Lok Sabha Question No. 1711 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Development of Postal Prime Real Estate for Commercial Purpose
Ministry: COMMUNICATION
Asked by: Thiru Thanga Tamilselvan, Shri Jai Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1711 ANSWERED ON 30 TH  JULY, 2025

## DEVELOPMENT OF POSTAL PRIME REAL ESTATE FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE

## 1711.   SHRI JAI PRAKASH: THIRU THANGA TAMILSELVAN:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Department of Posts is considering to developing some of its prime real estate for commercial purpose as part of a plan to revamp and reposition the entire network including the 1.6 lakh post offices into a profit centre;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any data about the number of properties possessed under the Department of Posts along with its values, localities across the country, State-wise; and
- (d) the manners/procedures to be identified to earn new income through this postal property?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)

- (a) No, sir. No such plan has been prepared by the Department of Posts.
- (b) Does not arise in view of (a) above.
- (c) Yes, sir. The Government has data about the number of properties that are with Department of Posts, but its valuation has not been carried out. The department has 6445 land parcels, out of which 1460 are vacant plots. State-wise number of land parcels are attached at Annexure.
- (d) No manners/procedures have been identified to earn new income through this postal property.

| Annexure    | Annexure                           | Annexure    | Annexure          | Annexure     |
|-------------|------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------|--------------|
| S. No.      | State/UT                           | Total Plots | Constructed Plots | Vacant Plots |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh                     | 294         | 200               | 94           |
| 2           | Assam                              | 208         | 194               | 14           |
| 3           | Bihar                              | 256         | 192               | 64           |
| 4           | Chhattisgarh                       | 55          | 50                | 5            |
| 5           | Delhi                              | 147         | 133               | 14           |
| 6           | Gujarat                            | 443         | 390               | 53           |
| 7           | Daman &Diu and Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 4           | 4                 | 0            |
| 8           | Haryana                            | 119         | 100               | 19           |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh                   | 139         | 116               | 23           |
| 10          | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 42          | 37                | 5            |
| 11          | Ladakh                             | 4           | 4                 | 0            |
| 12          | Jharkhand                          | 111         | 77                | 34           |
| 13          | Karnataka                          | 783         | 475               | 308          |
| 14          | Kerala                             | 422         | 288               | 134          |
| 15          | Lakshadweep                        | 1           | 1                 | 0            |
| 16          | Madhya Pradesh                     | 272         | 235               | 37           |
| 17          | Maharashtra                        | 475         | 401               | 74           |
| 18          | Goa                                | 23          | 20                | 3            |
| 19          | Tripura                            | 28          | 22                | 6            |
| 20          | Manipur                            | 12          | 11                | 1            |
| 21          | Meghalaya                          | 27          | 25                | 2            |
| 22          | Mizoram                            | 19          | 17                | 2            |
| 23          | Nagaland                           | 17          | 13                | 4            |
| 24          | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 28          | 24                | 4            |
| 25          | Odisha                             | 218         | 193               | 25           |
| 26          | Punjab                             | 132         | 123               | 9            |
| 27          | Chandigarh                         | 29          | 24                | 5            |
| 28          | Rajasthan                          | 555         | 424               | 131          |
| 29          | Tamil Nadu                         | 462         | 324               | 138          |
| 30          | Pondicherry                        | 9           | 7                 | 2            |
| 31          | Telangana                          | 282         | 189               | 93           |
| 32          | Uttar Pradesh                      | 408         | 342               | 66           |
| 33          | Uttarakhand                        | 81          | 63                | 18           |
| 34          | West Bengal                        | 309         | 241               | 68           |
| 35          | A &NIslands                        | 23          | 19                | 4            |
| 36          | Sikkim                             | 8           | 7                 | 1            |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                        | 6445        | 4985              | 1460         |

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