Lok Sabha Question No. 1333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Digital Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1333

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## DIGITAL PANCHAYATS

†1333. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state: (a) the number of panchayas digitalised so far in the country under digital India; and (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) and (b) Under the Digital India Programme, BharatNet project is being implemented in phased manner to provide broadband connectivity in all the Gram Panchayats(GPs) in the country through Wi-Fi or any other suitable broadband technology including Fiber to the Home (FTTH). As on 27.01.2021, a total number of 1,51,431 GPs including Block Head Quarters (BHQs) have been made Service Ready. State/UT-wise Service Ready GPs is at Annexure-I .

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1333 answered on 09.02.2021 regarding 'Digital Panchayats'.

State/UT-wise Status of Service Ready Gram Panchayats (GPs) including BHQs under BharatNet

| S. No.   | State / Union Territory            | No. of Service Ready GPs including BHQs   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 8                                         |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                     | 1,696                                     |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 510                                       |
| 4.       | Assam                              | 1,627                                     |
| 5.       | Bihar                              | 8,819                                     |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                         | 13                                        |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                       | 6,638                                     |
| 8.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 39                                        |
| 9.       | Gujarat                            | 13,266                                    |
| 10.      | Haryana                            | 6,202                                     |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh                   | 369                                       |
| 12.      | Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh          | 1,174                                     |
| 13.      | Jharkhand                          | 3,433                                     |
| 14.      | Karnataka                          | 6,247                                     |
| 15.      | Kerala                             | 1,129                                     |
| 16.      | Lakshadweep                        | 0                                         |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh                     | 14,721                                    |
| 18.      | Maharashtra                        | 18,259                                    |
| 19.      | Manipur                            | 1,417                                     |
| 20.      | Meghalaya                          | 359                                       |
| 21.      | Mizoram                            | 303                                       |
| 22.      | Nagaland                           | 180                                       |
| 23.      | Odisha                             | 5,396                                     |
| 24.      | Puducherry                         | 101                                       |
| 25.      | Punjab                             | 12,795                                    |
| 26.      | Rajasthan                          | 8,961                                     |
| 27.      | Sikkim                             | 28                                        |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu                         | 0                                         |
| 29.      | Telangana                          | 2,047                                     |
| 30.      | Tripura                            | 730                                       |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh                      | 30,998                                    |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand                        | 1,536                                     |
| 33.      | West Bengal                        | 2,430                                     |
|          | TOTAL                              | 1,51,431                                  |