(a) the targets fixed and the achievements made for setting up of post offices in rural and urban areas of all the districts in Punjab during the Ninth Plan period; and
(b) the steps taken by the Union Government to complete the remaining work within the targeted period?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) The targets fixed for Ninth Plan period and district-wise achievements made for setting up post offices in rural and urban areas of Punjab are given in Annexure.
(b) Post Offices are opened as per the targets on the norm based justification subject to availability of resources.
Annexure
THE TARGETS FIXED AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS MADE FOR SETTING UP OF POST OFFICES IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN THE DISTRICTS OF PUNJAB DURING THE NINTH PLAN PERIOD
TARGETS FIXED Targets Achievements made
Year DSO EDBO DSO EDBO
1997-98 2 17 2 13 1998-99 2 15 2 14 1999-00 1 10 1 9 2000-01 3 14 3 14 2001-02 2 6 1 Total 10 62 9 50
DISTRICT-WISE ACHIEVEMENTS
District 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02
U R U R U R U R U R Amritsar - - - 3 - - - 2 - - Bathinda - 2 1 - - - - 2 - - Faridkot - - - - - - - - - - Ferozepur - - - 1 - 2 - 2 - - Fatehgarh S. 1 1 - - - - - - - - Gurdaspur - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - - Hoshiarpur - - - - - - - - - 1 Jalandhar - - - - - - - - - - Kapurthala - 2 - - - - - 1 - - Ludhiana 1 1 1 3 - 1 1 1 - - Mansa - 2 - 2 - 1 - - - Moga - - - - - - - - - - Mukatsar - 1 - - - - - - - - Nawashahar - - - - - - - 1 - - Patiala - - - - - 1 - - - - Ropar - - - - - - - - - - Sangrur - 3 - 4 1 1 - 2 - - UT Ch.garh - - - - - 1 1 1 - - Total 2 13 2 14 1 9 2 15 - 1
DSO = Departmental Sub Office EDBO = Extra Departmental Branch Office U = Urban R = Rural , UT Ch. Garh = Union Territory Chandigarh.