Lok Sabha Question No. 1357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Dak Sevaks
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Santosh Kumar, Dinesh Chandra Yadav, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1357 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## DAK SEVAKS

## †1357. SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR: SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV: SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government recruits Dak Sevaks in the rural postal circles in the country;
- (b) if so, the number of Dak Sevaks appointed during the last five years, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government implements reservation policy in the recruitment of Dak Sevaks; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  & (b)    Yes Sir, Gramin Dak Sevaks are engaged in Postal Circles across the country. The details  of  state-wise  number  of  Gramin  Dak  Sevaks  engaged  during  the  last  five  years,  are  at Annexure.

(c) & (d)        Yes  Sir,  The  Department  gives  adequate  representation  to  Schedule  Caste  (SC), Schedule Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Persons with Disability (PwD) while engaging the Gramin Dak Sevaks.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1357 for 14.12.2022 regarding Dak Sevaks

## NUMBER OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS ENGAGED DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS, STATE-WISE

| Name of State     |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|                   |                 2017 |                 2018 |                 2019 |                 2020 |                 2021 |
| Andhra Pradesh    |                  230 |                  948 |                  661 |                 2201 |                  414 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                   03 |                   03 |                   04 |                   01 |                   23 |
| Assam             |                   35 |                  169 |                  104 |                   43 |                  265 |
| Bihar             |                  161 |                  282 |                  689 |                  194 |                  196 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                  145 |                  989 |                  603 |                 1058 |                  398 |
| Goa               |                   00 |                   00 |                   02 |                   54 |                   16 |
| Gujarat           |                   56 |                 1490 |                  249 |                 2014 |                 1315 |
| Haryana           |                   30 |                   67 |                  386 |                  123 |                  375 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                   30 |                  292 |                  407 |                  206 |                  417 |
| Jharkhand         |                   52 |                  101 |                  495 |                  197 |                  153 |
| Karnataka         |                  124 |                  478 |                  182 |                 1747 |                 1642 |
| Kerala            |                   39 |                  657 |                   66 |                 1520 |                  680 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                  184 |                  118 |                 1365 |                  256 |                 2022 |
| Maharashtra       |                   45 |                  999 |                  635 |                 2773 |                  666 |
| Manipur           |                   05 |                   19 |                   00 |                   04 |                   34 |
| Meghalaya         |                   11 |                   24 |                  184 |                   11 |                   43 |
| Mizoram           |                   14 |                   14 |                   21 |                   07 |                   18 |
| Nagaland          |                   17 |                   04 |                   07 |                   00 |                   27 |
| Odisha            |                  516 |                  240 |                 2286 |                  251 |                  955 |
| Punjab            |                   33 |                  497 |                   41 |                  647 |                  508 |
| Rajasthan         |                  224 |                  162 |                  800 |                  601 |                 2001 |
| Sikkim            |                   00 |                   00 |                   01 |                   00 |                   04 |
| Tamilnadu         |                   93 |                  154 |                 2536 |                  916 |                 2365 |
| Telangana         |                  108 |                  484 |                  181 |                  548 |                  266 |
| Tripura           |                   13 |                   03 |                   93 |                   04 |                  294 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                  134 |                  141 |                  252 |                 1584 |                 1653 |
| Uttrakhand        |                   17 |                  155 |                  218 |                   51 |                  289 |
| West Bengal       |                   53 |                   79 |                   63 |                 4542 |                 1178 |

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