Lok Sabha Question No. 681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Operational Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 681 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2021

## OPERATIONAL POST OFFICES

## 681. SHRI B.B.PATIL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  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 Telangana and if so, the details thereof including the details of all the services being provided by post offices;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefore 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 1,56,434 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  through  a  network  of  1,41,055  Rural  Post Offices covering all the villages in the country. Of these, 5203 Rural Post Offices are serving the villages in Telangana. The details of postal services provided in all the villages of the country including Telangana 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. 681 to be answered on 1 st  December, 2021 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri B. B. Patil, regarding 'Operational Post Offices'.

| 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                                                               | 3852                                                                    |
| 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                                                              | 11777                                                                   |
| 30                                                                      | Puducherry                                                              | 90                                                                      |
| 31                                                                      | Telangana                                                               | 5794                                                                    |
| 32                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                             | 2722                                                                    |
| 33                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                           | 17665                                                                   |
| 34                                                                      | West Bengal                                                             | 8769                                                                    |
| 35                                                                      | Andaman &Nicobar                                                        | 100                                                                     |
| 36                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                  | 209                                                                     |
|                                                                         | Total                                                                   | 156434                                                                  |

Annexure referred to in reply of para (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 681 to be answered on  1 st December,  2021  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of  Parliament  Shri  B.  B.  Patil,  regarding 'Operational Post Offices'.

## 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
2.  Post Office Savings Account
3.  One year Time Deposit
4.  Two year Time Deposit
5.  Three year Time Deposit
6.  Five year Time Deposit
7.  Five year Recurring Deposit
8.  Five year Senior Citizen Savings Schemes
9.  Five year monthly income scheme
10.  Five year National Savings Certificate
11.  Public provident fund scheme
12.  SukanyaSamriddhi Account
13.  KisanVikasPatra

## 3. Insurance Services

- a) Postal Life Insurance
2.  Whole Life Assurance (Suraksha)
3.  Endowment Assurance (Santosh)
4.  Convertible Whole Life Assurance (Suvidha)
5.  Anticipated Endowment Assurance (Sumangal)
6.  Joint Life Assurance (Yugal Suraksha)
7.  Children Policy (Bal Jeevan Bima)
8.  Life  Insurance  through  Bajaj  Allianz life  Insurance  Company  and  Pradhan Mantri Jeevan JyotiBima Yojana (PMJJBY).
9.  General Insurance services.

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- e) Parcel
- f) Delivery of all articles including e-post messages.
- b) Jansuraksha scheme
4.  Pradhan Mantri Jeevan JyotiBimaYojna(PMJJBY)
5.  Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna(PMSBY)
6.  Atal Pension Yojna(APY)
- c) India Post Payments Bank
8.  Savings and current accounts
9.  Direct Benefit Transfer payment.
10.  Money Transfer Services.
11.  Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS)
12.  Digital Life Certificate (Jeevan Pramaan).
13.  Mobile number update for Aadhaar.
- b) Rural Postal Life Insurance
15.  Whole Life Assurance (Gram Suraksha)
16.  Convertible Whole Life Assurance (Gram Suvidha)
17.  Endowment Assurance (Gram Santosh)
18.  10 Years Rural PLI (Gram Priya)
19.  Anticipated Endowment Assurance (Gram Sumangal)
20.  Children Policy (Bal Jeevan Bima)

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