Lok Sabha Question No. 255 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Telecommunication Facilities
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 255 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   JULY, 2019

## TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES

## *255.   SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  telecommunication  facilities  are  not  available  in  a  large  number  of  villages  in Karnataka;

- (b) if  so, the details thereof along with the number of such villages in the State and the reasons therefor; and

- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Contd………2/-

## STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *255  FOR  10 TH JULY,  2019    ON 'TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES'.

(a) to (c)  As per data collected from the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in 2018, it was estimated that out of 27,397 inhabited villages (as per the Census 2011) in the State of Karnataka, there were 869  inhabited  villages  which  are  not  covered  by  mobile  services.  District-wise  details  are  at Annexure. The reasons for not having mobile services in these villages include, inter-alia, the remote and  tough  terrain  &  areas  diversely  located  with  scattered  population.  Mobile  coverage  in  such villages is being taken up by the Government and Telecom Service Providers in a phased manner. As per the information received from the Department  of Telecommunication's field unit, 273 incremental villages have been covered by mobile services in Karnataka during last one year and now there are 596 inhabited villages remains which are not covered by mobile services. Further, under the BharatNet  project  in  Karnataka,  14010  Kms  of  Optical  Fibre  Cable  have  been  laid  in  6242  Gram Panchayats (including Block Head Quarters (BHQs)) out of which 6166 Gram Panchayats (including BHQs) are service ready for broadband connectivity.

Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply of para (a) to (c)  of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.  *255  to  be  answered  on  10th  July,  2019  raised  by  Hon'ble  Member  of Parliament Shri G.M. Siddeshwar regarding Telecommunication facilities.

## List of District-wise uncovered inhabited villages (as in 2018)

| Sr. No.   | District Name    |   Total No. of inhabited villages (as per Census 2011) |   No. of covered inhabited villages |   No of uncovered inhabited villages |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1         | Bagalkot         |                                                    613 |                                 609 |                                    4 |
| 2         | Bangalore        |                                                    562 |                                 562 |                                    0 |
| 2         | Bangalore Rural  |                                                    957 |                                 951 |                                    6 |
| 3         | Belgaum          |                                                   1263 |                                1198 |                                   65 |
| 4         | Bellary          |                                                    522 |                                 499 |                                   23 |
| 5         | Bidar            |                                                    595 |                                 585 |                                   10 |
| 6         | Bijapur          |                                                    679 |                                 666 |                                   13 |
| 7         | Chamarajanagar   |                                                    428 |                                 410 |                                   18 |
| 8         | Chikkaballapura  |                                                   1324 |                                1305 |                                   19 |
| 9         | Chikmagalur      |                                                   1022 |                                 980 |                                   42 |
| 10        | Chitradurga      |                                                    948 |                                 921 |                                   27 |
| 11        | Dakshina Kannada |                                                    331 |                                 329 |                                    2 |
| 12        | Davanagere       |                                                    800 |                                 791 |                                    9 |
| 13        | Dharwad          |                                                    361 |                                 352 |                                    9 |
| 14        | Gadag            |                                                    322 |                                 313 |                                    9 |
| 15        | Gulbarga         |                                                    871 |                                 851 |                                   20 |
| 16        | Hassan           |                                                   2418 |                                2372 |                                   46 |
| 17        | Haveri           |                                                    696 |                                 692 |                                    4 |
| 18        | Kodagu           |                                                    291 |                                 274 |                                   17 |
| 19        | Kolar            |                                                   1608 |                                1574 |                                   34 |
| 20        | Koppal           |                                                    595 |                                 589 |                                    6 |
| 21        | Mandya           |                                                   1368 |                                1358 |                                   10 |
| 22        | Mysore           |                                                   1199 |                                1190 |                                    9 |
| 23        | Raichur          |                                                    815 |                                 801 |                                   14 |
| 24        | Ramanagara       |                                                    820 |                                 801 |                                   19 |
| 25        | Shimoga          |                                                   1444 |                                1330 |                                  114 |
| 26        | Tumkur           |                                                   2582 |                                2549 |                                   33 |
| 28        | Udupi            |                                                    233 |                                 233 |                                    0 |
| 29        | Uttara Kannada   |                                                   1243 |                                 964 |                                  279 |
| 30        | Yadgir           |                                                    487 |                                 479 |                                    8 |
| Total     |                  |                                                  27397 |                               26528 |                                  869 |

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