Lok Sabha Question No. 944 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Speed Post Centres
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 944 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2023

## SPEED POST CENTRES

## 944. SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of speed post centres operating in various States including Bihar as on date, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up more such centres across the States including Bihar;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise as on date along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The facility of booking of a Speed Post article is available from all Post Offices across the country.  Speed Post Centres have now been designated as National Sorting Hubs (NSHs) or Intra Circle Hubs (ICHs). Presently there are 94 NSHs and 152 ICHs in the country. The State/UT wise details including Bihar are at Annexure.
- (b) There are 4 National Sorting Hubs  and 5 Intra Circle Hubs in State of Bihar. As of now there is no proposal for setting up of more National Sorting Hubs and Intra Circle Hubs (ICHs)  in the country including Bihar.
- (c) Question does not arise in view of (b) above.
- (d) The  network  of  NSH  &  ICH  has  been  set  up  across  the  country  keeping  in  view  the operational requirements. There are, at present, no such requirement to set up more NSH & ICH centres

Annexure referred to in reply of para (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 944 to be answered on 26 th July, 2023 regarding Speed Post Centres.

## Number of National Sorting Hubs (NSHs) and Intra Circle Hubs (ICHs) (State-wise)

| S. No.   |                                    | NSH   | ICH   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------|-------|
| A        | State                              |       |       |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 4     | 9     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 1     | -     |
| 3        | Assam                              | 2     | 5     |
| 4        | Bihar                              | 4     | 5     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                       | 1     | 4     |
| 6        | Goa                                | 1     | -     |
| 7        | Gujarat                            | 4     | 13    |
| 8        | Haryana                            | 4     | 3     |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                   | 2     | 3     |
| 10       | Jharkhand                          | 3     | 3     |
| 11       | Karnataka                          | 7     | 6     |
| 12       | Kerala                             | 5     | 3     |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 4     | 9     |
| 14       | Maharashtra                        | 5     | 17    |
| 15       | Manipur                            | 1     | -     |
| 16       | Meghalaya                          | 1     | -     |
| 17       | Mizoram                            | 1     | -     |
| 18       | Nagaland                           | 1     | -     |
| 19       | Odisha                             | 4     | 8     |
| 20       | Punjab                             | 3     | 4     |
| 21       | Rajasthan                          | 3     | 10    |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu                         | 7     | 13    |
| 23       | Telangana                          | 2     | 4     |
| 24       | Tripura                            | 1     | -     |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 9     | 19    |
| 26       | Uttarakhand                        | 2     | 5     |
| 27       | West Bengal                        | 5*    | 9     |
| 28       | Sikkim                             | -     | -     |
| B        | Union Territories                  |       |       |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          | 1     | -     |
| 2        | Chandigarh                         | 1     | -     |
| 3        | Delhi                              | 2*    | -     |
| 4        | Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | -     | -     |
| 5        | Jammu & Kashmir                    | 2     | -     |
| 6        | Lakshadweep                        | -     | -     |
| 7        | Ladakh                             | 1     | -     |
| 8        | Puducherry                         | -     | -     |
|          | Total                              | 94    | 152   |

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