Lok Sabha Question No. 3528 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Post Offices being Run by only One Official
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3528 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2023

## POST OFFICES BEING RUN BY ONLY ONE OFFICIAL

## †3528. SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of post offices in Rajasthan which are being run by only one official at present, district-wise;
- (b) whether any proposal is under consideration of the Government to upgrade the post offices operational in Nagaur district as sub-post offices and if so, the details thereof including the names of the villages;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to formulate any scheme to upgrade such post offices being  run  from  rented  buildings  of  village  Panchayat  headquarters  by  constructing  Government building for them;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the details regarding sanctioned, filled-up and vacant posts in post-offices and the branches being run under them in Rajasthan and the plan of the Government regarding filling up the vacant posts at the earliest?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 6967 post offices in Rajasthan are being run by one official at present.  District-wise detail is given in Annexure .
- (b) No proposal to upgrade branch offices operational in Nagaur district into sub -post office is under consideration of the Government.
- (c) & (d) There is no scheme to construct Government building for post offices, being run from rented building of village Panchayat headquarters.
- (e) Out of 21617 sanctioned posts of Departmental employees and Gramin Dak Sewaks (GDS) in  Rajasthan Postal Circle, 16576 posts are filled up and remaining 5041 posts are lying vacant. Recruitment to  fill  up  vacant  posts  is  a  continuous  process  and  is  being  done  regularly  through meetings  of  Departmental  Promotion  Committee,  departmental  examinations,  direct  recruitment through Staff Selection Commission, GDS online engagement portal and also by individual Postal Circles as per the provisions of relevant Recruitment Rules.

## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3528 to be answered on 22 nd  March, 2023 regarding 'Post Offices being Run by only One Official'.

| Sl. No.   | Name of District   |   Number of Post Offices being run by one official |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Ajmer              |                                                295 |
| 2         | Alwar              |                                                362 |
| 3         | Banswara           |                                                265 |
| 4         | Baran              |                                                110 |
| 5         | Barmer             |                                                203 |
| 6         | Bharatpur          |                                                245 |
| 7         | Bhilwara           |                                                297 |
| 8         | Bikaner            |                                                152 |
| 9         | Bundi              |                                                119 |
| 10        | Chittorgarh        |                                                232 |
| 11        | Churu              |                                                207 |
| 12        | Dausa              |                                                187 |
| 13        | Dholpur            |                                                 92 |
| 14        | Dungarpur          |                                                294 |
| 15        | Hanumangarh        |                                                100 |
| 16        | Jaipur             |                                                292 |
| 17        | Jaisalmer          |                                                112 |
| 18        | Jalore             |                                                192 |
| 19        | Jhalawar           |                                                188 |
| 20        | Jhunjhunu          |                                                351 |
| 21        | Jodhpur            |                                                230 |
| 22        | Karauli            |                                                110 |
| 23        | Kota               |                                                111 |
| 24        | Nagaur             |                                                429 |
| 25        | Pali               |                                                237 |
| 26        | Pratapgarh         |                                                151 |
| 27        | Rajsamand          |                                                132 |
| 28        | Sawaimadhopur      |                                                159 |
| 29        | Sikar              |                                                368 |
| 30        | Sirohi             |                                                 95 |
| 31        | Sri Ganganagar     |                                                193 |
| 32        | Tonk               |                                                157 |
| 33        | Udaipur            |                                                300 |
| Total     | Total              |                                               6967 |

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