Lok Sabha Question No. 1730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-04
Subject: Logistic Postal Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAJ KUMAR SAINI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1730 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  MAY, 2016

## LOGISTIC POSTAL SERVICES

## †1730. SHRI RAJKUMAR SAINI:

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

- (a) whether logistic postal services have been started;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the cities/districts wherein the service has been introduced, State-wise;
- (c) whether post offices have been equipped with information technology related facilities including ATMs;
- (d) if  so,  the  number  and  details  thereof  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, State-wise;
- (e) whether the said services are proposed to be started in other post offices also; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the targets fixed in this regard for the current Five Year Plan?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) Logistics  Post  services  have  been  introduced  by  the  Department  w.e.f. 10.08.2004 to provide a range of integrated logistics and fulfillment services that can be tailor made to suit the requirements of the customers.

List  of  cities/  districts  where  Logistics  Post  services  are  available  are  given  in Annexure I.

- (c) As part of 'IT Modernization Project' of the Department,  28002 Departmental offices  including  post  offices,  mail  offices  and  administrative  offices  have  been computerized and networked so far on single Wide Area Network   (WAN), with the Data  Centre  Facility  at  Mumbai.  Department's  WAN  is  now  the  largest  singleorganization WAN in the country. Department is also providing Core Banking Solution (CBS), Core  Insurance  Solution (CIS) and  ATM  facility under  the overall IT Modernization Project.
- (d) Details are given in Annexure II.
- (e) to (f) CBS  and  ATM  facilities  are  being  expanded  in  other  post  offices/ locations in a phased manner .

## Cities/ Districts where Logistics Post service is available

| Sl. No.   | State             | Cities / Districts   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Chittoor             |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Krishna              |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Guntur               |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Prakasam             |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Nellore              |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | West Godavari        |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Krishna              |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam        |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | East Godavari        |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Hyderabad            |
| 2         | Assam             | Guwahati             |
| 2         | Assam             | Silchar              |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar             |
| 4         | Bihar             | Ara                  |
|           |                   | Aurangabad           |
|           |                   | Banka                |
|           |                   | Bankipore            |
|           |                   | Gaya                 |
|           |                   | Munger               |
|           |                   | Patna                |
|           |                   | Buxar                |
|           |                   | Hazipur              |
|           |                   | Jehanabad            |
|           |                   | Sasaram              |
|           |                   | Jamui                |
|           |                   | Nawada               |
|           |                   | Bhagalpur            |
|           |                   | Muzaffarpur          |
|           |                   | Bettiah              |
|           |                   | Chhapra              |
|           |                   | Darbhanga            |
|           |                   | Madhubani            |
|           |                   | Siwan                |
|           |                   | Gopalganj            |
|           |                   | Saharsa              |
|           |                   | Samastipur           |
|           |                   | Katihar              |
|           |                   | Purnea               |
|           |                   | Lakhisarai           |
|           |                   | Marhowra             |
|           |                   | Sitamarhi            |
|           |                   | Motihari             |

|    |                  | Begusarai         |
|----|------------------|-------------------|
|    |                  | Supaul            |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh     | Raipur            |
|    |                  | Durg              |
|    |                  | Rajnandgaon       |
|    |                  | Bhilai            |
|    |                  | Bilaspur          |
|    |                  | Raigarh           |
| 6  | Delhi            | Delhi             |
| 7  | Gujarat          | Ahmedabad         |
| 8  | Haryana          | Gurgaon           |
|    |                  | Rewari            |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla            |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Srinagar          |
|    |                  | Anantnag          |
|    |                  | Pulwama           |
|    |                  | Jammu             |
|    |                  | Baramula          |
|    |                  | Udhampur          |
|    |                  | Katra             |
|    |                  | Kathua            |
|    |                  | Samba             |
| 11 | Jharkhand        | Ranchi            |
|    |                  | Dhanbad           |
|    |                  | Bokaro Steel City |
|    |                  | Jamshedpur        |
| 12 | Karnataka        | Bengaluru         |
|    |                  | Mysuru            |
|    |                  | Bijapur           |
|    |                  | Mangalore         |
|    |                  | Ramanagar         |
|    |                  | Chickballapur     |
|    |                  | Kolar             |
|    |                  | Kodagu            |
|    |                  | Tumkur            |
|    |                  | Mandya            |
|    |                  | Chamarajnagar     |
|    |                  | Hassan            |
|    |                  | Davangere         |
|    |                  | Chikmagalur       |
|    |                  | Gulbarga          |
|    |                  | Shimoga           |
|    |                  | Bellary           |
|    |                  | Haveri            |
|    |                  | Koppal            |
|    |                  | Bidar             |

