Lok Sabha Question No. 2099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Core Banking System
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2099 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2023

## CORE BANKING SYSTEM

## †2099. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any scheme has been devised to bring in all the post offices located across the country under Core Banking System and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the amount estimated to be spent and the targets fixed in this regard;
- (c) the time by which it is likely to come into effect;
- (d) the district-wise details of the post offices particularly those located in Maharashtra to be covered under Core Banking System;
- (e) whether this mechanism shall enable access to the Accounts through financial inclusion, Net Banking, Mobile Banking, ATMs etc. and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) the district-wise details of the post offices earmarked for modernisation in Maharashtra; and
- (g) whether it shall facilitate delivery of services in the rural far-off and inaccessible areas and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) All  the  25,062  Departmental  Post  Offices  and  1,30,261  Branch  Post  Offices  are working under Core Banking System and all the accounts are accessible through Core Banking System.

- (e) Yes Sir, due to implementation of Core Banking System, the depositors shall have access to the Accounts through financial inclusion, Net Banking, Mobile Banking, ATMs etc.
- (f) In Maharashtra State, all 2,112 Departmental Post Offices and 10,613 Branch Post Offices have been modernized. District-wise details are submitted in Annexure A .
- (g) Yes Sir. After implementation of DARPAN (Digital Advancement of Rural Post offices for A New India) project, customers in the rural area are availing the facilities of booking Registered and Speed Post articles, booking of Money Orders, Post Office Savings Bank transactions, Postal Life Insurance (PLI)/Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) premium payments.

## Annexure-A

## Annexure referred to in reply of para (f) for Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 2099 to be answered on 2 nd  August 2023 regarding 'Core Banking System'

| District        | Number of Departmental Post Offices   | Number of Branch Post Offices   |
|-----------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Ahmednagar      | 97                                    | 568                             |
| Akola           | 30                                    | 185                             |
| Amravati        | 56                                    | 410                             |
| Aurangabad      | 52                                    | 251                             |
| Beed            | 36                                    | 294                             |
| Bhandara        | 20                                    | 124                             |
| Buldhana        | 33                                    | 318                             |
| Chandrapur      | 36                                    | 292                             |
| Dhule           | 33                                    | 218                             |
| Gadchiroli      | 18                                    | 279                             |
| Gondia          | 11                                    | 150                             |
| Hingoli         | 10                                    | 112                             |
| Jalgaon         | 77                                    | 462                             |
| Jalna           | 30                                    | 197                             |
| Kolhapur        | 96                                    | 468                             |
| Latur           | 30                                    | 254                             |
| Mumbai          | 108                                   | 1                               |
| Mumbai Suburban | 117                                   | 1                               |
| Nagpur          | 107                                   | 241                             |
| Nanded          | 54                                    | 417                             |
| Nandurbar       | 23                                    | 199                             |
| Nashik          | 98                                    | 574                             |
| Osmanabad       | 30                                    | 257                             |
| Palghar         | 37                                    | 190                             |
| Parbhani        | 23                                    | 163                             |
| Pune            | 215                                   | 579                             |
| Raigad          | 66                                    | 376                             |
| Ratnagiri       | 78                                    | 578                             |
| Sangli          | 82                                    | 337                             |
| Satara          | 94                                    | 580                             |
| Sindhudurg      | 55                                    | 316                             |
| Solapur         | 92                                    | 443                             |
| Thane           | 85                                    | 134                             |
| Wardha          | 26                                    | 148                             |
| Washim          | 16                                    | 169                             |
| Yavatmal        | 41                                    | 328                             |
| Total           | 2,112                                 | 10,613                          |

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