Lok Sabha Question No. 1587 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: BharatNet Project
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1587 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH   NOVEMBER, 2019

## BHARATNET PROJECT

## 1587.   SHRI DHAIRY ASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds disbursed under BharatNet Project during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the target set and achieved thereunder with regard to providing internet connection to gram panchayats during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the reasons for not achieving the aforesaid envisaged target;
- (d) the  number  of  gram panchayats where physical  infrastructure for commercial broadband  connection has  been  installed,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the  number  of  gram  panchayats  which  have  operational commercial broadband connections, State/UT-wise;
- (e) the broadband speed in each such gram panchayat, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) the average data usage rate per connection per day in each such gram panchayat?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) The State/UT-wise  details  of  funds  disbursed  under  BharatNet  Project  during  each  of  the  last  three years are given in Annexure-I.
- (b)  &  (c) The Union Cabinet on 19.07.2017 approved a modified strategy for implementing BharatNet which, inter-alia, includes providing broadband connectivity to all GPs by March 2019. As of March 2019, a total of 1,18,627 GPs have been made Service Ready. The State/UT-wise details are given in Annexure -II.

Implementation  of  BharatNet  is  very  challenging  as  the  project  is  of  mega  nature  and  the  GPs  are widely dispersed across the country in rural and remote areas. All out efforts are being made to expeditiously implement the project.

- (d) The  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  where  physical  infrastructure  for  broadband  connection  has  been installed along with details of FTTH and Wi-Fi hotspots provided, State/UT-wise, are given in Annexure-III . The work of maintenance (i.e. O&M of incremental OFC network and First Line maintenance of equipment and supporting infrastructure) in each of 1.25 lakh GPs of the BharatNet Phase-I is being carried out by CSC eGovernance Services India Limited. The work of maintenance of the BharatNet Phase-II is being carried out by the respective Implementing agencies. Action is taken to rectify the faults as and when they are reported.
- (e) In  the  Phase-I  of  the  project,  GPs  are  envisaged  to  be  connected  on  100  Mbps  speed.  However  in Phase-II,  to  cover  the  remaining  GPs,  provision  of  1  Gbps  bandwidth  in  case  of  wired  media  (OFC)  and minimum 100 Mbps bandwidth scalable up to 1 Gbps in case of wireless media (Radio) at a GP have been decided.
- (f) The average data usage per connection per day is 1.93 MB (approx.) in respect of Wi-Fi services.

Annexure  referred  to  in  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1587  for  Answer  on 27.11.2019.

## Details of funds disbursed under BharatNet Project (BBNL)

In Crore

| S.No.   | State                                    |   Year 16-17 |   Year 17-18 |   Year 18-19 |
|---------|------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1       | Andaman& Nicobar                         |         1.85 |         0.16 |         0    |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                           |         0    |        84.8  |       181.21 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                        |        17.68 |        13.97 |         0.6  |
| 4       | Assam                                    |        89.18 |         3.01 |         4.11 |
| 5       | Bihar                                    |       190.1  |        22.54 |        48.37 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                               |         0    |         0    |         0    |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                             |       241.2  |       236.82 |       239.56 |
| 8       | Gujarat, Dadra& Nagar Haveli, Daman& Diu |       129.8  |       230.41 |       311.01 |
| 9       | Haryana                                  |        90.66 |       134.66 |         9.47 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh                         |        52.51 |         1.3  |         0.64 |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh               |        42.38 |         3.64 |        13.78 |
| 12      | Jharkhand                                |        81.39 |        48.13 |       112.13 |
| 13      | Karnataka                                |         1.25 |       224.69 |        23.84 |
| 14      | Kerala                                   |        25.96 |         0    |         0    |
| 15      | Lakshadweep                              |         0    |         0    |         0    |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh                           |       451.96 |       190.22 |       153.61 |
| 17      | Maharashtra                              |       585.19 |       423.56 |       370.11 |
| 18      | Manipur                                  |        18.52 |        14.63 |         3.13 |
| 19      | Meghalaya                                |        24.75 |        19.55 |         2.08 |
| 20      | Mizoram                                  |        13.21 |        12.35 |         1.69 |
| 21      | Nagaland                                 |        20.36 |        16.09 |        13.7  |
| 22      | Odisha                                   |       115.81 |        46.9  |        77.86 |
| 23      | Puducherry                               |         2.23 |         0.53 |         0    |
| 24      | Punjab                                   |       236.29 |         0    |        52.64 |
| 25      | Rajasthan                                |       162.47 |       108.27 |       122.47 |
| 26      | Sikkim                                   |        43.23 |         0.58 |         0    |
| 27      | Tamil Nadu                               |         0    |       110.64 |         0    |
| 28      | Telangana                                |         8.24 |       112.28 |         7.43 |
| 29      | Tripura                                  |        20.92 |        16.52 |         3.69 |
| 30      | Uttar Pradesh (East)                     |       423.17 |        10.51 |       126.85 |
| 31      | Uttar Pradesh (West)                     |       212.13 |        67.25 |       116.8  |
| 32      | Uttarakhand                              |       127.44 |         3.08 |         2.86 |
| 33      | West Bengal                              |       141.63 |        91.04 |        11.47 |
|         | GPON OFC                                 |       555.45 |       258.42 |         0    |
|         | Advance given to BSNL for UP (E) andMP   |         0    |      2302    |       863    |
|         | Total                                    |      4126.94 |      4808.55 |      2874.09 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  Part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1587  for  Answer  on 27.11.2019.

