Lok Sabha Question No. 559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Broadband and Wi-Fi Hotspots
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.559 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## BROADBAND AND Wi-Fi HOTSPOTS

559. SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Ministry  has  completed  broadband  connectivity  in  all  Gram  Panchayats (GPs) of Kerala under Bharat Net project;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  GPs  connected  through  broadband  and  number  of  GPs  yet  to  be connected, district-wise; and
- (d) the number of Wi-Fi hotspots provided in GPs of the country, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) BharatNet project is being implemented to provide broadband services in all  the  Gram  Panchayats  (2.5  lakh  approx.)  in  the  country.  Under  BharatNet  project, broadband  connectivity  has  been  provided  to  all  the  977  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  in Kerala.
- (c) The District-wise details of GPs which have been provided broadband connectivity under BharatNet project in Kerala, are given in Annex-I.
- (d) The  State-wise  details  of  Wi-Fi  hotspots,  provided  in  GPs  using  BharatNet network, are given in Annex-II.

## District-wise status of BharatNet project in Kerala

| S. No.   | District           |   Service Ready GPs |
|----------|--------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Alappuzha          |                  73 |
| 2        | Calicut            |                  75 |
| 3        | Wayanad            |                  25 |
| 4        | Kasaragod          |                  38 |
| 5        | Kannur             |                  81 |
| 6        | Idukki             |                  52 |
| 7        | Ernakulam          |                  84 |
| 8        | Kollam             |                  70 |
| 9        | Kottayam           |                  73 |
| 10       | Malappuram         |                 100 |
| 11       | Palakkad           |                  91 |
| 12       | Pathanamthitta     |                  54 |
| 13       | Thrissur           |                  88 |
| 14       | Thiruvananthapuram |                  73 |
|          | Total              |                 977 |

## Annex-I

## State-wise details of Wi-Fi hotspots provided in GPs using BharatNet network

| Sr. No   | State/UT             |   No. of GPs where Wi-Fi hotspots installed |   No. of GPs where Wi- Fi services are being provided |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 3        | Andaman & Nicobar    |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 4        | Assam                |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 5        | Bihar                |                                         289 |                                                   124 |
| 6        | Chandigarh           |                                          12 |                                                     7 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh         |                                         393 |                                                   349 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu          |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 10       | Gujarat              |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 11       | Haryana              |                                         271 |                                                   225 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh     |                                         165 |                                                    77 |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 14       | Jharkhand            |                                         355 |                                                   109 |
| 15       | Karnataka            |                                        2209 |                                                  1495 |
| 16       | Kerala               |                                         701 |                                                   701 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep          |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh       |                                        1316 |                                                   405 |
| 19       | Maharashtra          |                                         871 |                                                   856 |
| 20       | Manipur              |                                         161 |                                                     5 |
| 21       | Meghalaya            |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 22       | Mizoram              |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 23       | Nagaland             |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 24       | Odisha               |                                          90 |                                                    68 |
| 25       | Puducherry           |                                          81 |                                                    75 |
| 26       | Punjab               |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 27       | Rajasthan            |                                        8661 |                                                  3647 |
| 28       | Sikkim               |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu           |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 30       | Telangana            |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 31       | Tripura              |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh        |                                       25211 |                                                  2461 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand          |                                         353 |                                                   279 |
| 34       | West Bengal          |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
|          | Total                |                                       41139 |                                                 10883 |

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