Lok Sabha Question No. 2730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Postal Services in Rural Areas
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2730 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## POSTAL SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS

## †2730. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) total  number  of  operational  post  offices  across  the  country  including  rural  areas, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether postal services have been provided in all the villages of the country including Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof including the details of all services being provided by post offices;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor and the number of such villages where postal services are yet to be provided, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has formulated any plan to open post office in all the villages of the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Sir,  there  are  1,56,636  number of post offices functioning across the country including rural areas. The State/ UT-wise details are at Annexure-I.
- (b) Yes, Sir. The postal services are provided in all the villages of the country including Uttar Pradesh. The details of postal services provided in all the villages of the country including Uttar Pradesh are at Annexure-II.
- (c) Villages without post office are provided with postal services from existing nearby Post Offices and there are no villages without Postal Service coverage.
- (d) & (e) No  Sir,  there  is  no  plan  for  opening  of  post  offices  in  all  the  villages  of  the Country, in view of the reply above.

Annexure referred to in reply of para (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2730 to be answered  on  4 th   August,  2021  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  Harish Dwivedi, regarding 'Postal Services in Rural Areas'.

| State/ UT-wise number of Post Offices in the country as on 31.03.2021   | State/ UT-wise number of Post Offices in the country as on 31.03.2021   | State/ UT-wise number of Post Offices in the country as on 31.03.2021   |
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| S.No.                                                                   | Name of the State/UT                                                    | No. of Post Offices                                                     |
| 1                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                          | 10595                                                                   |
| 2                                                                       | Assam                                                                   | 4006                                                                    |
| 3                                                                       | Bihar                                                                   | 9109                                                                    |
| 4                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                            | 3908                                                                    |
| 5                                                                       | Delhi                                                                   | 511                                                                     |
| 6                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                 | 8794                                                                    |
| 7                                                                       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu                                      | 52                                                                      |
| 8                                                                       | Haryana                                                                 | 2696                                                                    |
| 9                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                        | 2795                                                                    |
| 10                                                                      | Jammu &Kashmir                                                          | 1591                                                                    |
| 11                                                                      | Ladakh                                                                  | 109                                                                     |
| 12                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                               | 3779                                                                    |
| 13                                                                      | Karnataka                                                               | 9624                                                                    |
| 14                                                                      | Kerala                                                                  | 5053                                                                    |
| 15                                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                             | 10                                                                      |
| 16                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                          | 8278                                                                    |
| 17                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                             | 12744                                                                   |
| 18                                                                      | Goa                                                                     | 255                                                                     |
| 19                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                       | 303                                                                     |
| 20                                                                      | Manipur                                                                 | 694                                                                     |
| 21                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                               | 491                                                                     |
| 22                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                 | 383                                                                     |
| 23                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                | 330                                                                     |
| 24                                                                      | Tripura                                                                 | 711                                                                     |
| 25                                                                      | Odisha                                                                  | 8258                                                                    |
| 26                                                                      | Punjab                                                                  | 3817                                                                    |
| 27                                                                      | Chandigarh                                                              | 51                                                                      |
| 28                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                               | 10288                                                                   |
| 29                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                              | 12044                                                                   |
| 30                                                                      | Puducherry                                                              | 96                                                                      |
| 31                                                                      | Telangana                                                               | 5794                                                                    |
| 32                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                             | 2722                                                                    |
| 33                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                           | 17666                                                                   |
| 34                                                                      | West Bengal                                                             | 8770                                                                    |
| 35                                                                      | Andaman &Nicobar                                                        | 100                                                                     |
| 36                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                  | 209                                                                     |
|                                                                         | Total                                                                   | 156636                                                                  |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  para  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2730  to  be answered  on  4 th August,  2021  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  Harish  Dwivedi, regarding 'Postal Services in Rural Areas'.

## AN INDICATIVE LIST OF VARIOUS POSTAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IN POST OFFICES

## 1. Mail Services

- a) Speed post
- b) Money Order (MO)
- c) Stamps Sale
- d) Letter
5.  Registered Letter
6.  Ordinary letter
7.  Insured letter

## 2. Banking Services

| a) National (small) Savings Scheme  Post Office Savings Account  One year Time Deposit  Two year Time Deposit  Three year Time Deposit  Five year Time Deposit  Five year Recurring Deposit  Five year Senior Citizen Savings Schemes  Five year monthly income scheme  Five year National Savings Certificate  Public provident fund scheme  Sukanya Samriddhi Account  KisanVikas Patra   | b) Jansuraksha scheme  Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna (PMJJBY)  Pradhan Mantri Suraksha BimaYojna(PMSBY)  Atal Pension Yojna(APY) c) India Post Payments Bank  Savings and current accounts  Direct Benefit Transfer payment.  Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS)  Digital Life Certificate (Jeevan Pramaan)   |
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## 3. Insurance Services

| a) Postal Life Insurance  Whole Life Assurance (Suraksha)  Endowment Assurance (Santosh)  Convertible Whole Life Assurance (Suvidha)  Anticipated Endowment Assurance (Sumangal)  Joint Life Assurance (Yugal Suraksha)  Children Policy (Bal Jeevan Bima)   | b) Rural Postal Life Insurance  Whole Life Assurance (Gram Suraksha)  Convertible Whole Life Assurance (Gram Suvidha)  Endowment Assurance (Gram Santosh)  10 Years Rural PLI (Gram Priya)  Anticipated Endowment Assurance (Gram Sumangal)  Children Policy (Bal Jeevan Bima)   |
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