## Status of BharatNet project as on 31.03.2019

| S. No.   | Name of State       |   Total No of GPs including BHQs |   No. of Service Ready GPs including BHQs |   No. of GPs where Wi-Fi connections installed |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman& Nicobar    |                               75 |                                         0 |                                              0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      |                            12933 |                                      1407 |                                              0 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                             1864 |                                       114 |                                              0 |
| 4        | Assam               |                             2890 |                                      1621 |                                              0 |
| 5        | Bihar               |                             8680 |                                      5876 |                                            289 |
| 6        | Chandigarh          |                               13 |                                        13 |                                             12 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        |                            10103 |                                      4082 |                                            393 |
| 9        | Dadra& Nagar Haveli |                               21 |                                        21 |                                              0 |
| 8        | Daman& Diu          |                               18 |                                        17 |                                              0 |
| 10       | Gujarat             |                            14207 |                                      5449 |                                              0 |
| 11       | Haryana             |                             6190 |                                      6187 |                                            271 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh    |                             3406 |                                       227 |                                            165 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir     |                             4963 |                                       780 |                                              0 |
| 14       | Jharkhand           |                             4535 |                                      2388 |                                            355 |
| 15       | Karnataka           |                             6261 |                                      6117 |                                           2209 |
| 16       | Kerala              |                             1129 |                                      1129 |                                            701 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep         |                               10 |                                         0 |                                              0 |
| 22       | Madhya Pradesh      |                            23284 |                                     12719 |                                           1316 |
| 18       | Maharashtra         |                            28005 |                                     15173 |                                            871 |
| 19       | Manipur             |                             2545 |                                       322 |                                            161 |
| 20       | Meghalaya           |                             1814 |                                       187 |                                              0 |
| 21       | Mizoram             |                              776 |                                        32 |                                              0 |
| 23       | Nagaland            |                             1042 |                                        98 |                                              0 |
| 24       | Odisha              |                             6955 |                                      3620 |                                             90 |
| 25       | Puducherry          |                              101 |                                       101 |                                             81 |
| 26       | Punjab              |                            12854 |                                      7945 |                                              0 |
| 27       | Rajasthan           |                            10155 |                                      8564 |                                           8661 |
| 28       | Sikkim              |                              206 |                                        17 |                                              0 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu          |                            12524 |                                         0 |                                              0 |
| 30       | Telangana           |                            12834 |                                      2047 |                                              0 |
| 31       | Tripura             |                             1046 |                                       529 |                                              0 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh       |                            56193 |                                     28209 |                                          26811 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand         |                             7744 |                                      1508 |                                            353 |
| 34       | West Bengal         |                             3704 |                                      2128 |                                              0 |
|          | Total               |                           259080 |                                    118627 |                                          42739 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  Part  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1587  for  Answer  on 27.11.2019.

## Status of BharatNet utilisation

| S. No.   | State/UT                   |   Service Ready GPs (Including BHQs) |   No. of GPs where Wi-Fi hotspots installed |   No. of GPs where Wi-Fi services provided |   No. of FTTH connections |
|----------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh             |                                 1589 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                       105 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh          |                                  230 |                                         142 |                                        142 |                         0 |
| 3        | Andaman& Nicobar           |                                    8 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                         0 |
| 4        | Assam                      |                                 1622 |                                           4 |                                          0 |                       975 |
| 5        | Bihar                      |                                 7406 |                                         295 |                                        213 |                      1143 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                 |                                   13 |                                          12 |                                         12 |                         0 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh               |                                 4536 |                                         517 |                                        435 |                      1218 |
| 8        | Dadra& Nagar Haveli        |                                   21 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                         7 |
| 9        | Daman& Diu                 |                                   18 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                         6 |
| 10       | Gujarat                    |                                 8442 |                                          26 |                                          5 |                      1845 |
| 11       | Haryana                    |                                 6188 |                                        1063 |                                        712 |                       689 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh           |                                  241 |                                         330 |                                        206 |                        57 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh |                                  977 |                                         739 |                                        652 |                        22 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                  |                                 2425 |                                         312 |                                        254 |                      1051 |
| 15       | Karnataka                  |                                 6235 |                                        2569 |                                       1854 |                      6787 |
| 16       | Kerala                     |                                 1129 |                                         731 |                                        728 |                      1967 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                |                                    0 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                         0 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh             |                                12752 |                                        1350 |                                        828 |                       640 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                |                                15245 |                                         776 |                                        330 |                      4534 |
| 20       | Manipur                    |                                  326 |                                         161 |                                          6 |                         0 |
| 21       | Mizoram                    |                                   41 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                         0 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                  |                                  192 |                                          70 |                                         70 |                         0 |
| 23       | Nagaland                   |                                  127 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                         0 |
| 24       | Odisha                     |                                 3697 |                                         111 |                                        107 |                       685 |
| 25       | Puducherry                 |                                  101 |                                          81 |                                         81 |                        75 |
| 26       | Punjab                     |                                10996 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                       222 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                  |                                 8713 |                                        8813 |                                       3964 |                      1879 |
| 28       | Sikkim                     |                                   18 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                         0 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                 |                                    0 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                         0 |
| 30       | Telangana                  |                                 2047 |                                           0 |                                          0 |                       515 |
| 31       | Tripura                    |                                  558 |                                          80 |                                          0 |                        22 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh              |                                28738 |                                       27223 |                                       5239 |                      6768 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                |                                 1525 |                                         353 |                                        311 |                      1070 |
| 34       | West Bengal                |                                 2220 |                                          11 |                                          2 |                       735 |
|          | Total                      |                               128376 |                                       45769 |                                      16151 |                     33017 |

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