Lok Sabha Question No. 525 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Slow Speed of Internet
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Devji Mansingram Patel, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 525 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  JULY, 2022

## SLOW SPEED OF INTERNET

- †525.   SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the country is facing the problem of slow speed of internet and is placed at 119th position in the list of 140 countries in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether internet access in rural areas is just 21 percent due to this slow speed and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the total number of panchayats in Chatra, Latehar and other districts of Jharkhand, Jalore, Sirohi and other districts of Rajasthan and in Gram Panchayats of Maharashtra including Madha and Latur parliamentary constituencies which are not connected with high speed internet and 4G mobile service, district-wise; and
- (d) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  connect  all  panchayats  of  the  country  including Rajasthan and Maharashtra with high speed internet and 4G mobile service under Pradhanmantri Gati shakti Scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

(a) & (b) Certain  organisations  publish  reports  regarding  global  mobile  internet  speed  ranking. However, such reports have not been validated. Internet speed depends on various factors like network, website being browsed, user device, etc. However as per Yearly Performance Indicators Report on Indian Telecom Sector', released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, the average wireless data usage per data subscriber per month has been increasing from 9.85 Giga Byte (GB) to 11.76 GB to 14.04 GB respectively.

As per the 'Yearly Performance Indicators Report on Indian Telecom Sector', released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), as on 31st December, 2021 there are 37.25 Internet Subscribers per 100 population in the Rural areas and overall 60.46 total Internet Subscribers per 100 population in the country.

- (c) & (d) BharatNet project is being implemented in a phased manner to create network to connect all  the  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)/Villages  with  high  speed  internet  in  the  country  including  Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. This infrastructure is leased to Telecom Service providers / Internet Service Providers for provision of Mobile / internet connectivity in GPs/rural areas. District wise details of no. of Villages of Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Maharashtra covered with 4G Mobile services is given in Annexure.

## Status of no. of Villages of Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Maharashtra covered with 4G Mobile services

| State       | District Name        |   Total No. of inhabited villages as per Census 2011 |   No. of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity as per 2020 data |   No. of villages with 4G |
|-------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| JHARKHAND   | Bokaro               |                                                  611 |                                                                   608 |                       601 |
|             | Chatra               |                                                 1377 |                                                                  1303 |                      1262 |
|             | Deoghar              |                                                 2354 |                                                                  2354 |                      2352 |
|             | Dhanbad              |                                                 1075 |                                                                  1075 |                      1075 |
|             | Dumka                |                                                 2688 |                                                                  2663 |                      2632 |
|             | Garhwa               |                                                  844 |                                                                   792 |                       776 |
|             | Giridih              |                                                 2558 |                                                                  2541 |                      2502 |
|             | Godda                |                                                 1688 |                                                                  1626 |                      1602 |
|             | Gumla                |                                                  942 |                                                                   853 |                       803 |
|             | Hazaribagh           |                                                 1193 |                                                                  1159 |                      1140 |
|             | Jamtara              |                                                 1082 |                                                                  1078 |                      1075 |
|             | Khunti               |                                                  754 |                                                                   703 |                       599 |
|             | Kodarma              |                                                  577 |                                                                   550 |                       542 |
|             | Latehar              |                                                  749 |                                                                   666 |                       574 |
|             | Lohardaga            |                                                  352 |                                                                   327 |                       288 |
|             | Pakur                |                                                 1141 |                                                                  1097 |                      1091 |
|             | Palamu               |                                                 1711 |                                                                  1651 |                      1597 |
|             | Pashchimi Singhbhum  |                                                 1642 |                                                                  1405 |                      1193 |
|             | Purbi Singhbhum      |                                                 1609 |                                                                  1552 |                      1515 |
|             | Ramgarh              |                                                  305 |                                                                   302 |                       302 |
|             | Ranchi               |                                                 1296 |                                                                  1290 |                      1276 |
|             | Sahibganj            |                                                 1349 |                                                                  1272 |                      1164 |
|             | Saraikela- Kharsawan |                                                 1146 |                                                                  1105 |                      1085 |
|             | Simdega              |                                                  449 |                                                                   376 |                       345 |
|             | Total                |                                                29492 |                                                                 28348 |                     27391 |
|             | Ahmadnagar           |                                                 1581 |                                                                  1579 |                      1502 |
|             | Akola                |                                                  864 |                                                                   850 |                       799 |
|             | Amravati             |                                                 1637 |                                                                  1504 |                      1419 |
|             | Aurangabad           |                                                 1314 |                                                                  1301 |                      1293 |
|             | Bhandara             |                                                  771 |                                                                   757 |                       753 |
|             | Bid                  |                                                 1357 |                                                                  1332 |                      1312 |
|             | Buldana              |                                                 1300 |                                                                  1280 |                      1239 |
|             | Chandrapur           |                                                 1463 |                                                                  1384 |                      1341 |
| Maharashtra | Dhule                |                                                  674 |                                                                   658 |                       634 |

