Lok Sabha Question No. 242 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Post Offices in Rented/Temporary Buildings
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: C. N. JAYADEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.242 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  MAY, 2016

## POST OFFICES IN RENTED/TEMPORARY BUILDINGS

## *242. SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN:

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

- (a) whether  a  number  of  post  offices  are  working  out  of  rented/temporary buildings, and if so, the details thereof, State-wise along with expenditure incurred on rent;
- (b) whether a number of post offices have been renovated/shifted to own buildings during the last one year and the current year and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether a contract was signed between the Postal Department and Thrissur Corporation to shift Thrissur central post office to a temporary building  as part of a road widening project and if so, the present status thereof; and
- (d) whether any perspective plan has been drawn to own their post office building and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (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.  *242    FOR 11 TH     MAY,  2016    REGARDING    'POST  OFFICES  IN  RENTED/TEMPORARY BUILDINGS '.

- (a) Yes,  Madam.  The  State-wise  number  of  rented/temporary  buildings  and  the expenditure incurred on rent is placed at Annexure A .
- (b) Yes, Madam. The State-wise number of post offices renovated/shifted to own building during the last one year and the current year is at Annexure B.
- (c) An  agreement  was  signed  between  the  Department  of  Posts  and  Thrissur Municipal  Corporation  for  temporarily  shifting  the  Thrissur  Central  Post  Office  to Corporation bus stand building. Presently, the Thrissur Central Post Office continues to function from its existing departmental building.
- (d) The perspective plan is that Thrissur Municipal Corporation is to construct a post office building on a plot of land to be provided by them at their own cost.

Contd…3/-

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN  REPLY  TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 242 TO BE  ANSWERED IN THE LOK  SABHA ON 11.05.2016 REGARDING POST OFFICES IN RENTED/TEMPORARY BUILDINGS.

| S. No.   | State/Union Territory     |   Rented Building (Nos.) |   Temporary Buildings (Nos.) |   Rent Paid during 2015-16 (Rs.in lakhs) |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            |                     1438 |                            0 |                                   547.78 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                       12 |                            0 |                                     0.34 |
| 3        | Assam                     |                      443 |                            0 |                                    10.38 |
| 4        | Bihar                     |                      781 |                            0 |                                   183.01 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh              |                      282 |                            0 |                                    69.67 |
| 6        | Goa                       |                       80 |                            0 |                                    20    |
| 7        | Gujarat                   |                     1058 |                            0 |                                   303.85 |
| 8        | Haryana                   |                      360 |                            0 |                                    91.16 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh          |                      373 |                            0 |                                    83.35 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                      201 |                            0 |                                    74.57 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                 |                      349 |                            0 |                                    73.93 |
| 12       | Karnataka                 |                     1281 |                            0 |                                   502.58 |
| 13       | Kerala                    |                     1214 |                            0 |                                   445    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh            |                      811 |                            0 |                                    96.16 |
| 15       | Maharashtra               |                     1721 |                            0 |                                   668.43 |
| 16       | Manipur                   |                       45 |                            0 |                                     1.58 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                 |                       35 |                            0 |                                     1.93 |
| 18       | Mizoram                   |                       23 |                            0 |                                     1.2  |
| 19       | Nagaland                  |                       26 |                            0 |                                     0.98 |
| 20       | Orissa                    |                      959 |                            0 |                                   305.84 |
| 21       | Punjab                    |                      527 |                            0 |                                   188.14 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                 |                      878 |                            0 |                                   181.81 |
| 23       | Sikkim                    |                       17 |                            0 |                                    20.81 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                |                     2213 |                            0 |                                   890.26 |
| 25       | Telangana                 |                      577 |                            0 |                                   241.81 |
| 26       | Tripura                   |                       49 |                            0 |                                     1.39 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh             |                     2109 |                            0 |                                   584.82 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand               |                      300 |                            0 |                                   109.83 |
| 29       | West Bengal               |                     1381 |                            0 |                                   953.61 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                       17 |                            0 |                                    10.99 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                |                        9 |                            0 |                                     4.34 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                        3 |                            0 |                                     1.52 |
| 33       | Daman &Diu                |                        4 |                            0 |                                     0.39 |
| 34       | Delhi                     |                      219 |                            0 |                                   244.6  |
| 35       | Lakshadweep               |                        1 |                            0 |                                     0.34 |
| 36       | Puducherry                |                       22 |                            0 |                                    16.32 |
|          | Total                     |                    19818 |                            0 |                                  6614.32 |

Contd…4/-

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (b)  OF  THE  STATEMENT  LAID  IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 242 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.05.2016 REGARDING POST OFFICES IN RENTED/TEMPORARY BUILDINGS.

| S.No.   | State/Union Territory     | Post Office shifted to own buildings(Nos)   | Post Office shifted to own buildings(Nos)   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State/Union Territory     | Previous year                               | Current year                                |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh            | 3                                           | 0                                           |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 1                                           | 0                                           |
| 3       | Assam                     | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 4       | Bihar                     | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh              | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 6       | Goa                       | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 7       | Gujarat                   | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 8       | Haryana                   | 1                                           | 0                                           |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh          | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 11      | Jharkhand                 | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 12      | Karnataka                 | 2                                           | 0                                           |
| 13      | Kerala                    | 2                                           | 0                                           |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh            | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 15      | Maharashtra               | 1                                           | 0                                           |
| 16      | Manipur                   | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 17      | Meghalaya                 | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 18      | Mizoram                   | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 19      | Nagaland                  | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 20      | Orissa                    | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 21      | Punjab                    | 1                                           | 0                                           |
| 22      | Rajasthan                 | 11                                          | 0                                           |
| 23      | Sikkim                    | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                | 3                                           | 0                                           |
| 25      | Telangana                 | 1                                           | 0                                           |
| 26      | Tripura                   | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh             | 1                                           | 1                                           |
| 28      | Uttarakhand               | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 29      | West Bengal               | 1                                           | 0                                           |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 31      | Chandigarh                | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 32      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 33      | Daman & Diu               | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 34      | Delhi                     | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 35      | Lakshadweep               | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| 36      | Puducherry                | 0                                           | 0                                           |
|         | Total                     | 28                                          | 1                                           |

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