Lok Sabha Question No. 573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Digital Communication Policy
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 573 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## DIGITAL COMMUNICATION POLICY

573. SHRI P. RAVEENDRANATH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  effects  of  the  implementation  of  the  National  Digital  Communication  Policy  (NDCP) since it's inception;
- (b) whether there has been huge capital investment in Communications and IT sector during the last six years and the current year;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT- wise along with the capital investment made in the above sector in rural, tribal and remote areas of the country during the said period; and
- (d) the annual growth rate achieved by the Communications and IT sector during the said period?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) to (c) The National Digital Communications Policy 2018 (NDCP-2018) was notified on 22 nd October,  2018  with  a  vision  to  support  India's  transition  to  a  digitally  empowered  economy  and society.  Further,  in  order  to  achieve  the  strategic  objective  of  provisioning  of  broadband  for  all, National Broadband Mission has been launched on 17 th December, 2019. The Mission aims to attract investments  from  stakeholders  of  around  US  100  billion  dollars  (Rs  7  Lakh  Crore)  of  which Government share through Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) is 10%. The State/UT- wise allocation made by the Government through USOF under the project BharatNet is at Annexure I. The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow in the Telecommunications and Computer Software & Hardware Sector for the last 6 years is as under:

| Financial Year   | FDI Equity Inflow (In Rs Crores)   | FDI Equity Inflow (In Rs Crores)   |
|------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Financial Year   | Telecommunications Sector          | Computer Software& Hardware Sector |
| 2014-15          | 17,372                             | 13,564                             |
| 2015-16          | 8,637                              | 38,949                             |
| 2016-17          | 37,435                             | 24,605                             |
| 2017-18          | 39,748                             | 39,670                             |
| 2018-19          | 18,337                             | 45,297                             |
| 2019-20          | 30,940                             | 54,250                             |

- (d) Details are at Annexure II.

## Allocation made under BharatNet

|   S.No. | State                                    |   Allocation (in Rs Crore) |
|---------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                 |                      15.22 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                           |                     528.04 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                      45.58 |
|       4 | Assam                                    |                     162.79 |
|       5 | Bihar                                    |                     884.75 |
|       6 | Chattisgarh                              |                    1184.51 |
|       7 | Gujarat, Dadar& Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu |                    1943.37 |
|       8 | Haryana                                  |                     385.17 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh                         |                     109.73 |
|      10 | Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh                |                      77.11 |
|      11 | Jharkhand                                |                     506.99 |
|      12 | Karnataka                                |                     654.52 |
|      13 | Kerala                                   |                      59.71 |
|      14 | Lakshadweep                              |                       0.1  |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh                           |                    1665.93 |
|      16 | Maharashtra                              |                    2766.76 |
|      17 | Manipur                                  |                      49.5  |
|      18 | Meghalaya                                |                      66.61 |
|      19 | Mizoram                                  |                      34.13 |
|      20 | Nagaland                                 |                      60.07 |
|      21 | Odisha                                   |                     716.21 |
|      22 | Pudducherry                              |                       4.86 |
|      23 | Punjab                                   |                     850.28 |
|      24 | Rajasthan                                |                     949    |
|      25 | Sikkim                                   |                      15.41 |
|      26 | Tamilnadu                                |                     121.45 |
|      27 | Telangana                                |                     547.19 |
|      28 | Tripura                                  |                      73.22 |
|      29 | Uttar Pradesh                            |                    1544.59 |
|      30 | Uttarakhand                              |                     250.7  |
|      31 | West Bengal                              |                     398.45 |

## Annexure II

## Output & Value Added in Telecommunications (At constant (2011-12) prices)

| Financial Year   | Value of Output   | Input           | Gross Value Added   | Annual Growth Rate   |
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|                  | ( in Rs. Crore)   | ( in Rs. Crore) | ( in Rs. Crore)     |                      |
| 2013-14          | 2,81,812          | 1,71,631        | 1,10,180            | 12.96%               |
| 2014-15          | 3,15,794          | 1,90,567        | 1,25,227            | 13.66%               |
| 2015-16          | 3,21,593          | 1,80,262        | 1,41,331            | 12.86%               |
| 2016-17          | 3,15,227          | 1,82,285        | 1,32,941            | -5.94%               |
| 2017-18          | 3,13,098          | 1,94,051        | 1,19,047            | -10.45%              |
| 2018-19          | 3,29,881          | 2,01,655        | 1,28,226            | 7.71%                |

Output & Value Added in Telecommunications (At current prices)

| Financial Year   | Value of Output   | Input           | Gross Value Added   | Annual Growth Rate   |
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|                  | ( in Rs. Crore)   | ( in Rs. Crore) | ( in Rs. Crore)     |                      |
| 2013-14          | 3,21,812          | 1,96,484        | 1,25,328            | 21.18%               |
| 2014-15          | 3,73,886          | 2,27,159        | 1,46,728            | 17.08%               |
| 2015-16          | 3,86,352          | 2,19,489        | 1,66,864            | 13.72%               |
| 2016-17          | 3,91,597          | 2,29,541        | 1,62,057            | -2.88%               |
| 2017-18          | 4,06,636          | 2,56,107        | 1,50,529            | -7.11%               |
| 2018-19          | 4,57,707          | 2,85,984        | 1,71,723            | 14.08%               |

Source:  Chapter  8.11-  National  Accounts  Statistics  2020  published  on  the  website  of  Ministry  of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSP&I)

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