Lok Sabha Question No. 4334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Monitoring Implementation of Bharat Net
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4334 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST     MARCH, 2018

## MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION OF BHARAT NET

## 4334. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  monitors  the  status  of  implementation  of  Bharat  Net project in all Gram Panchayats;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including the State of Gujarat and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  constituted  an  independent  body  to  check  the implementation  status  of  the  said  project  and  to  ensure  mobile  and  broadband connectivity  in  deficient  areas  of  the  country  including  Gujarat  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Yes, Madam. The implementation of BharatNet project is being monitored in the country including Gujarat.  Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), which is the executing agency for the Project, monitors the BharatNet project on a regular basis. Two  committees  in  the  Department  of  Telecommunications  have  been  set  up  for monitoring and resolution of issues.

These Committees are:

- (i)  Empowered Committee under Secretary, Department of Telecommunications
- (ii)  Steering  Committee  headed  by  Administrator,  Universal  Service  Obligation Fund (USOF)

The  State/UT-wise  details  of  the  Gram  Panchayats,  connected  under  the BharatNet project, are given in Annexure-I .

(c) Bharat  Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) is the executing agency for BharatNet project to connect all Gram Panchayats in the country, including in Gujarat, by Broadband. Controllers of Communication Accounts (CCAs) and Licensed Service Area (LSA) field units of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) monitor the mobile and broadband connectivity, including at GP level.

State/UT-wise Status of BharatNet (as on 11.03.2018)

| Sr. No       | State/UT            | Service Ready GPs   |
|--------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 1            | Arunachal Pradesh   | 14                  |
| 2            | Assam               | 1464                |
| 3            | Bihar               | 4962                |
| 4            | Chandigarh          | 13                  |
| 5            | Chhattisgarh        | 3559                |
| 6            | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0                   |
| 7            | Daman &Diu          | 0                   |
| 8            | Gujarat             | 4565                |
| 9            | Haryana             | 5803                |
| 10           | Himachal Pradesh    | 162                 |
| 11           | Jammu &Kashmir      | 169                 |
| 12           | Jharkhand           | 1504                |
| 13           | Karnataka           | 6071                |
| 14           | Kerala              | 1129                |
| 15           | Lakshadweep         | 0                   |
| 16           | Madhya Pradesh      | 11102               |
| 17           | Maharashtra         | 13437               |
| 18           | Manipur             | 123                 |
| 19           | Meghalaya           | 122                 |
| 20           | Mizoram             | 18                  |
| 21           | Nagaland            | 61                  |
| 22           | Odisha              | 2402                |
| 23           | Puducherry          | 101                 |
| 24           | Punjab              | 6761                |
| 25           | Rajasthan           | 8150                |
| 26           | Sikkim              | 4                   |
| 27           | Tamil Nadu          | 0                   |
| 28           | Telangana           | 2042                |
| 29           | Tripura             | 489                 |
| 30           | Uttar Pradesh       | 26940               |
| 31           | Uttarakhand         | 1361                |
| 32           | West Bengal         | 2020                |
| 33           | Andaman &Nicobar    | 0                   |
| 34           | Andhra Pradesh      | 0                   |
| Total 104548 | Total 104548        | Total 104548        |

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