Lok Sabha Question No. 1800 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: BharatNet Project
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1800 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## BHARATNET PROJECT

## 1800.   SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to  connect  all  the  Gram  Panchayats  of  the  country  with High-Speed Optical Fibre Cable Network under the BharaNet Project;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  which  have  been  so  connected,  at  present,  State/UT-wise including Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) BharatNet project is being implemented in a phased manner  to provide broadband connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats (approx. 2,50,000) in the country through an optimal mix of media (i.e. Optical Fibre Cable/ Radio/Satellite).
- (b) As  on  01  September  2020,  by  laying  4,50,997  km  Optical  Fibre  Cable  (OFC),  a  total  of 1,56,108 Gram Panchayats (GPs) have been connected, out of which 1,41,327 GPs have been made Service Ready. In addition, 2558 GPs have been made Service Ready on satellite media.
- (c) The  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  which  have  been  so  connected,  State/UT-wise  including Gujarat, are given in Annexure-I.

Annexure referred to in Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1800 for Answer on 21.09.2020

## State/UT-wise Status of BharatNet as on 01.09.2020

| S. No.   | State/UT                  |   Service Ready GPs (including BHQs) |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1        | Assam                     |                                 1624 |
| 2        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands  |                                    8 |
| 3        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                 1686 |
| 4        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                  414 |
| 5        | Bihar                     |                                 8790 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |                                   13 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              |                                 5484 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       |                                   21 |
| 9        | Daman &Diu                |                                   18 |
| 10       | Gujarat                   |                                12323 |
| 11       | Haryana                   |                                 6193 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh          |                                  326 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh |                                 1059 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                 |                                 3009 |
| 15       | Karnataka                 |                                 6247 |
| 16       | Kerala                    |                                 1129 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep               |                                    0 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh            |                                13333 |
| 19       | Maharashtra               |                                17471 |
| 20       | Manipur                   |                                 1222 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                 |                                  258 |
| 22       | Mizoram                   |                                  237 |
| 23       | Nagaland                  |                                  129 |
| 24       | Odisha                    |                                 4540 |
| 25       | Puducherry                |                                  101 |
| 26       | Punjab                    |                                12793 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                 |                                 8913 |
| 28       | Sikkim                    |                                   28 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                |                                    0 |
| 30       | Telangana                 |                                 2047 |
| 31       | Tripura                   |                                  709 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh             |                                29842 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand               |                                 1534 |
| 34       | West Bengal               |                                 2384 |
| Total    | Total                     |                               143885 |

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