Lok Sabha Question No. 1823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Implementation of BharatNet Project
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ramesh Chandra Majhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1823 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## IMPLEMENTATION OF BHARATNET PROJECT

## 1823.   SHRI. RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  been  facing  difficulties  in  the  implementation  of Bharatnet projects to achieve the set targets and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the number of Gram Panchayats (GP) in the state of Odisha especially in the Districts of Nabarangpur, Malkangiri and Koraput that are deprived of broad band connectivity; and

- (c) the  GPs  in  the  Country,  State/  UT-wise  including  of  Odisha  identified  by  the Government for extending broadband services under the said projects; and
- (d) the time by when the same is likely to be completed by the Government?

## ANSWER

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

(a) BharatNet  project is implemented  in  a  phased  manner  to  provide  broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country. As on 01.11.2021, a total number of 1,66,088 GPs are made Service Ready in the country. The implementation of the project is affected  mainly  on  account  of  widely  dispersed  GPs  across  remote  corners  of  the  country, covering difficult terrains (including Hilly/ Rocky) and also difficulty of access in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas.

(b) In  Odisha,  a  total  number  of  3810  GPs  were  taken  up  for  implementation  under Phase-I through Powergrid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), out of which 3809 GPs have been made Service Ready, as on 01.11.2021. The Phase-II in Odisha is implemented in State-led  model  through  the  State  Government  under  which,  2402  GPs  have  been  made Service Ready out of 2,946 planned GPs. Further, 19 GPs have been made Service Ready on Satellite media out of 43 planned GPs. In total, 6,230 GPs have been made Service Ready in Odisha.  Under  BharatNet  project,  569  GPs  are  yet  to  be  made  Service  Ready  in  Odisha, including  29  GPs  in  Nabarangpur  District,  51  GPs  in  Malkangiri  District  and  51  GPs  in Koraput District.

- (c) The State/UT-wise details (including Odisha) are given in Annexure-I .

(d) 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.

Annexure  referred  to  in  Part  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1823  for  answer  on 08.12.2021

State/UT-wise details of BharatNet project (As on 01.11.2021)

| S. No.   | State/UT                           |   Total number of GPs Planned |   No. of Service Ready GPs |   No. of GPs yet to be made Service Ready |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                            70 |                         24 |                                        46 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh*                    |                         13426 |                       1708 |                                     11718 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                          1796 |                        749 |                                      1047 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                          2664 |                       1499 |                                      1165 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                          8405 |                       8298 |                                       107 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         |                            12 |                         12 |                                         0 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh*                      |                         11682 |                       8386 |                                      3296 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                            38 |                         36 |                                         2 |
| 9        | Goa#                               |                           191 |                          0 |                                       191 |
| 10       | Gujarat*                           |                         14287 |                      13888 |                                       399 |
| 11       | Haryana                            |                          6259 |                       6082 |                                       177 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                          3226 |                        403 |                                      2823 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                          4281 |                       1055 |                                      3226 |
| 14       | Jharkhand*                         |                          4395 |                       4049 |                                       346 |
| 15       | Karnataka                          |                          6086 |                       6083 |                                         3 |
| 16       | Kerala                             |                           978 |                        978 |                                         0 |
| 17       | Ladakh                             |                           193 |                        187 |                                         6 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                        |                            10 |                          9 |                                         1 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                         22841 |                      16698 |                                      6143 |
| 20       | Maharashtra*                       |                         28237 |                      21247 |                                      6990 |
| 21       | Manipur                            |                          2785 |                       1436 |                                      1349 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                          |                          1791 |                        625 |                                      1166 |
| 23       | Mizoram                            |                           763 |                        452 |                                       311 |
| 24       | Nagaland                           |                           994 |                        224 |                                       770 |
| 25       | Odisha*                            |                          6799 |                       6230 |                                       569 |
| 26       | Puducherry                         |                           108 |                         98 |                                        10 |
| 27       | Punjab                             |                         13337 |                      12668 |                                       669 |
| 28       | Rajasthan                          |                         11352 |                       8769 |                                      2583 |
| 29       | Sikkim                             |                           185 |                         23 |                                       162 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu*$                       |                         12520 |                          0 |                                     12520 |
| 31       | Telangana*                         |                         12769 |                       5676 |                                      7093 |
| 32       | Tripura                            |                          1021 |                        711 |                                       310 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                         59365 |                      33858 |                                     25507 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                        |                          7962 |                       1629 |                                      6333 |
| 35       | West Bengal                        |                          3348 |                       2298 |                                      1050 |
|          | Total                              |                        264176 |                     166088 |                                     98088 |

#  Goa  had  its  own  similar  broadband  network  and  thus  not  taken  up  under  Phase-I  &  Phase-II  of BharatNet Project.

Note: Delhi has no GPs and thus not taken up under BharatNet Project.

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