At the time of the formulation of scheme, one “Dak Ghar Niryat Kendra” (post office export centre) was planned to be setup in every district. So far, Government has set up 1013 Dak   Ghar Niryat Kendras across the country to promote exports through the post office network. These Dak Ghar Niryat Kendras facilitate cross border e-commerce and enable artisans, weavers, craftsmen and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in the hinterland to reach international markets.

State-wise details of the 1013 DakGharNiryatKendras are attached as Annexure-I;

Various types of goods and products are exported through DakGharNiryatKendras, which include gem stones and imitation jewelry, fabric and apparel, leather products, handicrafts, ayurvedic and herbal products, spices, musical instruments, watches, home appliances, tea and coffee, other consumer goods, etc.;

Department of Posts has entered into multilateral and bilateral agreements and started ‘International Tracked Packet Service’ to 41 countries as per the details in Annexure-II. During 2023-24 around 13.48 lakh such shipments were booked for these countries.

 

Annexure-I

Details of number of Dak GharNiryat Kendras (DNKs) set up State-wise & Union Territory-wise

 

State	Number of DNKs set up
Andhra Pradesh	29
Arunachal Pradesh	23
Assam	36
Bihar	46
Chhattisgarh	40
Goa	5
Gujarat	48
Haryana	31
Himachal Pradesh	18
Jharkhand	26
Karnataka	76
Kerala	21
Madhya Pradesh	57
Maharashtra	64
Manipur	16
Meghalaya	12
Mizoram	11
Nagaland	15
Odisha	35
Punjab	26
Rajasthan	53
Sikkim	1
Tamil Nadu	64
Telangana	38
Tripura	8
Uttar Pradesh	93
Uttarakhand	18
West Bengal	30
Union Territories
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	3
Chandigarh	3
Dadar& Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu	3
Delhi	33
Jammu & Kashmir	26
Ladakh	2
Lakshadweep	1
Puducherry	2
Total	1013

 

Annexure-II

List of countries with International Tracked Packet Service (ITPS)

 

S. No	Country	S.No	Country
1	Aruba	21	Jersey
2	Australia	22	Korea (Republic)
3	Belarus	23	Lithuania
4	Bhutan	24	Malaysia
5	Canada	25	Mongolia
6	Cambodia	26	Morocco
7	Chile	27	Myanmar
8	China	28	Netherlands
9	Curacao	29	New Zealand
10	Dominican Republic	30	Oman
11	Egypt	31	Philippines
12	Estonia	32	Singapore
13	France	33	Solomon Island
14	Georgia	34	Sri Lanka
15	Germany	35	Svalbard and Jan Mayen
16	Gibraltar	36	Thailand
17	Great Britain	37	Tuvalu
18	Hong Kong	38	Ukraine
19	Indonesia	39	United Arab Emirates
20	Japan	40	United States of America
		41	Vietnam

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications, Dr.Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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