Lok Sabha Question No. 521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-05
Subject: Infrastructure for Digital India Programme and Broadband Connectivity
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 521 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DIGITAL INDIA PROGRAMME AND BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

## †521.   DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  expenditure  incurred  on  the  development  of  basic  infrastructure  under  the Digital India Programme across the country in last financial year, State/ UT-wise; and
- (b) the  State-wise  details  of  the  achievement  made  for  providing  broadband  connectivity  to approximately  2,50,000  Gram  Panchayats  across  the  country  under  the  National  Optical  Fibre Network (NOFN) project?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The  details  of  expenditure  incurred  on  the  development  of  basic  infrastructure  related  to Department  of  Telecommunications  under  Digital  India  Programme  across  the  country  in  last financial year, State/UT-wise is at Annexure 1.

(b) A  total  of  1,34,248  Gram  Panchayats  have  been  made  Service  Ready  as  on  24.01.2020, State/UT-wise details are at Annexure 2.

Annexure  referred  to  in  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  521  for  Answer  on 05.02.2020.

State/UT  wise  details  of  expenditure  incurred  on  development  of  basic  infrastructure  related  to Department of Telecommunications under Digital India Programme during financial year 2018-19

| Sl. No.                                                     | State/UT/CCAs                                               | Directly disbursed from USOF                                | Rupees in Cr. *Disbursed by BBNL under BharatNet   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                                           | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR                                            | 57.28                                                       | -                                                  |
| 2                                                           | ANDHRA PRADESH                                              | 16.48                                                       | 181.21                                             |
| 3                                                           | ASSAM                                                       | 6.34                                                        | 4.11                                               |
| 4                                                           | BIHAR                                                       | 63.07                                                       | 48.37                                              |
| 5                                                           | CHHATTISGARH                                                | 85.36                                                       | 239.56                                             |
| 6                                                           | DOT HQ to BBNL for BharatNet*                               | 4145.54                                                     | 0.00                                               |
| 7                                                           | GUJARAT                                                     | -                                                           | 311.01                                             |
| 8                                                           | HARYANA                                                     | 0.95                                                        | 9.47                                               |
| 9                                                           | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                            | 2.70                                                        | 0.64                                               |
| 10                                                          | JAMMU &KASHMIR                                              | 0.03                                                        | 13.78                                              |
| 11                                                          | JHARKHAND                                                   | 129.31                                                      | 112.13                                             |
| 12                                                          | KARNATAKA                                                   | 0.01                                                        | 23.84                                              |
| 13                                                          | KERALA                                                      | 2.59                                                        | -                                                  |
| 14                                                          | LAKSHADWEEP                                                 | 37.09                                                       | -                                                  |
| 15                                                          | MAHARASHTRA                                                 | 19.34                                                       | 370.11                                             |
| 16                                                          | MADHYAPRADESH                                               | 4.09                                                        | 153.61                                             |
| 17                                                          | NE-I **                                                     | 0.08                                                        | 7.47                                               |
| 18                                                          | NE-II ***                                                   | 0.01                                                        | 17.43                                              |
| 19                                                          | ODISHA                                                      | 72.92                                                       | 77.86                                              |
| 20                                                          | PUNJAB                                                      | -                                                           | 52.64                                              |
| 21                                                          | RAJASTHAN                                                   | 3.68                                                        | 122.47                                             |
| 22                                                          | TELANGANA                                                   | 19.87                                                       | 7.43                                               |
| 23                                                          | TAMIL NADU                                                  | 91.98                                                       | -                                                  |
| 24                                                          | UTTAR PRADESH                                               | 6.75                                                        | 243.65                                             |
| 25                                                          | UTTARAKHAND                                                 | -                                                           | 2.86                                               |
| 26                                                          | WEST BENGAL                                                 | 22.76                                                       | 11.47                                              |
| Advance amount given to BSNL by BBNL for BharatNet Phase-II | Advance amount given to BSNL by BBNL for BharatNet Phase-II | Advance amount given to BSNL by BBNL for BharatNet Phase-II | 863.00                                             |
|                                                             | Total                                                       | 4788.22                                                     | 2874.09                                            |

BBNL- Bharat Broadband Network Limited

Annexure  referred  to  in  Part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  521  for  Answer  on 05.02.2020.

## State/UT wise status of BharatNet connectivity as on 24.01.2020

| Sr. No.   | State/Union Territory   |   Service Ready GPs (Including BHQs) |
|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          |                                 1628 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh       |                                  244 |
| 3         | Andaman &Nicobar        |                                    8 |
| 4         | Assam                   |                                 1622 |
| 5         | Bihar                   |                                 8067 |
| 6         | Chandigarh              |                                   13 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            |                                 4712 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |                                   21 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu              |                                   18 |
| 10        | Gujarat                 |                                10545 |
| 11        | Haryana                 |                                 6188 |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh        |                                  281 |
| 13        | J&K and Ladakh          |                                 1011 |
| 14        | Jharkhand               |                                 2478 |
| 15        | Karnataka               |                                 6244 |
| 16        | Kerala                  |                                 1129 |
| 17        | Lakshadweep             |                                    0 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh          |                                12922 |
| 19        | Maharashtra             |                                15534 |
| 20        | Manipur                 |                                  427 |
| 21        | Mizoram                 |                                   66 |
| 22        | Meghalaya               |                                  194 |
| 23        | Nagaland                |                                  129 |
| 24        | Odisha                  |                                 3892 |
| 25        | Puducherry              |                                  101 |
| 26        | Punjab                  |                                12529 |
| 27        | Rajasthan               |                                 8724 |
| 28        | Sikkim                  |                                   18 |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu              |                                    0 |
| 30        | Telangana               |                                 2047 |
| 31        | Tripura                 |                                  647 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh           |                                28998 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand             |                                 1526 |
| 34        | West Bengal             |                                 2285 |
| Total     | Total                   |                               134248 |

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