Lok Sabha Question No. 596 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Funds Released
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.596 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## FUNDS RELEASED

†596.  SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the funds released to Sonepat in Haryana and Darbhanga in Bihar under various schemes of this Ministry;
- (b) whether the funds released under the said schemes have been utilized under the respective schemes;
- (c) if so, the details of the schemes under which work has been completed or is near completion; and
- (d) the reasons for non-completion of the said work?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The  details  of  the  funds  released  to  Sonepat  in  Haryana  under  various schemes of Ministry of Communications during current Financial Year is as below:

|   S. No. | Scheme                             | Funds Released Amount (Rs.)   | Funds Utilised till Dec. 2018   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|        1 | Bharat Net Phase I up to Dec. 2018 | Nil                           | Nil                             |
|        2 | Postal Operations                  | 4,60,000.00                   | 2,48,644.00                     |
|        3 | India Post Payments Bank           | 1,40,000.00                   | 1,01,233.00                     |

The  details  of  the  funds  released  to  Darbhanga  in  Bihar  under  various schemes of Ministry of Communications during current Financial Year is as below:

|   S. No. | Scheme                             | Funds Released Amount (Rs.)   | Funds Utilised till Dec. 2018   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|        1 | Bharat Net Phase I up to Dec. 2018 | 98,21,000.00                  | 98,21,000.00                    |
|        2 | Postal Operations                  | 11,54,244.60                  | 11,31,642.60                    |
|        3 | Human Resource Management          | 56,900.00                     | 40,000.00                       |
|        4 | Estates                            | 14,00,000.00                  | 14,00,000.00                    |

(c) & (d) BharatNet is being implemented in a phased manner for providing Broadband  connectivity  to  approx.  2,50,000  Gram  Panchayats  in  the  country including  thosein  Sonepat  in  Haryana  and  Darbhanga  in  Bihar.  In  Sonepat (Haryana), all the 330 Gram Panchayats (GPs) have been made Service Ready. In Darbhanga  (Bihar),  221  GPs  including  Block  Headquarters  (BHQs)  have  been made  Service  Ready  out  of  total  349  GPs  (including  BHQ)  in  the  District.  The remaining GPs are being implemented in Phase-II of the project for which work is in progress.

The  Department  of  Posts  under  various  schemes  have  opened  1  Post Office  Passport  Sewa  Kendra,  13  Aadhar  Enrolment  and  Updation  Centres,  1 branch and 178 Access Points of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) in Sonepat District of Haryana and 8 Aadhar Enrolment and Updation Centres, 1 branch and 373 Access Points of IPPB in Darbhanga District of Bihar to provide citizen centric and banking services to the customers.

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