Lok Sabha Question No. 50 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Post Offices in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Adala Prabhakara Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 50 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## POST OFFICES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

50. SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  total  number  of  Post  Offices  in  Andhra  Pradesh  including  those  not connected to internet, district-wise; and
- (b) the measures being taken to expedite the process of digitizing all the Post-Offices in the State?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

- (a) The details of the total number of Post Offices in Andhra Pradesh including those not connected to internet, district-wise, are enclosed as Annexure .
- (b) All post offices in the state of Andhra Pradesh except 186 Branch Post Offices have been digitized  with  the  implementation  of  Core  Banking  Solution  (CBS),  Core  Insurance  Solution (CIS), Core System Integrator (CSI) and by way of providing handheld mobile devices to Branch Post Offices.

Annexure referred to in reply of Para (a) for Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 50 to be answered on 7 th  December, 2022 regarding 'Post Offices in Andhra Pradesh'

| Sl.No   | Name of the District        | Total number of Post Offices   |   Number of Post Offices not connected with internet |
|---------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Srikakulum                  | 502                            |                                                    0 |
| 2       | Vizianagarm                 | 524                            |                                                    0 |
| 3       | Parvathipuram Manyam        | 309                            |                                                    0 |
| 4       | Visakhapatnam               | 159                            |                                                    0 |
| 5       | Anakapalle                  | 401                            |                                                    0 |
| 6       | Alluri Seetha Rama Raju     | 403                            |                                                   90 |
| 7       | Kakinada                    | 275                            |                                                    2 |
| 8       | B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema      | 327                            |                                                    0 |
| 9       | East Godavari               | 281                            |                                                    1 |
| 10      | Eluru                       | 439                            |                                                    2 |
| 11      | West Godavari               | 318                            |                                                    0 |
| 12      | Krishna                     | 401                            |                                                    0 |
| 13      | NTR                         | 271                            |                                                    0 |
| 14      | Guntur                      | 300                            |                                                    0 |
| 15      | Palnadu                     | 424                            |                                                    0 |
| 16      | Bapatla                     | 350                            |                                                    0 |
| 17      | Prakasam                    | 661                            |                                                    0 |
| 18      | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore | 643                            |                                                    0 |
| 19      | Tirupati                    | 483                            |                                                    0 |
| 20      | Anantapur                   | 468                            |                                                    0 |
| 21      | YSR                         | 582                            |                                                    1 |
| 22      | Chittoor                    | 383                            |                                                    0 |
| 23      | Annamayya                   | 464                            |                                                    1 |
| 24      | Sri Satyasai                | 472                            |                                                   19 |
| 25      | Kurnool                     | 366                            |                                                   69 |
| 26      | Nandyal                     | 399                            |                                                    1 |
|         | Total                       | 10,605                         |                                                  186 |

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