Lok Sabha Question No. 25 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Benefits of Broadband Services in Gram Panchayats
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 25 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th   JULY, 2018

## BENEFITS OF BROADBAND SERVICES IN GRAM PANCHAYATS

- †25. SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  in  the  country  connected  with  broadband services, State/UT-wise along with the number of Gram Panchayats that are yet to be linked with the said services, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  2G,  3G,  4G  towers,  Wi-fi  hot-spots  installed  in  the  country, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the online retail sales increased through such internet facility across the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The number of Gram Panchayats (GPs)

| Status of the BharatNet as on 08.07.2018   | Status of the BharatNet as on 08.07.2018   | Status of the BharatNet as on 08.07.2018   | Status of the BharatNet as on 08.07.2018   | Status of the BharatNet as on 08.07.2018   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                      | State/UT                                   | Total No. of GPs                           | Service Ready GPs*                         | No. of GPs yet to be made Service Ready    |
| 1                                          | Andaman & Nicobar                          | 69                                         | 0                                          | 69                                         |
| 2                                          | Andhra Pradesh                             | 12918                                      | 743                                        | 12175                                      |
| 3                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                          | 1848                                       | 24                                         | 1824                                       |
| 4                                          | Assam                                      | 2485                                       | 1520                                       | 965                                        |
| 5                                          | Bihar                                      | 8422                                       | 5624                                       | 2798                                       |
| 6                                          | Chandigarh                                 | 12                                         | 13                                         | 0                                          |
| 7                                          | Chhattisgarh                               | 9097                                       | 4037                                       | 5060                                       |
| 8                                          | Dadar & Nagar Haveli                       | 20                                         | 21                                         | 0                                          |
| 9                                          | Daman & Diu                                | 15                                         | 17                                         | 0                                          |
| 10                                         | Gujarat                                    | 13510                                      | 4958                                       | 8552                                       |
| 11                                         | Haryana                                    | 6090                                       | 6123                                       | 0                                          |
| 12                                         | Himachal Pradesh                           | 3246                                       | 202                                        | 3044                                       |

| 13    | Jammu & Kashmir   |   4076 |    204 |   3872 |
|-------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 14    | Jharkhand         |   4328 |   2007 |   2321 |
| 15    | Karnataka         |   6092 |   6076 |     16 |
| 16    | Kerala            |    977 |   1129 |      0 |
| 17    | Lakshadweep       |     10 |      0 |     10 |
| 18    | Madhya Pradesh    |  22946 |  12642 |  10304 |
| 19    | Maharashtra       |  27802 |  13959 |  13843 |
| 20    | Manipur           |   2730 |    173 |   2557 |
| 21    | Meghalaya         |   1208 |    122 |   1086 |
| 22    | Mizoram           |    763 |     19 |    744 |
| 23    | Nagaland          |    994 |     61 |    933 |
| 24    | Odisha            |   6229 |   3303 |   2926 |
| 25    | Puducherry        |     98 |    101 |      0 |
| 26    | Punjab            |  12642 |   7512 |   5130 |
| 27    | Rajasthan         |   9182 |   8386 |    796 |
| 28    | Sikkim            |    203 |      4 |    199 |
| 29    | Tamil Nadu        |  11562 |      0 |  11562 |
| 30    | Telangana         |   8898 |   2047 |   6851 |
| 31    | Tripura           |   1021 |    489 |    532 |
| 32    | Uttar Pradesh     |  51581 |  27843 |  23738 |
| 33    | Uttarakhand       |   7569 |   1483 |   6086 |
| 34    | West Bengal       |   3350 |   2020 |   1330 |
| Total | Total             | 241993 | 112862 | 129131 |

## (b) The details of the towers and BTS installed in the country is as under:

| LSA wise Tower breakup as on 1-July-2018   | LSA wise Tower breakup as on 1-July-2018   | LSA wise Tower breakup as on 1-July-2018   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                    | LSA                                        | Towers                                     |
| 1                                          | Andhra Pradesh                             | 37439                                      |
| 2                                          | Assam                                      | 10717                                      |
| 3                                          | Bihar                                      | 33630                                      |
| 4                                          | Chennai                                    | 11007                                      |
| 5                                          | Delhi                                      | 22427                                      |
| 6                                          | Gujarat                                    | 27387                                      |
| 7                                          | Himachal Pradesh                           | 5239                                       |
| 8                                          | Haryana                                    | 10390                                      |
| 9                                          | Jammu & Kashmir                            | 8346                                       |
| 10                                         | Karnataka                                  | 29743                                      |
| 11                                         | Kolkata                                    | 10680                                      |
| 12                                         | Kerala                                     | 16223                                      |
| 13                                         | Mumbai                                     | 14190                                      |
| 14                                         | Maharashtra                                | 36408                                      |

| 15          | Madhya Pradesh       |   32193 |
|-------------|----------------------|---------|
| 16          | North-East           |    6852 |
| 17          | Odisha               |   15829 |
| 18          | Punjab               |   18492 |
| 19          | Rajasthan            |   25225 |
| 20          | Tamil Nadu           |   27599 |
| 21          | Uttar Pradesh (East) |   30192 |
| 22          | Uttar Pradesh(West)  |   25372 |
| 23          | West Bengal          |   18868 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total          |  474448 |

Note :  Each tower may host multiple technology Base Transceiver Stations (BTS). Hence details of 2G, 3G, 4G BTSs are provided separately.

