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Some excerpts from Union Budget 2014-15 related to POST OFFICE

 


Kissan Vikas Patra

27.
Kissan Vikas Patra (KVP) was a very popular instrument among small savers. I plan to reintroduce the instrument to encourage people, who may have banked and unbanked savings to invest in this instrument. 

Small Savings
136.
To address the concerns of decline in savings rate and improving returns for small savers, I propose to revitalize small savings.

137.
My Government attaches utmost importance to the welfare of Girl Child. A special small savings instrument to cater to the requirements of educating and marriage of the Girl Child will be introduced. A National Savings Certificate with insurance cover will also be launched to provide additional benefits for the small saver.

138.
In the PPF Scheme, annual ceiling will be enhanced to Rs 1.5 lakh p.a. From Rs 1 lakh at present.

Circle wise number of Post Offices and Opening of New Post Office


MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 30
ANSWERED ON 07.07.2014
OPENING OF POST OFFICES
30 . Shri NALIN KUMAR KATEEL
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-

(a) the number of post offices in the rural and urban areas in the country, Circle/ Category-wise; 

(b) the number of post offices proposed to be opened in the country during the current year; 

(c) the number of post offices closed during the last three years and the current year along with the reasons therefor; 

(d) whether the Government has any proposal to operate Railway Passenger Reservation through post offices in the country; and 

(e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?


ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD) 
(a) Circle-wise number of Post Offices in rural and urban areas in the country (as on 31.3.2014) is at Annexure-I. 

(b) Circle-wise number of Post Offices proposed to be opened by redeployment & relocation in the country during the current financial year is at Annexure-II. 

(c) Circle-wise number of Post Offices closed during 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15 is at Annexure-III. Post Offices were closed down as a result of merger on need to vacate rented premises and relocation of post offices resulting from rationalization to cater to new habitations. 

(d) & (e) The Department of Posts has been providing Railway Passenger Reservation (booking/ cancellation) facility through Post Offices in association with Ministry of Railways since 2007. As on December, 2013 this service is being offered through 281 Post Offices.


LOK SABHA ANNEXURED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 30 DATED 7.07.2014 
Annexure-I

Circle-wise number of Post Offices in  Rural and Urban areas in  the country (as on 31.3.2014)

Sl. No.
Name of the Circles
No. of Post Offices in Rural area
No. of Post Offices in Urban area
1
Andhra Pradesh
14815
1335
2
Assam
3642
372
3
Bihar
8591
473
4
Chhattisgarh
2878
266
5
Delhi
83
478
6
Gujarat
8193
788
7
Haryana
2329
344
8
Himachal Pradesh
2662
118
9
Jammu & Kashmir
1502
197
10
Jharkhand
2829
270
11
Karnataka
8607
1072
12
Kerala
4209
858
13
Madhya Pradesh
7476
842
14
Maharashtra
11559
1297
15
North East
2686
228
16
Odisha
7570
596
17
Punjab
3408
445
18
Rajasthan
9668
662
19
Tamil Nadu
10265
1801
20
Uttar Pradesh
15747
1933
21
Uttarakhand
2508
214
22
West Bengal
7955
1111
Total
139182
15700

Annexure-II
Circle-wise number of Post Offices proposed to be opened by redeployment & relocation  in the country during the current financial year 2014-15

Sl. No.
Name of the Circles
No. of Post Offices
1
Andhra Pradesh
11
2
Assam
8
3
Bihar
5
4
Chhattisgarh
9
5
Delhi
4
6
Gujarat
8
7
Haryana
8
8
Himachal Pradesh
6
9
Jammu & Kashmir
4
10
Jharkhand
8
11
Karnataka
8
12
Kerala
2
13
Madhya Pradesh
10
14
Maharashtra
9
15
North East
9
16
Odisha
8
17
Punjab
7
18
Rajasthan
8
19
Tamil Nadu
8
20
Uttar Pradesh
11
21
Uttarakhand
4
22
West Bengal
5
Total
160

Annexure-III
Circle-wise number of  Post Offices closed during   2011-12 , 2012-13,  2013-14 & 2014-15

Sl. No.
Name of the Circles
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
     2014-15
(Upto 30.06.2014)
1
Andhra Pradesh
0
0
0
0
2
Assam
2
0
2
0
3
Bihar
0
0
0
0
4
Chhattisgarh
0
0
0
0
5
Delhi
0
0
0
0
6
Gujarat
1
1
1
0
7
Haryana
1
4
4
0
8
Himachal Pradesh
0
0
0
0
9
Jammu & Kashmir
1
0
0
0
10
Jharkhand
0
0
0
0
11
Karnataka
67
16
0
0
12
Kerala
7
10
2
0
13
Madhya Pradesh
0
0
0
0
14
Maharashtra
0
0
0
0
15
North East
5
3
4
0
16
Odisha
0
0
2
0
17
Punjab
7
0
0
0
18
Rajasthan
0
0
0
0
19
Tamil Nadu
1
0
0
0
20
Uttar Pradesh
0
1
8
0
21
Uttarakhand
0
0
0
0
22
West Bengal
0
0
0
0
Total
92
35
23
0




Union Budget 2014-15 : Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.2.5 lakh and also raised to Rs 1.5 lakh under Section 80C

Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.2.5 lakh and also raised to Rs 1.5 lakh under Section 80C

Some relief to individual and salary tax payers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presenting Union Budget 2014-15 today in Parliament, raised individual tax exemption limit to Rs.2.5 lakh from current Rs.2 lakh.

For Senior Citizen tax exemption limit also increased to 3 lakh.
The Central Government today hiked the exemption limit for investments by individuals in financial instruments to Rs 1.5 lakh under section 80C.

Housing Loan Rebate is raised from Rs 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh

And one more relief to the depositors of Public Provident Fund, the ceiling limit will raised to Rs.1.5. lakh form current level of Rs.1 lakh.
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