Lok Sabha Question No. 3058 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Status of Bharat Net Project in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3058 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  MARCH, 2018

## STATUS OF BHARAT NET PROJECT IN UTTAR PRADESH

†3058. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Gram Panchayats connected with optical fibre under the Bharat Net project in the State of Uttar Pradesh, district-wise; and
- (b) the number of villages that are proposed to be connected with internet services under the said project in the financial year, 2018-19?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) In  Uttar  Pradesh, as on 07.03.2018, a total of 27,170 Gram Panchayats (GPs) have been made Service Ready by providing connectivity on Optical Fibre Cable (OFC). The District-wise details of the Gram Panchayats, connected with optical fibre (Service Ready GPs) under the BharatNet project in the State, are given in Annexure-I .
- (b) BharatNet  is  broadband  connectivity  project  to  connect  Gram  Panchayats  by Broadband. All the Gram Panchayats are proposed to be connected by broadband by March, 2019.

Contd…2/-

## Annexure-I

District/SSA-wise status of BharatNet in Uttar Pradesh (as on 07.03.2018)

|   S. No. | District Name                     |   Service Ready GPs |
|----------|-----------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | AGRA                              |                 337 |
|        2 | ALIGARH                           |                 502 |
|        3 | ALLAHABAD                         |                 537 |
|        4 | AMBEDKARNAGAR                     |                 612 |
|        5 | AURAIYA                           |                 184 |
|        6 | AZAMGARH                          |                 595 |
|        7 | BAGHPAT                           |                 192 |
|        8 | BAHRAICH                          |                 340 |
|        9 | BALLIA                            |                 424 |
|       10 | BALRAMPUR                         |                 155 |
|       11 | BANDA                             |                 444 |
|       12 | BARABANKI                         |                 563 |
|       13 | BAREILLY                          |                 517 |
|       14 | BASTI                             |                 363 |
|       15 | BIJNOR                            |                 617 |
|       16 | BUDAUN                            |                 651 |
|       17 | BULANDSHAHR                       |                 854 |
|       18 | CHANDAULI                         |                 242 |
|       19 | CHHATRAPATI SHAHUJI MAHARAJ NAGAR |                  50 |
|       20 | CHITRAKOOT                        |                 311 |
|       21 | DEORIA                            |                 482 |
|       22 | ETAH                              |                 376 |
|       23 | ETAWAH                            |                 284 |
|       24 | FAIZABAD                          |                 268 |
|       25 | FARRUKHABAD                       |                 374 |
|       26 | FATEHPUR                          |                 375 |
|       27 | FIROZABAD                         |                 320 |
|       28 | GAUTAM BUDHHA NAGAR               |                 234 |
|       29 | GHAZIABAD                         |                 361 |
|       30 | GHAZIPUR                          |                1052 |
|       31 | GONDA                             |                 265 |
|       32 | GORAKHPUR                         |                 470 |
|       33 | HAMIRPUR                          |                 321 |
|       34 | HARDOI                            |                 500 |
|       35 | JALAUN                            |                 511 |

Contd…3/-

| S. No.   | District Name       |   Service Ready GPs |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 36       | JAUNPUR             |                 632 |
| 37       | JHANSI              |                 154 |
| 38       | JYOTIBA PHULE NAGAR |                 115 |
| 39       | KANNAUJ             |                  79 |
| 40       | KANPUR DEHAT        |                 187 |
| 41       | KANPUR NAGAR        |                 305 |
| 42       | KANSHIRAM NAGAR     |                 230 |
| 43       | KAUSHAMBI           |                 192 |
| 44       | KHERI               |                 481 |
| 45       | KUSHINAGAR          |                  65 |
| 46       | LALITPUR            |                 159 |
| 47       | LUCKNOW             |                 506 |
| 48       | MAHAMAYA NAGAR      |                 244 |
| 49       | MAHARAJGANJ         |                 134 |
| 50       | MAHOBA              |                 252 |
| 51       | MAINPURI            |                 342 |
| 52       | MATHURA             |                 445 |
| 53       | MAU                 |                 589 |
| 54       | MEERUT              |                 252 |
| 55       | MIRZAPUR            |                 288 |
| 56       | MORADABAD           |                 674 |
| 57       | MUZAFFARNAGAR       |                 502 |
| 58       | PILIBHIT            |                 353 |
| 59       | PRATAPGARH          |                 610 |
| 60       | RAE BARELI          |                 515 |
| 61       | RAMPUR              |                 381 |
| 62       | SAHARANPUR          |                 449 |
| 63       | SANT KABIR NAGAR    |                 260 |
| 64       | SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR  |                 184 |
| 65       | SHAHJAHANPUR        |                 530 |
| 66       | SHRAWASTI           |                 142 |
| 67       | SIDDHARTHNAGAR      |                 163 |
| 68       | SITAPUR             |                 445 |
| 69       | SONEBHADRA          |                  49 |
| 70       | SULTANPUR           |                 375 |
| 71       | UNNAO               |                 501 |
| 72       | VARANASI            |                 703 |
|          | Total               |               27170 |

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