Lok Sabha Question No. 1091 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: New Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1091 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## NEW POST OFFICES

## 1091.   SHRI B.B. PATIL:

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 including the post offices opened during the last five years, State-wise;
- (c) the details including of number of post offices opened in Telangana during the last five years;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  a  new  post  office  in  Kamareddy  district  of Telangana; and
- (e) if so, the time by which it is likely to be 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, 5652 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 Telangana during last five years is given in Annexure .
- (d) & (e) Presently, there is no proposal for opening of a new post office in Kamareddy District of  Telangana, as 191 post offices (1 Head post office, 21 Sub-Post offices and 169 Branch Post Offices) are already functioning there.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) & Part (c) for Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1091 to be answered on 8 th  February, 2023 regarding 'New Post Offices'.

| Sl No.   | Name of the Postal Circle                                                                     |   Number of post offices opened in last 5 years |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                |                                             359 |
| 2        | Assam                                                                                         |                                               8 |
| 3        | Bihar                                                                                         |                                             268 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                  |                                            1142 |
| 5        | Delhi                                                                                         |                                              11 |
| 6        | Gujarat (including Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu)                 |                                              80 |
| 7        | Haryana                                                                                       |                                              16 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                              |                                              12 |
| 9        | Jammu and Kashmir (including Union Territory of Jammu& Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh) |                                               6 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                                                                                     |                                             909 |
| 11       | Karnataka                                                                                     |                                              46 |
| 12       | Kerala (including Union Territory of Lakshadweep)                                             |                                              13 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                |                                             530 |
| 14       | Maharashtra (including Goa)                                                                   |                                             864 |
| 15       | North-East (including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland)   |                                               9 |
| 16       | Odisha                                                                                        |                                             326 |
| 17       | Punjab (including Union Territory of Chandigarh)                                              |                                              38 |
| 18       | Rajasthan                                                                                     |                                              62 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu (including Union Territory of Puducherry)                                          |                                              42 |
| 20       | Telangana                                                                                     |                                             519 |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                 |                                             366 |
| 22       | Uttarakhand                                                                                   |                                              13 |
| 23       | West Bengal (including Sikkim and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)             |                                              13 |
|          | Grand Total                                                                                   |                                            5652 |

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