Dear Comrades,
The year-wise number of post offices and letter
boxes operational in the country from 2003- 2004 to 2011-12 are given in the table below.
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Number of Post Offices and Letter Boxes in the Country
from 2003-04 to 2011-12
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Year
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No. of Post Offices(*)
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No. of Letter Boxes (*)
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2003-04
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1,55,669
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5,97,149
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2004-05
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1,55,516
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5,84,006
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2005-06
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1,55,333
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6,01,319
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2006-07
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1,55,204
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5,89,666
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2007-08
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1,55,035
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5,91,054
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2008-09
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1,55,015
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5,85,087
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2009-10
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1,54,979
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5,79,595
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2010-11
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1,54,866
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5,73,749
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2011-12
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1,54,822
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5,62,075
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(*) Numbers as on 31st March
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28,877 letter boxes were removed in the last nine years.
Complaints were received in
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala Circles and those complaints were settled
with restoration of letter boxes wherever justified as per prescribed norms.
Government has decided to install 66,666 new letter boxes in rural areas
under the Plan Scheme –“Rural Business & Access to Postal Network” in the
current Plan subject to availability of plan funds.
This
information was given by Dr.(Smt.) Killi Kruparani, Minister of State for
C&IT in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha
today.
MV / RK (Release ID: 95113) PIB
