Lok Sabha Question No. 1195 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Customers of BSNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1195 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## CUSTOMERS OF BSNL

## 1195.  SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been a decrease in the customers of BSNL and if so, the details of BSNL customers, district-wise in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether there is any plan of the Government to connect those areas of Uttar Pradesh with BSNL networking where there is no facility of BSNL networking;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, whether there is any plan of the Government in future for the same?

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

- (a) District-wise  details  of  BSNL  Landline  and  FTTH  customers  in  Uttar  Pradesh  are  at Annexure I and III. Further details of Mobile customers are at Annexure-II.

(b) to (d) BSNL has planned for procurement of IDDM (Indian Designed, Developed and Manufactured) eNodeB to provide 4G services under the 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat' mission which will provide coverage to uncovered areas of Uttar Pradesh. Further BSNL has also planned for expansion of Broadband Network Gateways (BNGs) and Regional Point of Presence (RPOP) to strengthen core network to enhance the internet speed in its all its license areas including Uttar Pradesh.  Also,  BSNL  is  trying  to  provide  FTTH  services  through  third  party  Telecom Infrastructure Providers.

Further Under 4G Saturation Project 473 uncovered villages in Uttar Pradesh are planned to be covered with 4G services. 30458 Gram Panchayats GPs are covered under Bharat net project so far and work is ongoing for 17043 GPs.

## TOTAL UP STATE  SSA WISE  LAND LINE  CONNECTIONS

| Sl No   | SSA                    | Working Connections as on 01-12-2020   | Working Connections as on 01-12-2021   | Working Connections as on 01-12-2022   |
|---------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1       | AGRA                   | 12158                                  | 8325                                   | 6239                                   |
| 2       | ALLAHABAD              | 10199                                  | 6833                                   | 5585                                   |
| 3       | ALIGARH                | 3732                                   | 2806                                   | 2166                                   |
| 4       | AZAMGARH               | 1743                                   | 818                                    | 496                                    |
| 5       | BADAUN                 | 1027                                   | 733                                    | 535                                    |
| 6       | BAREILLY               | 5607                                   | 4356                                   | 3205                                   |
| 7       | BARABANKI              | 2085                                   | 967                                    | 655                                    |
| 8       | BIJNOR                 | 3019                                   | 2534                                   | 1643                                   |
| 9       | BALLIA                 | 1134                                   | 896                                    | 713                                    |
| 10      | BANDA                  | 1293                                   | 1140                                   | 867                                    |
| 11      | BAHRAICH               | 1219                                   | 984                                    | 695                                    |
| 12      | BASTI                  | 1910                                   | 1615                                   | 1403                                   |
| 13      | BULANDSHAHAR           | 1981                                   | 1644                                   | 1435                                   |
| 14      | DEORIA                 | 1755                                   | 1214                                   | 646                                    |
| 15      | ETAH                   | 2105                                   | 1830                                   | 1658                                   |
| 16      | ETAWAH                 | 1934                                   | 1076                                   | 461                                    |
| 17      | FAIZABAD               | 2702                                   | 2007                                   | 1678                                   |
| 18      | FARRUKHABAD            | 1715                                   | 1372                                   | 853                                    |
| 19      | FATEHPUR               | 641                                    | 425                                    | 378                                    |
| 20      | GONDA                  | 2496                                   | 1226                                   | 760                                    |
| 21      | GHAZIABAD              | 16809 5175                             | 11829                                  | 8250                                   |
| 22 23   | GORAKHPUR GHAZIPUR     | 1615                                   | 3795 1332                              | 3120 1028                              |
| 24      | HARDOI                 | 1778                                   | 1310                                   | 1108                                   |
| 25      | HAMIRPUR               | 914                                    | 771                                    | 610                                    |
| 26      | JHANSI                 | 6168                                   | 5291                                   | 4788                                   |
| 27      | JAUNPUR                | 1886                                   | 1697                                   | 1549                                   |
| 28      | KANPUR                 | 13584                                  | 8810                                   | 7038                                   |
| 29      | LUCKNOW                | 29066                                  | 22534                                  | 18848                                  |
| 30      | LAKHIMPURI KHERI       | 1812                                   | 1505                                   | 1013                                   |
| 31      | MAINPURI               | 1259                                   | 852                                    | 631                                    |
| 32      | MATHURA                | 3030                                   | 1998                                   | 1573                                   |
| 33      | MAU                    | 1616                                   | 1155                                   | 1068                                   |
| 34      | MEERUT                 | 16371                                  | 12379                                  | 9528                                   |
|         |                        |                                        | 5812                                   | 4157                                   |
| 35      | MORADABAD              | 8026                                   | 2795                                   | 2192                                   |
| 36 37   | MIRZAPUR MUZAFFARNAGAR | 3430 5826                              | 4379                                   | 3398                                   |
| 38      | NOIDA                  | 14045                                  | 10617                                  | 8518                                   |
| 39      | ORAI                   | 1322                                   | 1262                                   | 1131                                   |
| 40      | PILIBHIT               | 774                                    | 528                                    | 350                                    |
| 41      | PRATPGARH              | 1312                                   | 1174                                   | 1097                                   |
| 42      | RAMPUR                 | 2024                                   | 1422                                   | 1006                                   |
| 43      | RAEBAREILLY            | 1998                                   | 1650                                   | 1460                                   |
| 44      | SHAHRANPUR             | 3781                                   | 2604                                   | 2052                                   |
| 45      | SHAHJAHANPUR           | 1245                                   | 1043                                   | 870                                    |
| 46      | SITAPUR                | 1727                                   | 1382                                   | 1151                                   |
| 47      | SULTANPUR              | 2782                                   | 2558                                   | 2367                                   |
| 48      | UNNAO                  | 1538                                   | 1159                                   | 686                                    |
| 49      | VARANASI               | 20355                                  | 15177                                  | 12167                                  |
|         | TOTAL                  | 231723                                 | 171621                                 | 134825                                 |

