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Monday, March 11, 2013

VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT DEPT. OF POSTS - FROM LOK SABHA


GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF 
COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO
483

ANSWERED ON  
27.02.2013

VACANT LAND WITH POSTAL DEPARTMENT

483 .
Shri ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

M. B. RAJESH
 P. K. BIJU

Will the Minister of
COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY



be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the large extend of vacant lands are lying unutilized under the Department of Posts;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the area of such land, State-wise/UT-wise;

(c) the total number of post offices sanctioned during the last three years, State-wise /UT-wise;

(d) whether the Government proposes to sign new agreements with other Ministries/State Governments/local bodies etc. for the use of the vacant lands; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the response received in this regard?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Dr. (SMT.) KILLI KRUPARANI)

(a) & (b) Yes, Madam. The details of the extent of vacant lands lying unutilized under the Department of Posts, State-wise/UT-wise are enclosed as per Annexure-I.

(c) The total number of Post Offices opened during the last 3 years is 578. The Circle-wise details are enclosed as per Annexure -II.

(d) No, Madam.

(e) Not applicable in view of (d) above. 
Annexure-I
LOK SABHA ANNEXURE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 483 DATED 27.02.2013
Details of vacant plots and the area thereof, State-wise/U.T- wise  as on 01-01-2013.
S. No
Name of State
Total No. of plots
Total Area    (in Acre)
1
Andhra Pradesh
218
52.99
2
Assam
28
21.9
3
Bihar
93
30.17
4
Chhattisgarh
5
1.38
5
Delhi
18
11.96
6
Gujarat including Daman & Diu
110
40
7
Haryana
13
2.02
8
Himachal Pradesh
22
1.94
9
Jammu & Kashmir
8
4.97
10
Jharkhand
64
24.72
11
Karnataka
350
108.78
12
Kerala including LakshDweep
142
42.29
13
Maharashtra including Goa
80
44.87
14
Madhya Pradesh
38
7.73
15
North East including Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram
24
16.1
16
Orissa
46
18.2
17
Punjab including Chandigarh
19
7.39
18
Rajasthan
194
40.87
19
Tamilnadu including Puducherry
145
69.8
20
Uttar Pradesh
76
44.39
21
Uttarakhand
19
9
22
West Bengal including Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
92
72.37
Total
1804
673.84


Annexure.II
Circle-wise number of Branch Post Offices (BOs) and Sub-Post Offices (SOs)
 opened by redeployment & relocation during financial years 2009-10, 2010-11 &  2011-12


S. No.
Name of the Circles
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12


BOs
SOs
BOs
SOs
BOs
SOs
1
Andhra Pradesh
4
9
11
8
5
2
2
Assam
2
4
8
5
3
2
3
Bihar
2
5
8
4
3
2
4
Chhattisgarh
1
4
1
3
3
2
5
Delhi
1
4
2
5
1
2
6
Gujarat
2
6
9
8
1
0
7
Haryana
2
4
8
6
3
2
8
Himachal Pradesh
2
3
6
3
3
3
9
Jammu & Kashmir
2
2
6
2
0
0
10
Jharkhand
2
3
10
3
3
2
11
Karnataka
3
7
3
2
3
10
12
Kerala
7
7
4
2
3
1
13
Madhya Pradesh
3
10
2
4
5
3
14
Maharashtra
3
8
4
6
7
3
15
North East
2
5
8
4
3
2
16
Orissa
2
5
10
5
3
3
17
Punjab
2
3
8
3
4
2
18
Rajasthan
1
10
14
8
6
6
19
Tamil Nadu
3
7
14
7
7
4
20
Uttarakhand
2
3
6
2
3
4
21
Uttar Pradesh
5
13
9
7
6
3
22
West Bengal
1
2
8
3
4
4

Total
54
124
159
100
79
62

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