Lok Sabha Question No. 2501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-21
Subject: New Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2501 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  DECEMBER, 2022

## NEW POST OFFICES

## †2501. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to open new post offices across the Country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of post offices opened during the last five years, State-wise;
- (c) the details of number of post offices opened in Rajasthan during the last five years;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to open a new post office in Mitrapura Panchayat of Bauli Panchayat Samiti in district Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan; and
- (e) if so, the time by which it is likely to open?

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

- (a) Opening of new post offices is an ongoing process. New post offices are opened through redeployment of posts and relocation of post offices to increase access to postal network in needy and justified areas based on norms. In addition, new post offices have been opened in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas by creation of new posts.
- (b) During last 5 (five) years, 5639 post offices have been opened in the country. Postal Circlewise details (including States and Union Territories) are given in Annexure.
- (c) The  number  of  post  offices  opened  in  Rajasthan  during  last  five  years  is  given  in Annexure .
- (d) & (e) There is no proposal for opening of new post office in Mitrapura Panchayat of Bauli Panchayat  Samiti,  district  Sawai  Madhopur,  Rajasthan,  as  a  Branch  Post  Office  is  already functioning there.

## ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) & Part (c) for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2501 to be answered on 21 st  December, 2022 regarding 'New Post Offices'.

| Sl No.   | Name of the Postal Circle                                                                     |   Number of post offices opened in last 5 years |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                |                                             354 |
| 2        | Assam                                                                                         |                                               7 |
| 3        | Bihar                                                                                         |                                             268 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                  |                                            1142 |
| 5        | Delhi                                                                                         |                                              11 |
| 6        | Gujarat (including Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu)                  |                                              73 |
| 7        | Haryana                                                                                       |                                              16 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                              |                                              12 |
| 9        | Jammu and Kashmir (including Union Territory of Jammu &Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh) |                                               5 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                                                                                     |                                             909 |
| 11       | Karnataka                                                                                     |                                              46 |
| 12       | Kerala (including Union Territory of Lakshadweep)                                             |                                              13 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                |                                             530 |
| 14       | Maharashtra (including Goa)                                                                   |                                             860 |
| 15       | North-East (including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland)   |                                               9 |
| 16       | Odisha                                                                                        |                                             338 |
| 17       | Punjab (including Union Territory of Chandigarh)                                              |                                              38 |
| 18       | Rajasthan                                                                                     |                                              60 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu (including Union Territory of Puducherry)                                          |                                              40 |
| 20       | Telangana                                                                                     |                                             517 |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                 |                                             365 |
| 22       | Uttarakhand                                                                                   |                                              13 |
| 23       | West Bengal (including Sikkim and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)             |                                              13 |
|          | Grand Total                                                                                   |                                            5639 |

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