(a) whether the Government have received any proposal to set up new Post Offices;
(b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State-wise; and
(c) the action taken by the Government in this regard and the reasons for not giving the approval so far?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) Yes Sir.
(b) & (c) the details of proposals received from Postal Circles during the last three years, the number of proposals approved by the Directorate of the Department Of Posts and the actual number of Post Offices opened circle-wise is given in Annexure-A. The opening of new Post Offices is done as per Annual Plan as part of the Five-Year Plan. It is subject to fulfillment of prescribed norms and sanctioning of required posts by Ministry of Finance (M.O.F.). The proposal for sanctioning of 442 posts of Extra Departmental Agents during 99-2000 was not agreed to by M.O.F. The figures given in the table include that of Post Offices opened by fresh creation of posts and also those, which were opened by redeployment.
ANNEXURE -A
No. of Proposals received from Circles No. of Proposals approved by Dte No. of Post Offices Opened 97-98 98-99 99-2000 97-98 98-99 99-2000 97-98 98-99 99-2000
1 ANDHRA 9 nil nil NIL nil Nil 10 10 4 2 ASSAM 26 63 46 36 54 20 18 54 24 3 BIHAR 42 80 90 40 72 51 31 72 51 4 DELHI 05 04 NIL 4 04 NIL 5 4 4 5 GUJARAT 23 34 33 14 27 27 18 31 28 6 HARYANA 17 14 12 5 12 09 13 13 12 7 HIMACHAL PRADESH10 13 06 7 07 NIL 4 7 2 8 J&K 14 27 01 15 23 NIL 11 23 14 9 KARNATAKA 34 09 03 24 05 NIL 24 12 21 10 KERALA 10 07 NIL 4 06 NIL 7 12 4 11 MP 33 13 NIL 4 NIL NIL 41 50 40 12 MAHARASHTRA 26 45 08 11 42 03 34 69 50 13 NORTH-EAST 26 61 19 6 54 NIL 18 54 19 14 ORISSA 31 13 04 19 07 NIL 21 10 14 15 PUNJAB 16 03 02 5 03 NIL 12 12 9 16 RAJASTHAN 33 NIL NIL 6 NIL NIL 33 30 24 17 TAMIL NADU 11 01 NIL 3 NIL NIL 21 10 15 18 UTTAR PRADESH 88 84 43 13 81 07 57 82 10 19 WEST BENGAL 51 NIL 43 31 43 41 24 43 41 TOTAL 505 471 310 347 440 158 402 598 386
Directorate.