Lok Sabha Question No. 1615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Landline and Mobile Phone Connections
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1615 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## LANDLINE AND MOBILE PHONE CONNECTIONS

## †1615. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of landline and GSM Mobile phones of MTNL functioning in Delhi and Mumbai and the number of landline and GSM Mobile phones of BSNL functioning during each of the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the reasons for huge decline if any, in the number of landline and GSM Mobile phones of both the PSUs during the said period;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  enquiry  with  regard  to  the  working  of  higher officials of these PSUs in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) State/UT wise number of landline and GSM Mobile phones of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) during each of the last five years and the current year, as reported by BSNL and MTNL,is at Annexure.
- (b) BSNL and MTNL have informed that decline in landline numbers is due to general trend of shifting  of  subscribers  to  mobile  services.  As  regards  mobile  connections,  number  of  mobile subscribers  of  BSNL  are  increasing  every  year.  However,  the  number  of  mobile  subscribers  is decreasing for MTNL. Stiff competition in telecom sector and absence of 4G service in the network of MTNL are the major reasons of decline in mobile connections of MTNL.

(c)&(d) Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has conducted no enquiry with regard to the working of higher officials of these PSUs in this regard.

## Annexure to part-(a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1615  for 21.09.2020

## Number of mobile subscribers as on

| S. No.            | Name of the State         | 31.3.2016   | 31.3.2017    | 31.3.2018    | 31.3.2019    | 31.3.2020    | 31.7.2020    |
|-------------------|---------------------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| A                 | BSNL                      |             |              |              |              |              |              |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh            | 6366739     | 6597126      | 6792894      | 6880040      | 6784672      | 6732788      |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 308985      | 329911       | 319707       | 296045       | 231753       | 220852       |
| 3                 | Assam                     | 1249917     | 1443451      | 1902223      | 2560859      | 2809624      | 2853898      |
| 4                 | Bihar                     | 2235582     | 2876158      | 3126849      | 3238116      | 4098777      | 4178480      |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh              | 1374443     | 1593528      | 1975713      | 2086068      | 2182121      | 2192080      |
| 6                 | Goa                       | 165998      | 181561       | 184847       | 186872       | 177239       | 172167       |
| 7                 | Gujarat *                 | 3550460     | 4811203      | 5782647      | 5958786      | 6103193      | 6107391      |
| 8                 | Haryana                   | 3196266     | 3711636      | 4476401      | 4928753      | 5003797      | 5034319      |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh          | 1687579     | 2147061      | 2570122      | 2820212      | 2991601      | 3001782      |
| 10                | Jammu &Kashmir            | 1275103     | 1451235      | 1573943      | 1242060      | 1257282      | 1269147      |
| 11                | Jharkhand                 | 906140      | 1127652      | 1303175      | 1328221      | 1529549      | 1552027      |
| 12                | Karnataka                 | 6885739     | 6976379      | 7180972      | 7197784      | 7318035      | 7265504      |
| 13                | Kerala                    | 7367861     | 8931810      | 10372203     | 10822426     | 10865631     | 10869002     |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh            | 2899111     | 3503586      | 3979495      | 4095262      | 4186829      | 4146857      |
| 15                | Maharashtra               | 5622852     | 6277883      | 6896838      | 7017225      | 6874289      | 6889460      |
| 16                | Manipur                   | 196248      | 175283       | 199208       | 152857       | 119092       | 113489       |
| 17                | Meghalaya                 | 204908      | 223454       | 249614       | 330666       | 317123       | 319761       |
| 18                | Mizoram                   | 169274      | 186829       | 203083       | 258665       | 223825       | 230716       |
| 19                | Nagaland                  | 282592      | 252433       | 145113       | 132419       | 103373       | 98512        |
| 20                | Odisha                    | 4101667     | 4996060      | 5409656      | 5747860      | 6227956      | 6395337      |
| 21                | Punjab                    | 3566447     | 4541692      | 5346523      | 5452464      | 5779360      | 5831493      |
| 22                | Rajasthan                 | 3899673     | 5469181      | 5501322      | 5914348      | 6273913      | 6334243      |
| 23                | Sikkim                    | 35020       | 33672        | 36003        | 41373        | 62754        | 65278        |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu                | 8536993     | 9002541      | 10862843     | 11821335     | 12361434     | 12300216     |
| 25                | Telangana                 | 3258251     | 3305064      | 3323055      | 3291559      | 3095804      | 3058843      |
| 26                | Tripura                   | 316179      | 347738       | 376301       | 453924       | 427337       | 814649       |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh             | 12099184    | 15625466     | 16263815     | 16301904     | 16126733     | 16183882     |
| 28                | Uttarakhand               | 982718      | 1284337      | 1359564      | 1485056      | 1531499      | 1537766      |
| 29                | West Bengal               | 2069222     | 2361899      | 2785734      | 3041606      | 4176827      | 4342302      |
| Union Territories | Union Territories         |             |              |              |              |              |              |
| 1                 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 351116      | 395900       | 301550       | 259288       | 227695       | 215939       |
| 2                 | Lakshadweep               | 85600       | 85600        | 85600        | 68192        | 78662        | 79305        |
| 3                 | Puducherry                | 168694      | 190326       | 222556       | 230223       | 243095       | 240679       |
| Total             | Total                     | 8,54,16,561 | 10,04,37,655 | 11,11,09,569 | 11,56,42,468 | 11,97,90,874 | 12,06,48,164 |
| B MTNL            | B MTNL                    |             |              |              |              |              |              |
| 1                 | Delhi                     | 23,18,460   | 2327203      | 2279634      | 2213046      | 2181486      | 2174737 #    |
| 2 Mumbai          | 2 Mumbai                  | 12,42,396   | 1300117      | 1277426      | 1240177      | 1178701      | 1168445 #    |
| Total             | Total                     | 35,60,856   | 36,27,320    | 35,57,060    | 34,53,223    | 33,60,187    | 33,43,182 #  |

