposal  from  Odisha  Circle  for  creation  of  an  ICH  at Rayagada which is under examination.

## For Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3473 to be answered on 02.01.2019.

## Number of National Sorting Hubs (NSH) and Intra Circle Hubs (ICH) (State-wise)

| State/UT                  | NSH   | ICH   |
|---------------------------|-------|-------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | -     | 1     |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 4     | 10    |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 1     | -     |
| Assam                     | 2     | 5     |
| Bihar                     | 4     | 3     |
| Chhattisgarh              | 1     | 4     |
| Delhi                     | 1     | -     |
| Goa                       | 1     | -     |
| Gujarat                   | 4     | 13    |
| Haryana                   | 4     | 3     |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 2     | 4     |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 2     | -     |
| Jharkhand                 | 3     | 3     |
| Karnataka                 | 7     | 6     |
| Kerala                    | 5     | 3     |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 4     | 9     |
| Maharashtra               | 4     | 17    |
| Manipur                   | 1     | -     |
| Meghalaya                 | 1     | -     |
| Mizoram                   | 1     | -     |
| Nagaland                  | 1     | -     |
| Odisha                    | 4     | 6     |
| Punjab                    | 4     | 4     |
| Rajasthan                 | 3     | 10    |
| Tamil Nadu                | 7     | 12    |
| Telangana                 | 2     | 3     |
| Tripura                   | 1     | -     |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 10    | 18    |
| Uttarakhand               | 1     | 6     |
| West Bengal               | 4     | 9     |
| Total                     | 89    | 149   |

-  Two (2) additional National Sorting Hubs are established for Army Postal Services.
-  ICH Rourkela in Odisha Circle has been upgraded into an NSH which is to be made operational from 21.01.2019.

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