Lok Sabha Question No. 58 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-20
Subject: Digitisation of Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RITI PATHAK, ASHWINI KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.58 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  JULY, 2016

## DIGITISATION OF POST OFFICES

- †*58.  SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK: SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of linking of post offices with internet facilities;
- (b) whether the Government has fixed any target for linking of post offices through internet across the country;
- (c) if so,  the details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  post  offices  linked, separately, in urban and rural areas, State-wise; and
- (d) the funds allocated and spent for the purpose, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  TO  BE  LAID  ON  THE  TABLE  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  IN  RESPECT  OF PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 58  FOR 20 th  JULY, 2016 REGARDING 'DIGITISATION OF POST OFFICES'.

(a) 24,405 departmental post offices out of total of 25,297 have been linked with internet facilities.

(b) Yes Madam. The Department has achieved its target of linking all post offices where connectivity is technically feasible.

(c) Number of offices linked State-wise including Delhi is as follows:

| Sl No.   | Name of the Circle/State   | No. of Locations with internet connectivity   | No. of Locations with internet connectivity   |
|----------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|          |                            | Urban                                         | Rural                                         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh             | 640                                           | 945                                           |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh          | 2                                             | 0                                             |
| 3        | Assam                      | 230                                           | 392                                           |
| 4        | Bihar                      | 429                                           | 603                                           |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh               | 243                                           | 73                                            |
| 6        | Delhi                      | 386                                           | 4                                             |
| 7        | Goa                        | 46                                            | 56                                            |
| 8        | Gujarat                    | 687                                           | 649                                           |
| 9        | Haryana                    | 317                                           | 171                                           |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh           | 112                                           | 337                                           |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir            | 162                                           | 80                                            |
| 12       | Jharkhand                  | 220                                           | 198                                           |
| 13       | Karnataka                  | 870                                           | 815                                           |
| 14       | Kerala                     | 513                                           | 939                                           |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh             | 706                                           | 320                                           |
| 16       | Maharashtra                | 1104                                          | 990                                           |
| 17       | Manipur                    | 20                                            | 5                                             |
| 18       | Meghalaya                  | 25                                            | 16                                            |
| 19       | Mizoram                    | 15                                            | 11                                            |
| 20       | Nagaland                   | 8                                             | 2                                             |
| 21       | Odisha                     | 540                                           | 631                                           |
| 22       | Punjab                     | 433                                           | 330                                           |
| 23       | Rajasthan                  | 615                                           | 715                                           |
| 24       | Sikkim                     | 10                                            | 7                                             |
| 25       | Tamilnadu                  | 1256                                          | 1319                                          |
| 26       | Telangana                  | 420                                           | 428                                           |
| 27       | Tripura                    | 45                                            | 10                                            |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh              | 1622                                          | 896                                           |
| 29       | Uttarakhand                | 200                                           | 192                                           |
| 30       | West Bengal                | 876                                           | 519                                           |
|          | Total                      | 12752                                         | 11653                                         |

(d) There  is  no  state  wise  allocation  of  funds  as  connectivity  provided  to  Post Offices  is  centrally  monitored  and  payments  to  the  Service  Providers  are  released based on agreed service levels and applying  relevant penal clauses. An amount of Rs  951.57  Crore  has  been  allotted  for  the  linking  of  post  offices,  out  of  which  Rs 241.78 Crore has been spent till 30 th June 2016.

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