Lok Sabha Question No. 100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Postal Employees
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 100 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2022

## POSTAL EMPLOYEES

## 100. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  use  the  existing  post  offices  and  postal employee  population  for  multi  pronged  activities  of  the  Government  schemes  of  various departments;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the effective steps taken by the Government to use the existing infrastructure and lands belonging to postal department; and
- (d) the details of the total employees in postal department, State-wise along with the asset value?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The existing Post Offices are being used for providing various citizen centric services in addition to Mail/Parcel, Savings Bank and Insurance Services.
- (b) Post offices  are providing various citizen centric services relating to other departments viz.  Aadhaar  enrolment  and  updation  facilities,  passport  application  processing  through  Post Office Passport Sewa Kendras, Government to Citizen and Business to Citizen services through 'Common Service Centres' set up in Post offices, Digital Life Certificates, Railway Passenger Reservation system, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti BimaYojna (PMJJBY), door to door banking services through India Post Payment Bank etc.
- (c) The  existing  infrastructure  and  land  of  the  Department  of  Posts  is  used  for  providing various  Citizen  Centric  Services  and  constructions  of  postal  buildings  including  parcel  hubs, transshipment centres subject to availability of funds.

(d) The details of employees in the Postal Department is annexed. No data is maintained in respect of asset value.

