Lok Sabha Question No. 2589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-05
Subject: My Stamp Scheme
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**DEPARTMENT OF POSTS**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2589**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 05** **TH** **AUGUST, 2015**

**My Stamp Scheme**

**2589. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:**

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

(a) 	the number of personalised postage stamps under "my stamp" scheme printed so far along with the revenue earned as a result thereof, State-wise;

(b) 	whether the facility is extended to all post offices in the country;

(c) 	if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) 	the action taken by the Government to extend the scheme in all post offices?

ANSWER

**THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)**

(a)	The number of personlised postage stamps under “ My stamp” scheme printed so far is 18,16,000 and the state wise revenue earned is as per **Annexure-I.**

(b)	No, Madam.

(c) & (d)     My Stamp scheme was first introduced in India during the World Philatelic Exhibition, ‘INDIPEX-2011’ on trial basis by the Department of Posts. The enthusiastic response of stamp lovers prompted Department of Posts to extend the scheme to cover all Postal Circles. This scheme is now available in selected Philatelic Bureaux and counters/Important Post offices/Post Offices. Further, every year funds are allocated to all the Postal Circles for opening new My Stamp Counters subject to public demand and justification and availability of resources.

Contd…2/-

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**Annexure-I**

**IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2589**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 5** **th** **AUGUST, 2015**

|             |                       |                              |
|-------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| **Sl. No.** | **Name of the state** | **Revenue Generated in Rs.** |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh        | 3970930                      |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh     | 0                            |
| 3           | Assam                 | 6900                         |
| 4           | Bihar                 | 1873110                      |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh          | 221400                       |
| 6           | Gujarat               | 2492970                      |
| 7           | Haryana               | 86700                        |
| 8           | Himachal Pradesh      | 124200                       |
| 9           | J & K                 | 8920200                      |
| 10          | Jharkhand             | 207900                       |
| 11          | Karnataka             | 2533500                      |
| 12          | Kerala                | 4908480                      |
| 13          | Madhya Pradesh        | 295830                       |
| 14          | Maharashtra           | 4284600                      |
| 15          | Goa                   | 272700                       |
| 16          | Manipur               | 21840                        |
| 17          | Meghalaya             | 16800                        |
| 18          | Mizoram               | 0                            |
| 19          | Nagaland              | 0                            |
| 20          | Tripura               | 1560                         |
| 21          | Orissa                | 186600                       |
| 22          | Punjab                | 477900                       |
| 23          | Rajasthan             | 963810                       |
| 24          | Sikkim                | 2160                         |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu            | 5420880                      |
| 26          | Telangana             | 2497680                      |
| 27          | Uttar Pradesh         | 1980300                      |
| 28          | Uttarakhand           | 114900                       |
| 29          | West Bengal           | 1253400                      |
| 30          | Delhi (NCT)           | 2583870                      |

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