## Annexure-I

## U P STATE CELLULAR CONNECTIONS

| As on     |   CELLULAR CONNECTIONS |
|-----------|------------------------|
| 31-Mar-20 |               16126733 |
| 31-Mar-21 |               15919954 |
| 31-Mar-22 |               15455758 |
| 30-Nov-22 |               14184161 |

## ANNEXURE-II

SSA WISE FTTH BROAD BAND  CONNECTIONS

| S.no   | SSA                  | Working Connections as on 01-12-2020   | Working Connections as on 01-12-2021   | Working Connections as on 01-12-2022   |
|--------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1      | AGRA                 | 1770                                   | 2777                                   | 4291                                   |
| 2      | ALLAHABAD            | 1763                                   | 2973                                   | 4051                                   |
| 3      | ALIGARH              | 1582                                   | 1949                                   | 2423                                   |
| 4      | AZAMGARH             | 497                                    | 470                                    | 408                                    |
| 5      | BADAUN               | 377                                    | 409                                    | 500                                    |
| 6      | BAREILLY             | 707                                    | 1299                                   | 1946                                   |
| 7      | BARABANKI            | 487                                    | 779                                    | 1075                                   |
| 8      | BIJNOR               | 1378                                   | 2515                                   | 3405                                   |
| 9      | BALLIA               | 382                                    | 511                                    | 737                                    |
| 10     | BANDA                | 908                                    | 978                                    | 1061                                   |
| 11     | BAHRAICH             | 225                                    | 509                                    | 522                                    |
| 12     | BASTI                | 1585                                   | 1613                                   | 2033                                   |
| 13     | BULANDSHAHAR         | 533                                    | 309                                    | 334                                    |
| 14     | DEORIA               | 492                                    | 702                                    | 1158                                   |
| 15     | ETAH                 | 153                                    | 494                                    | 602                                    |
| 16     | ETAWAH               | 912                                    | 1518                                   | 2025                                   |
| 17     | FAIZABAD             | 603                                    | 797                                    | 906                                    |
| 18     | FARRUKHABAD          | 374                                    | 597                                    | 703                                    |
| 19     | FATEHPUR             | 143                                    | 244                                    | 173                                    |
| 20     | GONDA                | 584                                    | 804                                    | 642                                    |
| 21     | GHAZIABAD            | 2547                                   | 3521                                   | 3751                                   |
| 22 23  | GORAKHPUR GHAZIPUR   | 828                                    | 1166 316                               | 1389 464                               |
|        | HARDOI               | 156                                    |                                        | 786                                    |
| 24     |                      | 158                                    | 400                                    |                                        |
| 25     | HAMIRPUR             | 255                                    | 617                                    | 781                                    |
| 26     | JHANSI               | 1458                                   | 2291                                   | 2855                                   |
| 27     | JAUNPUR              | 455                                    | 449 3046                               | 519                                    |
| 28     | KANPUR LUCKNOW       | 1638 2539                              | 5119                                   | 4528 7285                              |
| 29     |                      |                                        | 328                                    | 275                                    |
| 30     | LAKHIMPURI KHERI     | 167                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 32     | MATHURA              | 870                                    |                                        | 1589                                   |
| 33     |                      |                                        | 1493 632                               | 662                                    |
| 34     | MAU MEERUT           | 522 1567                               | 3537                                   | 4256                                   |
| 35     | MORADABAD            | 2774                                   | 3974                                   | 4884                                   |
| 36     | MIRZAPUR             | 734                                    | 1327                                   | 1694                                   |
| 37     | MUZAFFARNAGAR        | 356                                    | 556                                    | 1426                                   |
| 38     | NOIDA                | 1919                                   | 2940                                   | 3681                                   |
|        | ORAI                 |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 39     |                      | 319                                    | 340                                    | 466 1049                               |
| 40     | PILIBHIT             | 455                                    | 704                                    | 455                                    |
| 41 42  | PRATPGARH RAMPUR     | 449 790                                | 328 1017                               | 1307                                   |
| 43     | RAEBAREILLY          | 858                                    | 1432                                   |                                        |
|        |                      |                                        |                                        | 1629                                   |
| 44     | SHAHRANPUR           | 664                                    | 1447                                   | 1707                                   |
| 45 46  | SHAHJAHANPUR SITAPUR | 750 687                                | 1313 1139                              | 1742 1312                              |
| 47     | SULTANPUR            | 577                                    | 727                                    | 944                                    |
| 48     | UNNAO                | 293                                    | 561                                    | 803                                    |
| 49     | VARANASI             | 2274                                   | 3812                                   | 6189                                   |
|        | TOTAL                | 42777                                  | 67386                                  | 88204                                  |

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