## BTS count as on 1-July-2018

| Sr.No.      | LSA                  | BTS    | BTS    | BTS    | Grand total   |
|-------------|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|---------------|
| Sr.No.      | LSA                  | 2G/GSM | 3G     | 4G-LTE | Grand total   |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh       | 44011  | 23405  | 70272  | 137688        |
| 2           | Assam                | 14026  | 7091   | 17016  | 38133         |
| 3           | Bihar                | 39789  | 12285  | 46862  | 98936         |
| 4           | Chennai              | 13786  | 10049  | 21579  | 45414         |
| 5           | Delhi                | 23124  | 22269  | 46231  | 91624         |
| 6           | Gujarat              | 33088  | 24003  | 58554  | 115645        |
| 7           | Himachal Pradesh     | 5137   | 3314   | 8906   | 17357         |
| 8           | Haryana              | 12490  | 10461  | 21784  | 44735         |
| 9           | Jammu & Kashmir      | 10033  | 5232   | 14880  | 30145         |
| 10          | Karnataka            | 37499  | 21645  | 64965  | 124109        |
| 11          | Kolkata              | 12006  | 11206  | 19318  | 42530         |
| 12          | Kerala               | 25476  | 21427  | 41624  | 88527         |
| 13          | Mumbai               | 16021  | 8949   | 29888  | 54858         |
| 14          | Maharashtra          | 47013  | 30225  | 72296  | 149534        |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh       | 33787  | 15998  | 56120  | 105905        |
| 16          | North-East           | 9305   | 4659   | 10222  | 24186         |
| 17          | Odisha               | 18951  | 7115   | 23340  | 49406         |
| 18          | Punjab               | 21185  | 16744  | 40429  | 78358         |
| 19          | Rajasthan            | 30475  | 17632  | 49599  | 97706         |
| 20          | Tamil Nadu           | 34433  | 20003  | 51249  | 105685        |
| 21          | Uttar Pradesh (East) | 42602  | 21991  | 56675  | 121268        |
| 22          | Uttar Pradesh(West)  | 31304  | 19044  | 47739  | 98087         |
| 23          | West Bengal          | 26099  | 12040  | 35867  | 74006         |
| Grand Total | Grand Total          | 581640 | 346787 | 905415 | 1833842       |

## State/UT wise summary of Wi -Fi Hotspots under Bharatnet

| State/UT wise summary of Wi-Fi Hotspots funded by USOF   | State/UT wise summary of Wi-Fi Hotspots funded by USOF   | State/UT wise summary of Wi-Fi Hotspots funded by USOF   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                   | State/UT                                                 | No. of Wi-Fi Hotspots                                    |
| 1                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                           | 192                                                      |
| 2                                                        | Bihar                                                    | 2275                                                     |
| 3                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                             | 3194                                                     |
| 4                                                        | Delhi                                                    | 1                                                        |
| 5                                                        | Gujarat                                                  | 305                                                      |
| 6                                                        | Haryana                                                  | 1577                                                     |
| 7                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                         | 894                                                      |
| 8                                                        | Jammu & Kashmir                                          | 63                                                       |
| 9                                                        | Jharkhand                                                | 2908                                                     |
| 10                                                       | Karnataka                                                | 1616                                                     |
| 11                                                       | Kerala                                                   | 450                                                      |
| 12                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                           | 10706                                                    |
| 13                                                       | Maharashtra                                              | 1569                                                     |
| 14                                                       | Odisha                                                   | 855                                                      |
| 15                                                       | Punjab                                                   | 411                                                      |
| 16                                                       | Rajasthan                                                | 150                                                      |
| 17                                                       | Tamilnadu                                                | 154                                                      |
| 18                                                       | Telangana                                                | 190                                                      |
| 19                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                            | 59124                                                    |
| 20                                                       | Uttarakhand                                              | 2983                                                     |
| 21                                                       | West Bengal                                              | 25                                                       |
| 22                                                       | Chandigarh                                               | 176                                                      |
| 23                                                       | Puducherry                                               | 648                                                      |
| 24                                                       | Assam                                                    | 287                                                      |
| 25                                                       | NE1                                                      | 61                                                       |
| 26                                                       | NE 2                                                     | 76                                                       |
| Total                                                    |                                                          | 90890                                                    |

- (c ) The information regarding online retail sales is not collected by this department

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