|    |                | Gadag         |
|----|----------------|---------------|
|    |                | Udupi         |
|    |                | Raichur       |
|    |                | Dharwad       |
|    |                | Yadgiri       |
|    |                | Belgavi       |
|    |                | Uttar Kannada |
|    |                | Gokak         |
|    |                | Bagalkot      |
| 13 | Kerala         | Trivandrum    |
|    |                | Kollam        |
|    |                | Alappuza      |
|    |                | Ernakulam     |
|    |                | Thrissur      |
|    |                | Kasaragod     |
|    |                | Kanhangad     |
|    |                | Nileshwar     |
|    |                | Payyannur     |
|    |                | Taliparamba   |
|    |                | Kannur        |
|    |                | Thalassery    |
|    |                | Vadakara      |
|    |                | Koyilandi     |
|    |                | Calicut       |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal        |
|    |                | Indore        |
| 15 | Maharashtra    | Mumbai        |
|    |                | Thane         |
|    |                | Navi Mumbai   |
|    |                | Pune          |
|    |                | Aurangabad    |
|    |                | Nasik         |
|    |                | Nagpur        |
|    |                | Panvel        |
| 16 | Manipur        | Imphal        |
| 17 | Meghalaya      | Shillong      |
| 18 | Mizoram        | Aizawl        |
| 19 | Odisha         | Cuttack       |
|    |                | Bhubaneswar   |
|    |                | Nayagarh      |
|    |                | Khurdha       |
|    |                | Jagatsignpur  |
|    |                | Kendrapara    |
|    |                | Jajapur       |
|    |                | Balasore      |
|    |                | Bhadrak       |

|    |           | Sambalpur     |
|----|-----------|---------------|
|    |           | Bargarh       |
|    |           | Jharsuguda    |
|    |           | Jeypore (K)   |
|    |           | Rayagada      |
|    |           | Dhenkanal     |
|    |           | Angul         |
|    |           | Keonjhar      |
|    |           | Bolangir      |
|    |           | Berhampur     |
|    |           | Parlakhemundi |
|    |           | Phulbani      |
|    |           | Rourkela      |
|    |           | Bhawanipatna  |
|    |           | Sundargarh    |
|    |           | Baripada      |
| 20 | Punjab    | Chandigarh    |
| 20 |           | Ludhiana      |
| 20 |           | Amritsar      |
| 20 |           | Jalandhar     |
| 21 | Rajasthan | Jaipur        |
| 21 |           | Ajmer         |
| 21 |           | Jodhpur       |
| 21 |           | Sikar         |
| 21 |           | Churu         |
| 21 |           | Jhunhunu      |
|    | Tamilnadu | Ambur         |
|    |           | Aruppukottai  |
|    |           | Atur (Salem)  |
|    |           | Bhavani       |
|    |           | Chennai       |
|    |           | Chengalpattu  |
|    |           | Chidambaram   |
|    |           | Chinna Salem  |
|    |           | Coimbatore    |
|    |           | Cuddalore     |
|    |           | Dharapuram    |
|    |           | Dharmapuri    |
|    |           | Dindigul      |
|    |           | Erode         |
|    |           | Hosur         |
|    |           | Kallakurichi  |
|    |           | Kanchipuram   |
|    |           | Kankeyam      |
|    |           | Karur         |
|    |           | Kovilpatti    |
|    |           | Krishnagiri   |

|    |           | Kumbakonam     |
|----|-----------|----------------|
|    |           | Madurai        |
|    |           | Manamadurai    |
|    |           | Manaparai      |
|    |           | Mayiladuthurai |
|    |           | Melur          |
|    |           | Mettur         |
|    |           | Nagercoil      |
|    |           | Namakkal       |
|    |           | Ooty           |
|    |           | Paramakudi     |
|    |           | Perambalur     |
|    |           | Perundurai     |
|    |           | Pollachi       |
|    |           | Rajapalayam    |
|    |           | Ramnad         |
|    |           | Ranipet        |
|    |           | Salem          |
|    |           | Sattur         |
|    |           | Sirkali        |
|    |           | Sivaganga      |
|    |           | Sivakasi       |
|    |           | Srivilliputtur |
|    |           | Thanjavur      |
|    |           | Tindivanam     |
|    |           | Tirunelveli    |
|    |           | Tirupattur     |
|    |           | Tiruvarur      |
|    |           | Tuticorin      |
|    |           | Udumalpet      |
|    |           | Ulundurpet     |
|    |           | Vellore        |
|    |           | Villupuram     |
|    |           | Viralimalai    |
|    |           | Virudhunagar   |
| 23 | Telangana | Mahabub Nagar  |
| 24 | Tripura   | Agartala       |
| 25 | U P       |                |
|    |           | Allahabad      |
|    |           | Aligarh        |
|    |           | Ambedkar Nagar |
|    |           | Auraiya        |
|    |           | Bareilly       |
|    |           | Bulandshahar   |

