Lok Sabha Question No. 1315 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Five Star Villages Scheme
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1315 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## FIVE STAR VILLAGES SCHEME

## 1315.   DR. TALARI RANGAIAH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  five  star  villages  scheme  launched  by  Department  of  Posts  to  ensure universal coverage of flagship postal scheme in rural areas of the country;
- (b) the intended impact of the same and the products/services available under the scheme; and
- (c) the details of the progress made in this respect, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The Five Star Village Scheme was launched in the year 2020 to promote financial inclusion in rural areas. The Scheme intends to cover at least 100 households in a village with following postal services in the area of financial inclusion.
- i. Post Office Savings / Recurring Deposit / Time Deposit / Monthly Income Scheme / Senior Citizen Savings Scheme Account or National Savings Certificate / Kisan Vikas Patra
- ii. Sukanya Samridhi Yojana / Public Provident Fund
- iii. Funded Post Office Savings Account linked with India Post Payments Bank Account
- iv. Postal Life Insurance / Rural Postal Life Insurance
- v. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana / Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

A village is accorded 1 star to 5 star status depending upon the number of above mentioned services covered by at least 100 households of the village.

- (c)          Details of the villages covered under the Scheme are at in the Annexure - A.

## Annexure-A

## Annexure referred to in reply of para (c) for Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 1315 to be answered on 14 th  December. 2022 regarding 'Five Star Villages Scheme'

| Postal Circle    | States / Union Territories Covered                                   | 1 Star   | 2 Star   | 3 Star   | 4 Star   | 5 Star   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| Andhra Pradesh   | Andhra Pradesh                                                       | 41       | 53       | 52       | 17       | 87       |
| Assam            | Assam                                                                | 9        | 7        | 24       | 35       | 36       |
| Bihar            | Bihar                                                                | 17       | 22       | 18       | 18       | 10       |
| Chhattisgarh     | Chhattisgarh                                                         | 20       | 36       | 55       | 26       | 11       |
| Delhi            | Delhi                                                                | 5        | 5        | 11       | 1        | 0        |
| Gujarat          | Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu                   | 5        | 14       | 22       | 27       | 87       |
| Haryana          | Haryana                                                              | 612      | 355      | 184      | 89       | 80       |
| Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh                                                     | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 45       |
| Jammu& Kashmir   | Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh                                            | 11       | 0        | 2        | 1        | 10       |
| Jharkhand        | Jharkhand                                                            | 7        | 13       | 4        | 6        | 3        |
| Karnataka        | Karnataka                                                            | 31       | 7        | 5        | 2        | 280      |
| Kerala           | Kerala and Lakshadweep                                               | 14       | 13       | 18       | 14       | 129      |
| Madhya Pradesh   | Madhya Pradesh                                                       | 22       | 15       | 19       | 26       | 27       |
| Maharashtra      | Maharashtra Goa                                                      | 20       | 54       | 41       | 41       | 401      |
| North East       | Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland | 4        | 3        | 7        | 3        | 84       |
| Odisha           | Odisha                                                               | 644      | 484      | 124      | 118      | 94       |
| Punjab           | Punjab and Chandigarh                                                | 564      | 227      | 234      | 156      | 34       |
| Rajasthan        | Rajasthan                                                            | 15       | 43       | 35       | 33       | 28       |
| Tamil Nadu       | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry                                            | 54       | 32       | 28       | 21       | 237      |
| Telangana        | Telangana                                                            | 1,896    | 676      | 318      | 140      | 47       |
| Uttar Pradesh    | Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 813      | 591      | 318      | 173      | 413      |
| Uttarakhand      | Uttarakhand                                                          | 6        | 3        | 10       | 7        | 24       |
| West Bengal      | West Bengal, Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Islands                    | 4,470    | 2,470    | 1,803    | 382      | 29       |
| Total            |                                                                      | 9,280    | 5,123    | 3,332    | 1,336    | 2,196    |

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