Lok Sabha Question No. 4811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Post Offices in Rajasthan
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4811 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH   MARCH, 2023

## POST OFFICES IN RAJASTHAN

## †4811. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

| Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| (a) the number of post offices opened in Rajasthan during the last ten years;                                                                                                                                                                     |
| (b) whether the Government proposes to open any new post office in Panchayat Mitrapura of Bowli Panchayat Samiti under Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof along with the time by when it is likely to be opened; |
| (c) the details of the new post offices opened in Rajasthan during the last ten years; and                                                                                                                                                        |
| (d) the number of post offices proposed to be opened by the Government in the next five years?                                                                                                                                                    |
| (a) 105 post offices have been opened in Rajasthan during the last ten years.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| (b) There is no proposal for opening of new post office in Mitrapura Panchayat of Bowli Panchayat Samiti, district Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, as a Branch Post Office is already functioning there.                                               |
| (c) Year-wise detail of number of post offices opened in Rajasthan during the last ten years is given in Annexure .                                                                                                                               |
| (d) Opening of new post offices is an ongoing process. New post offices are opened in needy and justified areas based on prescribed norms.                                                                                                        |

## ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (c) for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4811 to be answered on 29 th  March, 2023 regarding 'Post Offices in Rajasthan'.

| Number of Post Offices opened in Rajasthan   | Number of Post Offices opened in Rajasthan   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Financial Year                               | Number of Post Offices opened                |
| 2012-13                                      | 8                                            |
| 2013-14                                      | 5                                            |
| 2014-15                                      | 6                                            |
| 2015-16                                      | 12                                           |
| 2016-17                                      | 11                                           |
| 2017-18                                      | 10                                           |
| 2018-19                                      | 7                                            |
| 2019-20                                      | 4                                            |
| 2020-21                                      | 27                                           |
| 2021-22                                      | 10                                           |
| 2022-23 (till date)                          | 5                                            |
| Total                                        | 105                                          |

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