## Number of landline subscribers as on

| S. No.   | Name of the State        | 31.3.2016   | 31.3.2017   | 31.3.2018   | 31.3.2019   | 31.3.2020   | 31.7.2020   |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| A        | BSNL                     |             |             |             |             |             |             |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           | 778662      | 710543      | 608909      | 549575      | 425528      | 401178      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 24092       | 24011       | 23944       | 23881       | 23026       | 21487       |
| 3        | Assam                    | 158772      | 153165      | 134580      | 111518      | 95015       | 91091       |
| 4        | Bihar                    | 166156      | 155932      | 125458      | 110606      | 86643       | 82013       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh             | 132438      | 133444      | 127420      | 122634      | 114261      | 61470       |
| 6        | Goa                      | 121903      | 116512      | 107567      | 96580       | 81710       | 78235       |
| 7        | Gujarat                  | 1162267     | 1100684     | 1040860     | 999719      | 637948      | 562135      |
| 8        | Haryana                  | 305885      | 282293      | 239944      | 209003      | 175363      | 158566      |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         | 164336      | 142809      | 120440      | 110078      | 94579       | 88052       |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 131214      | 134283      | 115678      | 102447      | 120470      | 109156      |
| 11       | Jharkhand                | 144935      | 138505      | 122258      | 104909      | 59679       | 57217       |
| 12       | Karnataka                | 1294726     | 1229813     | 1104785     | 1021570     | 863720      | 818104      |
| 13       | Kerala                   | 2181198     | 1993404     | 1862708     | 1779169     | 1441280     | 1341221     |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh           | 608789      | 580875      | 538285      | 527960      | 244156      | 236476      |
| 15       | Maharashtra              | 1412933     | 1302840     | 1150698     | 987482      | 796102      | 748299      |
| 16       | Manipur                  | 21448       | 22227       | 20757       | 20379       | 17930       | 16451       |
| 17       | Meghalaya                | 19259       | 18954       | 18330       | 17361       | 14927       | 14344       |
| 18       | Mizoram                  | 18358       | 17237       | 15097       | 13700       | 11254       | 10453       |
| 19       | Nagaland                 | 13498       | 13258       | 11787       | 7775        | 5873        | 5597        |
| 20       | Odisha                   | 294061      | 279674      | 265031      | 223052      | 185731      | 170386      |
| 21       | Punjab                   | 659460      | 586185      | 467488      | 394359      | 314234      | 285150      |
| 22       | Rajasthan                | 646839      | 599739      | 504786      | 439056      | 356233      | 318890      |
| 23       | Sikkim                   | 7100        | 6883        | 6694        | 6407        | 5139        | 5062        |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               | 1835818     | 1686203     | 1493481     | 1380516     | 1129003     | 1052382     |
| 25       | Telangana                | 561993      | 505619      | 445415      | 410769      | 328580      | 303137      |
| 26       | Tripura                  | 27522       | 25115       | 22009       | 20515       | 17944       | 17238       |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            | 654806      | 619110      | 568962      | 530540      | 414600      | 308537      |
| 28       | Uttarakhand              | 123302      | 116308      | 103452      | 92747       | 73173       | 62729       |
| 29       | West Bengal              | 1009622     | 911929      | 810868      | 678505      | 530140      | 535624      |
| Union    | Territories              |             |             |             |             |             |             |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 12954       | 14341       | 16529       | 17095       | 16570       | 16744       |
| 2        | Dadar &Nagar Haweli      | 3967        | 3880        | 3990        | 4076        | 2227        | 1660        |
| 3        | Daman &Diu               | 6189        | 5861        | 5666        | 5628        | 3551        | 3409        |
| 4        | Lakshadweep              | 6229        | 6229        | 6229        | 4401        | 4312        | 4266        |
| 5        | Puducherry               | 51639       | 51099       | 46047       | 43397       | 36202       | 34011       |
| Total    | Total                    | 1,47,62,370 | 1,36,88,964 | 1,22,56,152 | 1,11,67,679 | 87,27,103   | 80,20,770   |
| B        | MTNL                     |             |             |             |             |             |             |
| 1        | Delhi                    | 1615433     | 1601487     | 1538377     | 1481900     | 1395358     | 1367374     |
| 2        | Mumbai                   | 1888655     | 1860887     | 1808191     | 1761740     | 1698442     | 1683058     |
| Total    | Total                    | 35,04,088   | 34,62,374   | 33,46,568   | 32,43,640   | 30,93,800   | 30,50,432   |

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