Opening of Post offices in Hilly Areas :

In the existing guidelines for opening of new post offices, there is already relaxation in the norms for opening of post offices in hilly areas in comparison to plain areas. There is no proposal for further relaxation in the existing norms.

                The number of Post Offices opened (Circle-wise) in hilly areas during the last three years and current year are as follows:

Sl. No.	Name of Circles	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
1.	Himacla Pradesh	-	1	-	-
2.	Karnataka	4	4	2	1
3.	North East	3	7	12	-
4.	Uttarakhand	4	2	6	-
5.	Jammu & Kashmir	1	2	1	4

This reply was given by Shri Sachin Pilot, the minister of State in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in response to a question in Parliament.

Source : PIB Release, August 3, 2011