Lok Sabha Question No. 1787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Budget allocation for BharatNet Project
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Saikia Dilip

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1787 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR BHARATNET PROJECT

- †1787.  SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of budgetory allocations made and its utilization presently for BharatNet project, State-wise including Haryana State;
- (b) whether targets fixed for the said project has been achieved; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) BharatNet  project  is  implemented  in  a  phased  manner  to  provide  broadband connectivity  to  all  Gram  Panchayats  (2.6  lakh  approx.)  in  the  country.  As  on  01.11.2021,  a  total number of  1,66,088  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  are  made  Service  Ready.  The  scope  of  BharatNet  on 30.06.2021 was extended up to all inhabited villages beyond GPs in the country. The target date for completion of the project is August, 2023.

As on 30.09.2021, the State/UT-wise details of allocation / disbursement of funds (including Haryana) under BharatNet Project are given in Annexure-I .

## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in Parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1787 for answer on 08.12.2021

## Details of Allocation / Disbursement of funds under BharatNet Project as on 30.09.2021 (Figures in Rs. Crore)

| S. No.   | Name of State/ UT                        |   Allocated / Disbursed funds |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                 |                         16.71 |
| 2        | Assam                                    |                        206.08 |
| 3        | Bihar                                    |                       1300.29 |
| 4        | Chandigarh                               |                          0.04 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                             |                       1722.12 |
| 6        | Haryana                                  |                        483.1  |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir                           |                        151.75 |
| 8        | Karnataka                                |                        862.3  |
| 9        | Kerala                                   |                        104.88 |
| 10       | Maharashtra                              |                       3646.13 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh                           |                       3614.67 |
| 12       | Punjab                                   |                       1037.84 |
| 13       | Rajasthan                                |                       1201.44 |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh                            |                       4101.83 |
| 15       | Uttarakhand                              |                        285.51 |
| 16       | West Bengal                              |                        468.54 |
| 17       | Sikkim                                   |                         47.36 |
| 18       | Puducherry                               |                          6.63 |
| 19       | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                        105.22 |
| 20       | Manipur                                  |                         70.63 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                                |                         93.78 |
| 22       | Mizoram                                  |                         66.3  |
| 23       | Nagaland                                 |                         92.1  |
| 24       | Tripura                                  |                         86.09 |
| 25       | Gujarat, Dadra &Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu |                       2875.02 |
| 26       | Telangana                                |                        880.93 |
| 27       | Odisha                                   |                        947.48 |
| 28       | Jharkhand                                |                        746.57 |
| 29       | Himachal Pradesh                         |                        114.64 |
| 30       | Andhra Pradesh                           |                        546.44 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               |                        160.9  |
| 32       | Lakshadweep                              |                          0.1  |
| 33       | Ladakh                                   |                          0.64 |
|          | Total                                    |                      26044.1  |

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