| MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
| UNSTARRED |
QUESTION NO: |
1681 |
| BANKING SERVICES IN POST OFFICES . |
| SHASHI THAROOR |
Will the Minister of
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COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
be pleased to state:-
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(a) the total number of post offices in the country that provide Core Banking Solutions (CBS) and Automated Teller Machine (ATM) facilities, State-wise and the number of customers made through it and business obtained therefrom;
(b) whether the Government proposes to introduce other banking services in the post offices for the benefit of account holders, and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the total number of post offices in rural areas and the proportion of such post offices that have internet kiosks to facilitate net banking, anytime anywhere banking facilities, etc.;
(d) whether the Government has introduced measures to impart awareness of such facilities and their benefits in rural areas, including instructions to use them; and
(e) if so, the details thereof and the time by which formal banking service is likely to be started in all the post offices of the country which is likely to generate new employment opportunities? |
| ANSWER |
THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) The total number of post offices that now provide Core Banking Solution (CBS) are 961 in the country. As of now the ATM facility is available in 4 post offices. The State-wise detail of these offices is as under:
Name of No of post No of ATMs No of New Amount
Circle offices Installed Accounts Deposited
providing opened (in Rs.)
CBS in CBS
offices
ANDHRA PRADESH 47 33743 1092310843
ASSAM 21 104007 2133960687
DELHI 34 2 36321 1322874157
GUJARAT 1 4 12000
HARYANA 1 5054 263041017.3
KARNATAKA 161 171633 2715803958
KERALA 6 4672 46838408
MADHYA PRADESH 2 2 11000
MAHARASHTRA 75 1 166691 3507086425
PUNJAB 18 40778 1245780335
RAJASTHAN 170 84131 1854641338
TAMIL NADU 261 1 195080 3479406594
UTTAR PRADESH 164 265718 5995850622
Grand Total 961 4 1107834 23657617385
The rollout of CBS is in progress. In Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, it was rolled out on 24.11.2014
(b) The Reserve Bank of India has announced its guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks very recently, vide their press release dated 27-11-2014. The Government will take a decision on whether DoP should set up a Bank based on an examination of the said guidelines. If and when the Post Bank of India is setup, it will lead to other banking services being introduced in Post Offices for the benefit of account holders.
c) Total number of Post Offices in rural areas is 1,39,182 and no Internet kiosks have been provided to facilitate net banking/anytime anywhere banking facilities to post offices in rural areas.
(d) Does not arise in view of (c) above
(e) Same as (b) above |
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