Lok Sabha Question No. 4096 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Saving Accounts in Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: KRISTAPPA NIMMALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4096 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   AUGUST, 2016

## SAVING ACCOUNTS IN POST OFFICES

4096. SHRI NIMMALA KRISTAPPA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of operational small saving accounts in post offices as on date and the amount deposited therein by the common man, State-wise;
- (b) the number of accounts closed by customers during the last two years and the current year;
- (c) whether the small savings in post offices are declining; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) The number of operational small savings accounts in Post Offices upto March 2016 and the amount deposited therein, Postal Circle- wise are furnished in Annexure I
- (b) The number of accounts closed by customer during the last two  years and financial year 2015-16 are furnished in Annexure II.
- (c) No, Madam ,it is increasing as shown in Annexure III.
- (d) Question does not arise  in view of (c) above.

Postal Circle-wise no. of operational Small-Savings accounts and Amount Deposited (Rs. In Crores)

| *2015-16 (Provisional)                                                 | *2015-16 (Provisional)                   | *2015-16 (Provisional)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Postal Circle-wise                                                     | No. of operational Small-Saving accounts | Deposits                 |
| A.P.(including Telangana)                                              | 48290445                                 | 23461.37                 |
| Assam                                                                  | 8334178                                  | 9799.89                  |
| Bihar                                                                  | 24497720                                 | 24536.63                 |
| Chhattisgarh                                                           | 4174770                                  | 6502.35                  |
| Delhi                                                                  | 2915976                                  | 26314.10                 |
| Gujarat(including Daman &Diu)                                          | 18284701                                 | 39021.89                 |
| Haryana                                                                | 6193204                                  | 13958.58                 |
| H.P                                                                    | 5050940                                  | 9571.50                  |
| J&K                                                                    | 1849531                                  | 3798.82                  |
| Jharkhand                                                              | 10672277                                 | 9305.17                  |
| Karnataka                                                              | 16394303                                 | 20959.99                 |
| Kerala (including Lakshadweep& Pondicherry (Mahe)                      | 12252693                                 | 12857.50                 |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                         | 23082023                                 | 14907.38                 |
| Maharashtra (including Goa)                                            | 32417190                                 | 51529.27                 |
| N.E (including Manipur,Meghalaya,Tripura,Mizoram,Nagal and& Arunachal) | 2424093                                  | 4292.68                  |
| Orissa                                                                 | 12649556                                 | 10823.40                 |
| Punjab (including Chandigarh)                                          | 6475210                                  | 26325.60                 |
| Rajasthan                                                              | 17467395                                 | 19531.77                 |
| T.N.(including Pondicherry)                                            | 25809032                                 | 27162.08                 |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                          | 34617427                                 | 50637.99                 |
| Uttarakhand                                                            | 6120878                                  | 9428.15                  |
| W.B(including Sikkim&A.N.Island)                                       | 26119625                                 | 79436.94                 |
| Army Postal Service(APS)                                               | 864857                                   | 1690.02                  |
| Total                                                                  | 346958024                                | 495853.07                |

## Annexure-II

## No. of accounts closed  during the last two years and current financial year

| Year    |   No. of Accounts Closed |
|---------|--------------------------|
| 2013-14 |                 24884194 |
| 2014-15 |                 36541270 |
| 2015-16 |                 32275000 |

Contd…4/-

No. of Saving Accounts increasing year on year

| Year    |   No. of Saving Accounts |
|---------|--------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                330335249 |
| 2015-16 |                346958024 |

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Annexure-III