|    |             | Etawah    |
|----|-------------|-----------|
|    |             | Faizabad  |
|    |             | Gorakhpur |
|    |             | Kanpur    |
|    |             | Khurja    |
|    |             | Lucknow   |
|    |             | Sitapur   |
|    |             | Varanasi  |
| 26 | West Bengal | Kolkata   |

## Annexure II

| S. No.   | State             |   Network Integration (WAN)* |   Number of Post Offices providing CBS facility* |   Number of Post Offices providing CIS facility* | Number of Post Offices where ATMs are provided ^   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 01       | Andhra Pradesh    |                         1803 |                                             1636 |                                             1587 | 60                                                 |
| 02       | Assam             |                          716 |                                              499 |                                              627 | 24                                                 |
| 03       | Bihar             |                         1193 |                                              648 |                                             1164 | 39                                                 |
| 04       | Chattisgarh       |                          395 |                                              207 |                                              346 | 14                                                 |
| 05       | Delhi             |                          476 |                                              376 |                                              400 | 26                                                 |
| 06       | Gujarat           |                         1536 |                                             1168 |                                             1338 | 37                                                 |
| 07       | Haryana           |                          564 |                                              363 |                                              491 | 20                                                 |
| 08       | Himachal Pradesh  |                          520 |                                              393 |                                              465 | 19                                                 |
| 09       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                          269 |                                               68 |                                              261 | 7                                                  |
| 10       | Jharkhand         |                          469 |                                              259 |                                              462 | 16                                                 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |                         1967 |                                             1672 |                                             1706 | 76                                                 |
| 12       | Kerala            |                         1668 |                                             1452 |                                             1517 | 32                                                 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                         1171 |                                              991 |                                             1063 | 52                                                 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                         2407 |                                             1976 |                                             2145 | 71                                                 |
| 15       | Odisha            |                         1328 |                                              892 |                                             1199 | 44                                                 |
| 16       | Punjab            |                          871 |                                              658 |                                              763 | 26                                                 |
| 17       | Rajasthan         |                         1548 |                                             1249 |                                             1345 | 64                                                 |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu        |                         2863 |                                             2479 |                                             2584 | 94                                                 |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh     |                         2917 |                                             2276 |                                             2516 | 85                                                 |
| 20       | Uttarakhand       |                          413 |                                              168 |                                              390 | 15                                                 |
| 21       | West Bengal       |                         1619 |                                             1195 |                                             1719 | 56                                                 |
| 22       | Meghalaya         |                           63 |                                               22 |                                               66 | 1                                                  |
| 23       | Manipur           |                           57 |                                               22 |                                               55 | 1                                                  |
| 24       | Goa               |                          111 |                                              101 |                                              104 | 1                                                  |
| 25       | Telangana         |                          953 |                                              510 |                                              858 | 32                                                 |
| 26       | Sikkim            |                           23 |                                                7 |                                               23 | 1                                                  |
| 27       | Arunachal Pradesh |                           24 |                                                1 |                                               49 | Nil                                                |
| 28       | Mizoram           |                           34 |                                               17 |                                               40 | Nil                                                |
| 29       | Nagaland          |                           21 |                                                9 |                                               42 | Nil                                                |
| 30       | Tripura           |                           75 |                                               39 |                                               81 | Nil                                                |
|          | Total             |                        28074 |                                            21353 |                                            25406 | 913                                                |

* as on 28.04.2016

^ as on 26.04.2016

## Year wise details :

| Activity/ facility   |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17   |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| CBS                  |       128 |      2020 |     18346 | 859       |
| CIS                  |       220 |      9565 |     15621 | -         |
| Network Integration  |     19974 |      7126 |       902 | 72        |
| ATM                  |         4 |       121 |       766 | 22        |

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