## Annexure with reference to para '(d)' of Lok Sabha Question No. 100 for reply on 02.02.2022

| Total no. of employees in Department of Posts, State-wise   | Total no. of employees in Department of Posts, State-wise   | Total no. of employees in Department of Posts, State-wise   | Total no. of employees in Department of Posts, State-wise   | Total no. of employees in Department of Posts, State-wise   | Total no. of employees in Department of Posts, State-wise   | Total no. of employees in Department of Posts, State-wise   | Total no. of employees in Department of Posts, State-wise   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                       | Name of Circle                                              | Name of State/Union Territory                               | Group 'A'                                                   | In Position                                                 | In Position                                                 | In Position                                                 | In Position                                                 |
| S.No.                                                       | Name of Circle                                              | Name of State/Union Territory                               | Group 'A'                                                   | Group 'B' Gazetted                                          | Group 'B' Non-Gazetted                                      | Group 'C'                                                   | Total                                                       |
| 1                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                              | 9                                                           | 139                                                         | 230                                                         | 7533                                                        | 7862                                                        |
| 1                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                              | Yanam district of Puducherry                                |                                                             | 0                                                           | 0                                                           | 5                                                           | 5                                                           |
| 2                                                           | Assam                                                       | Assam                                                       | 6                                                           | 58                                                          | 94                                                          | 3002                                                        | 3136                                                        |
| 3                                                           | Bihar                                                       | Bihar                                                       | 8                                                           | 108                                                         | 176                                                         | 6697                                                        | 6943                                                        |
| 4                                                           | Chhatisgarh                                                 | Chhatisgarh                                                 | 3                                                           | 25                                                          | 76                                                          | 1636                                                        | 1733                                                        |
| 5                                                           | Delhi                                                       | Delhi                                                       | 68                                                          | 99                                                          | 104                                                         | 6561                                                        | 6719                                                        |
| 6                                                           | Gujarat                                                     | Gujarat                                                     | 13                                                          | 127                                                         | 144                                                         | 10321                                                       | 10571                                                       |
| 6                                                           | Gujarat                                                     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu                          |                                                             | 0                                                           | 0                                                           | 49                                                          | 49                                                          |
| 7                                                           | Haryana                                                     | Haryana                                                     | 4                                                           | 44                                                          | 87                                                          | 3236                                                        | 3351                                                        |
| 8                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                            | Himachal Pradesh                                            | 5                                                           | 28                                                          | 59                                                          | 1984                                                        | 2063                                                        |
| 9                                                           | Jammu and                                                   | Jammu and Kashmir                                           | 3                                                           | 23                                                          | 43                                                          | 977                                                         | 1032                                                        |
| 9                                                           | Kashmir                                                     | Ladakh                                                      |                                                             | 1                                                           | 0                                                           | 71                                                          | 72                                                          |
| 10                                                          | Jharkhand                                                   | Jharkhand                                                   | 2                                                           | 36                                                          | 52                                                          | 2668                                                        | 2749                                                        |
| 11                                                          | Karnataka                                                   | Karnataka                                                   | 24                                                          | 152                                                         | 273                                                         | 10380                                                       | 10777                                                       |
| 12                                                          | Kerala                                                      | Kerala                                                      | 13                                                          | 121                                                         | 127                                                         | 8311                                                        | 8530                                                        |
| 12                                                          | Kerala                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                 |                                                             | 0                                                           | 1                                                           | 23                                                          | 24                                                          |
| 12                                                          | Kerala                                                      | Mahe district of Puducherry                                 |                                                             | 0                                                           | 0                                                           | 4                                                           | 4                                                           |
| 13                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                              | 8                                                           | 95                                                          | 139                                                         | 5474                                                        | 5686                                                        |
| 14                                                          | Maharashtra                                                 | Maharashtra                                                 | 22                                                          | 200                                                         | 336                                                         | 18566                                                       | 19056                                                       |
|                                                             |                                                             | Goa                                                         | 2                                                           | 8                                                           | 5                                                           | 410                                                         | 418                                                         |
| 15                                                          | North East                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                           | 0                                                           | 1                                                           | 3                                                           | 151                                                         | 155                                                         |
| 15                                                          | North East                                                  | Manipur                                                     | 0                                                           | 2                                                           | 6                                                           | 211                                                         | 218                                                         |
| 15                                                          | North East                                                  | Meghalaya                                                   | 4                                                           | 11                                                          | 8                                                           | 328                                                         | 342                                                         |
| 15                                                          | North East                                                  | Mizoram                                                     | 1                                                           | 1                                                           | 3                                                           | 185                                                         | 188                                                         |
| 15                                                          | North East                                                  | Nagaland                                                    | 1                                                           | 2                                                           | 3                                                           | 161                                                         | 165                                                         |
| 16                                                          | Odisha                                                      | Odisha                                                      | 6                                                           | 97                                                          | 196                                                         | 5565                                                        | 5829                                                        |
| 17                                                          | Punjab                                                      | Punjab                                                      | 8                                                           | 47                                                          | 143                                                         | 4505                                                        | 4684                                                        |
| 17                                                          | Punjab                                                      | Chandigarh                                                  | 0                                                           | 11                                                          | 8                                                           | 410                                                         | 429                                                         |
| 18                                                          | Rajasthan                                                   | Rajasthan                                                   | 8                                                           | 107                                                         | 150                                                         | 5807                                                        | 6042                                                        |
| 19                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                  | 23                                                          | 236                                                         | 307                                                         | 16377                                                       | 16875                                                       |
| 19                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                  | Puducherry and Karaikal district of Puducherry              |                                                             | 3                                                           | 2                                                           | 221                                                         | 226                                                         |
| 20                                                          | Telangana                                                   | Telangana                                                   | 9                                                           | 73                                                          | 108                                                         | 4503                                                        | 4663                                                        |
| 21                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                               | 25                                                          | 206                                                         | 259                                                         | 14310                                                       | 14720                                                       |
| 22                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                 | 1                                                           | 29                                                          | 62                                                          | 1731                                                        | 1813                                                        |
| 23                                                          | West Bengal                                                 | West Bengal                                                 | 13                                                          | 190                                                         | 228                                                         | 13090                                                       | 13456                                                       |
| 23                                                          | West Bengal                                                 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                 |                                                             | 1                                                           | 2                                                           | 94                                                          | 97                                                          |
| 23                                                          | Sikkim                                                      | Sikkim                                                      | 289                                                         | 2                                                           | 4                                                           | 98                                                          | 103                                                         |
| Total                                                       | Total                                                       | Total                                                       |                                                             | 2287                                                        | 3448                                                        | 156066                                                      | 162090                                                      |

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