| Gadchiroli   |   1509 |   907 |   622 |
|--------------|--------|-------|-------|
| Gondiya      |    883 |   847 |   836 |
| Hingoli      |    675 |   670 |   660 |
| Jalgaon      |   1487 |  1459 |  1414 |
| Jalna        |    958 |   957 |   944 |
| Kolhapur     |   1195 |  1159 |  1130 |
| Latur        |    928 |   925 |   924 |
| Nagpur       |   1617 |  1540 |  1496 |
| Nanded       |   1541 |  1523 |  1484 |
| Nandurbar    |    930 |   744 |   630 |
| Nashik       |   1919 |  1753 |  1693 |
| Osmanabad    |    728 |   725 |   723 |
| Parbhani     |    830 |   823 |   814 |
| Pune         |   1852 |  1736 |  1662 |
| Raigarh      |   1860 |  1743 |  1654 |
| Ratnagiri    |   1531 |  1364 |  1176 |
| Sangli       |    725 |   719 |   716 |
| Satara       |   1719 |  1602 |  1471 |
| Sindhudurg   |    740 |   643 |   557 |
| Solapur      |   1143 |  1135 |  1132 |
| Thane        |   1704 |  1570 |  1536 |
| Wardha       |    973 |   963 |   920 |
| Washim       |    698 |   684 |   659 |
| Yavatmal     |   1853 |  1795 |  1759 |
| Total        |  40959 | 38631 | 36904 |
| Ajmer        |   1099 |  1097 |  1085 |
| Alwar        |   2021 |  2003 |  2000 |
| Banswara     |   1485 |  1473 |  1458 |
| Baran        |   1114 |  1081 |  1069 |
| Barmer       |   2452 |  2347 |  2253 |
| Bharatpur    |   1432 |  1432 |  1425 |
| Bhilwara     |   1790 |  1788 |  1776 |
| Bikaner      |    857 |   800 |   757 |
| Bundi        |    867 |   854 |   843 |
| Chittaurgarh |   1581 |  1521 |  1479 |
| Churu        |    873 |   867 |   860 |
| Dausa        |   1079 |  1077 |  1077 |
| Dhaulpur     |    801 |   778 |   776 |
| Dungarpur    |    972 |   970 |   966 |
| Ganganagar   |   2855 |  2819 |  2778 |
| Hanumangarh  |   1831 |  1828 |  1817 |
| Jaipur       |   2126 |  2123 |  2119 |
| Jaisalmer    |    756 |   554 |   501 |
| Jalore       |    791 |   788 |   782 |

| Jhalawar       |   1488 |   1460 |   1448 |
|----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Jhunjhunun     |    926 |    926 |    925 |
| Jodhpur        |   1836 |   1817 |   1770 |
| Karauli        |    851 |    801 |    785 |
| Kota           |    805 |    804 |    802 |
| Nagaur         |   1575 |   1573 |   1562 |
| Pali           |   1017 |    998 |    978 |
| Pratapgarh     |    970 |    931 |    899 |
| Rajsamand      |   1037 |   1035 |   1026 |
| Sawai Madhopur |    758 |    744 |    741 |
| Sikar          |   1162 |   1156 |   1149 |
| Sirohi         |    470 |    444 |    435 |
| Tonk           |   1116 |   1115 |   1110 |
| Udaipur        |   2471 |   2319 |   2254 |
| Total          |  43264 |  42323 |  41705 |

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