Lok Sabha Question No. 954 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Postal Scheme
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI

## MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 954 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  MARCH,  2016

## POSTAL SCHEME

954. SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

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

- (a) the number of accounts opened under the Sukanya Samridhi Scheme in the Post Offices, State-wise;
- (b) the revenue generated under the scheme, as on date; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to make the scheme successful?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The number of accounts opened under Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme in the Post Offices till January-2016 state-wise  is enclosed in Annexure 'A'
- (b) The total revenue generated under the scheme as on 31.01.2016 is as under :

Rs. 164.64 Cr.

- (c) Following steps are taken to make the scheme successful :
- i. Door to door contact for opening of  accounts  through field  staff  by  way  of handbills, flyers etc. upto the level of rural areas, and distributing pamphlets to all customers who visits post offices.
- ii. Organizing Seminars/Melas/Road Shows to open Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts upto level of rural areas.
- iii. Targets are fixed for each Post Office right from the level of Rural Branch Post Offices for opening of Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts.

Contd…….2/-

| Sl. No.   | Name of Postal Circle   | Name of State     | Total No. of Accounts opened upto 31.01.2016   |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | 2                       | 3                 | 4                                              |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | Andhra Pradesh    | 477389                                         |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | Telangana         | 226787                                         |
| 2         | Assam                   | Assam             | 141231                                         |
| 3         | Bihar                   | Bihar             | 239829                                         |
| 4         | Chattisgarh             | Chattisgarh       | 120937                                         |
| 5         | Delhi                   | Delhi             | 105495                                         |
| 6         | Gujarat                 | Gujarat           | 179100                                         |
| 7         | Haryana                 | Haryana           | 246522                                         |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh        | HimachalPradesh   | 123996                                         |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir         | Jammu&Kashmir     | 114963                                         |
| 10        | Jharkhand               | Jharkhand         | 371385                                         |
| 11        | Karnataka               | Karnataka         | 875107                                         |
| 12        | Kerala                  | Kerala            | 294666                                         |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh          | Madhya Pradesh    | 261303                                         |
| 14        | Maharashtra             | Maharashtra       | 549844                                         |
|           |                         | Goa               | 22636                                          |
|           |                         | Arunachal Pradesh | 5817                                           |
|           |                         | Meghalaya         | 2636 1572                                      |
| 15        | North East              | Mizoram           |                                                |
|           |                         | Manipura          | 13470                                          |
|           |                         | Nagaland          | 2801                                           |
|           |                         | Tripura           | 11189 311960                                   |
| 16        | Odisha                  | Odisha            | 198552                                         |
| 17        | Punjab                  | Punjab            | 271737                                         |
| 18        | Rajasthan               | Rajasthan         | 1168097                                        |
| 19        | Tamilnadu               | Tamilnadu         | 915019                                         |
| 20        | Uttar Pradesh           | Uttar Pradesh     | 224768                                         |
| 21        | Uttarakhand             | Uttarakhand       | 525823                                         |
| 22        | West Bengal             | West Bengal       | 3743                                           |
|           |                         | Sikkim            | 8008374                                        |
| 23        | Total                   |                   |                                                |

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