Question : Digitisation of Post Offices

(a) whether the Government is considering to digitally connect rural post offices across the country and enable core banking facilities to 1,20,000 other post offices;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the steps taken/being taken in this regard;

(d) whether the Government is considering to set up over 1,000 ATMs in three months for the convenience of post office savings bank customers; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the time by which a final decision in this regard is likely to be taken?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) to (c) Yes Madam. Government is digitally connecting all 1,29,345 Gramin Dak Sewak (GDS) Post offices in rural areas. The Rural Information and Communication Technology (RICT) segment under the IT Modernization Project of Department of Posts which is under implementation phase, will digitally connect 1,29,345 Gramin Dak Sewak Post Offices in rural areas across the Country by December, 2017. Core Banking Solution (CBS) is being implemented in 25297 Departmental Post Offices of the country. As on 31-01-2017, 23147 Departmental Post Offices have been migrated to CBS platform and 8729 GDS Post offices have been migrated to RICT platform and are being enabled with CBS facilities.

(d) & (e) Yes Madam, As part of the IT Modernization Project the Government has decided to provide ATM facility for POSB customers. As of now 970 ATMs have been installed at major post offices across the country. The Circle wise details of number of ATMs Installed is at Annexure A.




Annexure A

The Circle wise details of number of ATMs Installed as on 31-02-2017
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Circle ATM Installed at Post Offices
ANDHRA PRADESH 95
ASSAM 26
BIHAR 43
CHHATTISGARH 14
DELHI 26
GUJARAT 41
HARYANA 20
HIMACHAL PRADESH 20
JAMMU & KASHMIR 9
JHARKHAND 19
KARNATAKA 76
KERALA 42
MADHYA PRADESH 52
MAHARASHTRA 75
NORTH EASTERN 13
ORISSA 44
PUNJAB 26
RAJASTHAN 64
TAMILNADU 97
UTTAR PRADESH 86
UTTARAKHAND 18
WEST BENGAL 64
GRAND TOTAL 970

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