Lok Sabha Question No. 659 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Construction and Renovation of Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL, CHAND NATH, VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 659 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  December, 2015

## CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF POST OFFICES

## 659.    SHRI C.R. PATIL:

SHRI CHAND NATH:

## SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  Head  Post  Offices  and  Sub-Post  Offices  in  various  States including Jharkhand and the number of permanent and temporary employees working therein, State-wise;
- (b) whether there is a huge shortage of employees in these Post Offices;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether  the  importance  of  the  Post  Offices  is  declining  due  to  availability  of various kinds of communication mediums; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken or propose to be taken to enhance the capacity of these Post Offices and maintain their utility?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) The information is placed at Annexure-I.
- (b) No, Madam.
- (c) Whenever  any post falls vacant, duties of such post are  managed  by redistribution  and  combination  of  duties  for  smooth  delivery  of  postal  services  till  the post is filled  up.  Filling  up  of  vacancies  is  an  on-going  process  as  per  the  provisions contained in the Recruitment Rules.
- (d) &(e) No, Madam. The department constantly reviews its products and services from  the  customer  perspective  and  industry  requirements  and  diversifies  its  product portfolio in order to provide efficient and customer oriented services and this has further enhanced  the  relevance  of  the  post  offices.  The  value  added  products  and  services such as Speed Post, e-Post, Business Post, Business and Express parcels including parcels  of  various  e-Commerce  companies  are  being  offered  and  delivered  through Post  Offices.  The  ongoing  IT  project  is  enabling  transactions  related  to  Postal  Life Insurance/ Savings Bank on the IT platform. Infact, the Department has rolled out Core Banking  Solution  (CBS)  in  9181  Post  Offices  and  ATMs  have  been  installed  at  125 locations.  Like  Banks,  debit  cards  have  been  issued  to  Post  Office  Savings  Bank customers.  As  on  31.3.2014,  there  were  30.86  crore  Accounts  of  Small  savings Schemes which have grown to 33.03 crore as on 31.3.2015.

## ANNEXURE-I

| S.No.   | Postal Circle    |   Total Number of Head Post Offices (As on 01.11.2015) |   Total Number of Sub-Post Offices (As on 31.03.2015) |   Number of Permanent Employees (As on 31.03.2013) |
|---------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                     95 |                                                  2350 |                                              13430 |
| 2       | Assam            |                                                     19 |                                                   607 |                                               4048 |
| 3       | Bihar            |                                                     32 |                                                  1020 |                                               9236 |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh     |                                                     11 |                                                   337 |                                               2095 |
| 5       | Delhi            |                                                     12 |                                                   391 |                                               8191 |
| 6       | Gujarat          |                                                     34 |                                                  1305 |                                              13447 |
| 7       | Haryana          |                                                     16 |                                                   481 |                                               3657 |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh |                                                     18 |                                                   448 |                                               2285 |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir  |                                                      9 |                                                   256 |                                               1446 |
| 10      | Jharkhand        |                                                     13 |                                                   443 |                                               2767 |
| 11      | Karnataka        |                                                     58 |                                                  1654 |                                              13230 |
| 12      | Kerala           |                                                     51 |                                                  1457 |                                              10098 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                     43 |                                                  1020 |                                               7224 |
| 14      | Maharashtra      |                                                     61 |                                                  2154 |                                              26146 |
| 15      | North East       |                                                      9 |                                                   326 |                                               2001 |
| 16      | Odisha           |                                                     35 |                                                  1163 |                                               5777 |
| 17      | Punjab           |                                                     22 |                                                   740 |                                               6069 |
| 18      | Rajasthan        |                                                     48 |                                                  1301 |                                               7791 |
| 19      | Tamil Nadu       |                                                     94 |                                                  2732 |                                              19829 |
| 20      | Uttarakhand      |                                                     13 |                                                   380 |                                               2307 |
| 21      | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                     72 |                                                  2471 |                                              19451 |
| 22      | West Bengal      |                                                     47 |                                                  1715 |                                              17916 |
| Total   | Total            |                                                    812 |                                                 24751 |                                             198441 |

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