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      Government of India

      Ministry of Finance

      02-December-2011 18:10 IST

      The state-wise number of branches of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Public Sector General Insurance Companies is at Annex.

       At present there are 138 regular branch offices and 93 satellite offices of LIC and  238 Branch Offices of   Public Sector General Insurance Companies located  in West Bengal. These are found to be adequate in giving services to the policyholders in the State.

      ANNEX

      STATE-WISE BRANCH OFFICES OF LIC AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANIES

      Sl. No.

      Name of State/ Union Territories

      No. of LIC's Office

      No. of  offices of Public Sector General Insurance Companies

      1

      Andaman and Nicobar Islands

      1

      2

      2

      Andhra Pradesh

      176

      383

      3

      Arunachal Pradesh

      2

      5

      4

      Assam

      49

      134

      5

      Bihar

      60

      127

      6

      Chandigarh

      6

      38

      7

      Chastisgarh

      26

      56

      8

      Dadra & Nagar Haveli

      0

      2

      9

      Daman & Diu

      0

      2

      10

      Delhi

      61

      215

      11

      Goa

      11

      25

      12

      Gujarat

      142

      280

      13

      Haryana

      40

      145

      14

      Himachal Pradesh

      23

      51

      15

      Jammu & Kashmir

      17

      56

      16

      Jharkhand

      41

      87

      17

      Karnataka

      138

      307

      18

      Kerala

      85

      263

      19

      Lakshwadweep

      0

      0

      20

      Madhya Pradesh

      114

      191

      21

      Maharashtra

      250

      502

      22

      Manipur

      4

      4

      23

      Meghalaya

      3

      13

      24

      Mizoram

      1

      4

      25

      Nagaland

      3

      5

      26

      Odisha

      56

      128

      27

      Puducherry

      3

      15

      28

      Punjab

      63

      275

      29

      Rajasthan

      110

      224

      30

      Sikkim

      1

      4

      31

      Tamil Nadu

      173

      489

      32

      Tripura

      4

      11

      33

      Uttar Pradesh

      215

      398

      34

      Uttarakhand

      32

      65

      35

      West Bengal

      138

      218

      TOTAL

      2048

      4724

      Note: General Insurance Corporation of India, the Indian re-insurer with its  Headquarters in Mumbai has no  branch in India but having three liaison offices in Chennai, Delhi  and Kolkata  which do not transact any re-insurance business.

      This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri   Namo Narain Meena in written reply to an Unstarred Question in Lok  Sabha today.

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