Lok Sabha Question No. 4666 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: Wi-Fi in Gram Panchayats
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Devendrappa Y

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4666 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2021

## WI-FI IN GRAM PANCHAYATS

## 4666.   SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Gram Panchayats (GPs) with installed Wifi as on date, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of GPs with operational Wi-Fi as on date, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the number of Wi-Fi users as on date State/UT-wise and the average data consumed per Wi-Fi per user per month, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) 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.  Further,  as  part  of  this project,  the  last  mile  connectivity,  through  Wi-Fi  or  any  other  suitable  broadband  technology including  Fibre  to  the  Home  (FTTH),  is  to  be  provided  at  all  the  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  in  the country.

State/UT-wise details of Wi-Fi hotspots in GPs and data consumption are attached as Annexure-I .

Annexure referred to in Parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question   No. 4666 for answer on 24.03.2021

## State/UT-wise Details of BharatNet Utilisation

|   S. No. | States                            |   No. of GPs where Wi-Fi hotspots Installed |   No. of GPs where Wi-Fi hotspots operational |   No. of active Users of Wi-Fi& FTTH* |   Data Consumption in GB (Jan- 2021)# |   Average data Consumption in (GB) per active user** |
|----------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands         |                                           0 |                                             0 |                                     0 |                                  0    |                                                 0    |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                    |                                        1570 |                                           216 |                                  2416 |                              20659.8  |                                                 8.55 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                 |                                         208 |                                           203 |                                     0 |                                  0    |                                                 0    |
|        4 | Assam                             |                                           0 |                                             0 |                                  1800 |                               1020.61 |                                                 0.57 |
|        5 | Bihar                             |                                        5347 |                                          2742 |                                 34803 |                             109145    |                                                 3.14 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                        |                                          12 |                                            12 |                                    51 |                                  0    |                                                 0    |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                      |                                        3664 |                                          3662 |                                 47244 |                              93538.5  |                                                 1.98 |
|        8 | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                          41 |                                             0 |                                    25 |                                  0.03 |                                                 0    |
|        9 | Gujarat                           |                                        3960 |                                          2060 |                                 15992 |                             122966    |                                                 7.69 |
|       10 | Haryana                           |                                        5953 |                                          5505 |                                 93943 |                             276299    |                                                 2.94 |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh                  |                                         254 |                                           213 |                                  1150 |                               1513.23 |                                                 1.32 |
|       12 | Jammu& Kashmir                    |                                         969 |                                           855 |                                   646 |                              11692    |                                                18.1  |
|       13 | Jharkhand                         |                                        2383 |                                          1585 |                                 38572 |                              28432.5  |                                                 0.74 |
|       14 | Karnataka                         |                                        5358 |                                          5204 |                                106389 |                              26895.8  |                                                 0.25 |
|       15 | Kerala                            |                                        1047 |                                           690 |                                 57435 |                              47709.1  |                                                 0.83 |
|       16 | Ladakh                            |                                         169 |                                           169 |                                     0 |                                  0    |                                                 0    |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh                    |                                       11538 |                                          7397 |                                131226 |                              32459.4  |                                                 0.25 |
|       18 | Maharashtra                       |                                       10990 |                                          5110 |                                 86492 |                             130844    |                                                 1.51 |

| S. No.   | States        |   No. of GPs where Wi-Fi hotspots Installed |   No. of GPs where Wi-Fi hotspots operational |   No. of active Users of Wi-Fi& FTTH* |   Data Consumption in GB (Jan- 2021)# |   Average data Consumption in (GB) per active user** |
|----------|---------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 19       | Manipur       |                                         161 |                                             7 |                                    51 |                           0           |                                                 0    |
| 20       | Meghalaya     |                                          70 |                                            70 |                                     0 |                           0           |                                                 0    |
| 21       | Mizoram       |                                           0 |                                             0 |                                     0 |                           0           |                                                 0    |
| 22       | Nagaland      |                                           0 |                                             0 |                                     0 |                           0           |                                                 0    |
| 23       | Odisha        |                                        2514 |                                          1373 |                                 19413 |                       60042.2         |                                                 3.09 |
| 24       | Puducherry    |                                          81 |                                            81 |                                  7342 |                         914.75        |                                                 0.12 |
| 25       | Punjab        |                                        7891 |                                          7584 |                                 27920 |                      292028           |                                                10.46 |
| 26       | Rajasthan     |                                        8124 |                                          5296 |                                  9912 |                        4029.53        |                                                 0.41 |
| 27       | Telangana     |                                        1997 |                                             0 |                                  1499 |                       34961.8         |                                                23.32 |
| 28       | Tripura       |                                         574 |                                            11 |                                  1292 |                        3172           |                                                 2.46 |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh |                                       26897 |                                         13104 |                                784521 |                      439950           |                                                 0.56 |
| 30       | Uttarakhand   |                                        1251 |                                          1058 |                                 78515 |                       93461.1         |                                                 1.19 |
| 31       | West Bengal   |                                        1377 |                                           720 |                                  1782 |                        1681.99        |                                                 0.94 |
|          | Pan India     |                                      104400 |                                         64927 |                               1550431 |                           1.83342e+06 |                                                 1.18 |

Total data consumption (by active users of Wi-Fi & FTTH)

Combined number of active users of Wi-Fi & FTTH

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