Details of Post Offices and Telegraph Offices functioning in own building or rented building

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2731

ANSWERED ON 13.03.2013

POST OFFICES IN RENTED BUILDINGS

2731 . Shri S. SEMMALAI/OM PRAKASH YADAV/P.R. NATARAJAN

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

(a) the details of number of post offices and telegraph offices functioning across the country at present separately in own building or rented building, State-wise; 

(b) the expenditure incurred on rent on the posts and telegraph offices functioning in rented buildings, State-wise; 

(c) the action taken by the Government to construct their own building to shift the Posts and Telegraph Offices from rented buildings; 

(d) whether the Government has launched housing scheme for Posts and Telegraph Office employees; and 

(e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard so far, State-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a) The details of number of Post Offices and Telegraph Offices, State-wise functioning across the country at present separately in own buildings and rented buildings is enclosed as per Annexure-I. 

(b) The information regarding the expenditure incurred on rent on the Posts and Telegraph Offices, State-wise functioning in rented buildings is enclosed as per Annexure-II. 

(c) The construction of own buildings to shift the Posts and Telegraph Offices is an ongoing activity. Government is taking action to construct their own buildings to shift the Post and Telegraph Offices from rented buildings by making a plan activity of compiling such cases, thereafter making a priority list followed by approval of Expenditure Finance Committee subject to the availability of funds from Planning Commission. 

(d) No, Madam. 

(e) Does not arise

LOK SABHA ANNEXURED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2731 DATED 13.03.2013

Annexure – I

Statement showing details of number of Post Offices and Telegraph Offices functioning across the country at present separately in own building or rented building.

S.No.	Name of State	No. of Post offices functioning in		No. of Telegraph offices functioning in
		Departmental Buildings	Rented Buildings	Departmental Buildings	Rented Buildings
1	Andhra Pradesh	306	2016	0	0
2	Arunachal Pradesh	23	11	0	0
3	Assam	158	475	0	0
4	A & N Island	10	17	1	0
5	Bihar	171	800	10	1
6	Chhattisgarh	43	277	1	0
7	Delhi	123	214	4	2
8	Goa	79	15	0	0
9	Gujarat	249	1094	0	0
10	Haryana	75	354	4	0
11	H. P	76	370	0
12	J & K	34	200	8	0
13	Jharkhand	69	329	11
14	Karnataka	370	1313	0	0
15	Kerala	242	1216	0	0
16	Madhya Pradesh	197	786	1	0
17	Maharashtra	539	1483	1	0
18	Manipur	7	47	0	0
19	Meghalaya	19	32	0	0
20	Mizoram	10	27	0	0
21	Nagaland	10	26	0	0
22	Orissa	146	948	7	0
23	Pondichery	8	19	0	0
24	Punjab	137	526	13	0
25	Rajasthan	287	930	0	0
26	Sikkim	5	13	0	0
27	Tamil Nadu	278	2251	2	0
28	Tripura	22	47	1	0
29	Uttar Pradesh	325	2059	3	0
30	Uttarkhand	51	297	0	0
31	West Bengal	218	1466	0	0
	Grand Total	4287	19658	67	7

 Annexure – II

Statement showing details of the expenditure incurrent during the year 2011-12 and current year (upto Feb., 2013) on rent on the Post and Telegraph Offices functioning in rented building.

(Rs. in Lacs.)

Sl. No.	Name of the State	Expenditure incurred onrent on the posts offices functioning in rented building		Expenditure incurred onrent on the telegraph offices functioning in rented building
		2011-12	2012-13 (up to Feb. 13)	2011-12	2012-13 (up to Feb. 13)
1	Andhra Pradesh	536.71	490.76	0	0
2	Arunachal Pradesh	2.14	2.64	0	0
3	Assam	125.17	118.47	0	0
4	A & N Island	2.46	2.25	0	0
5	Bihar	127.77	125.73	0.79	0.68
6	Chhattisgarh	55.06	53.32	0	0
7	Delhi	131.84	166.23	1.53	0.40
8	Goa	9.59	11.44	0	0
9	Gujarat	206.21	206.20	0	0
10	Haryana	62.48	78.08	0            0	0
11	Himachal Pradesh	57.93	56.84	0	0
12	J & K	58.47	49.72	2.54	2.32
13	Jharkhand	51.47	56.98	0	0
14	Karnataka	344.00	344.21	0	0
15	Kerala	350.87	329.05	0	0
16	Madhya Pradesh	132.14	130.70	0	0
17	Maharashtra	523.33	516.65	0	0
18	Manipur	14.91	13.10	0	0
19	Meghalaya	16.28	15.27	0	0
20	Mizoram	11.53	12.05	0	0
21	Nagaland	9.25	1.54	0	0
22	Orissa	175.46	181.20	0	0
23	Pondichery	1.86	1.80	0	0
24	Punjab	106.00	104.10	0	0
25	Rajasthan	296.77	229.05	0	0
26	Sikkim	7.58	6.64	0	0
27	Tamil Nadu	635.82	597.42	0	0
28	Tripura	12.42	11.72	0	0
29	Uttar Pradesh	372.09	384.95	0	0
30	Uttarkhand	62.69	67.65	16.63	14.32
31	West Bengal	358.00	340.16	0	0
	Grand Total	4858.30	4705.92	21.49	17.72

Source: Lok Sabha Q&A