Lok Sabha Question No. 175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Jeevan Pramaan Patra
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 175 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## JEEVAN PRAMAAN PATRA

## 175. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Jeevan Pramaan Patra have been disbursed by the Government using the network of Postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks in the country, if so, the details including quantum thereof, State-wise; and
- (b) whether the Government plans to use their network to offer more doorstep facilities in the future, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)     Yes, Sir. Details in this regard are given in Annexure .
- (b)      Department  is  also  providing  doorstep  banking  facility  to  India  Post  Payments  Bank customers,  pension  and  other  'Direct  Benefit  Transfer'  payments  etc.  under  'Aadhar  enabled Payment System' along with Aadhar Enrolment facility for children upto 0-5 years age.  Further, Department extended pick up facility through selected Post Offices to the retail customers who book their Registered and Speed Post articles on India Post Web Portal.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply of Para (a) for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  175  to  be  answered  on  7 th   December,  2022  regarding  'JEEAVAN PRAMAAN PATRA'

| State / Union Territory (UT)          | 2021-22   | 2022-23(Upto 31.10.2022)   |
|---------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands              | 72        | 80                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                        | 46,165    | 29,793                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                     | 50        | 58                         |
| Assam                                 | 4,109     | 4,725                      |
| Bihar                                 | 10,023    | 3,101                      |
| Chandigarh                            | 578       | 557                        |
| Chhattisgarh                          | 2,346     | 1,766                      |
| Delhi                                 | 7,830     | 6,933                      |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu    | 112       | 104                        |
| Goa                                   | 3,416     | 2,878                      |
| Gujarat                               | 24,262    | 16,475                     |
| Haryana                               | 3,469     | 3,164                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                      | 4,372     | 4,184                      |
| Jammu &Kashmir including UT of Ladakh | 3,293     | 2,757                      |
| Jharkhand                             | 1,319     | 1,343                      |
| Karnataka                             | 41,729    | 35,127                     |
| Kerala                                | 36,066    | 30,773                     |
| Lakshadweep                           | 11        | -                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                        | 9,547     | 5,995                      |
| Maharashtra                           | 60,918    | 51,352                     |
| Manipur                               | 215       | 208                        |
| Meghalaya                             | 606       | 790                        |
| Mizoram                               | 240       | 479                        |
| Nagaland                              | 90        | 129                        |
| Orissa                                | 7,530     | 5,839                      |
| Puducherry                            | 921       | 2,003                      |
| Punjab                                | 6,008     | 6,240                      |
| Rajasthan                             | 2,616     | 1,930                      |
| Sikkim                                | 246       | 199                        |
| Tamil Nadu                            | 68,818    | 2,38,811                   |
| Telangana                             | 60,786    | 36,350                     |
| Tripura                               | 840       | 1,209                      |
| Uttar Pradesh                         | 21,931    | 16,103                     |
| Uttarakhand                           | 3,761     | 3,286                      |
| West Bengal                           | 20,021    | 12,545                     |
| Grand Total                           | 4,54,316  | 5,27,286                   |

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