Lok Sabha Question No. 81 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Components of BharatNet
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 81 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## COMPONENTS OF BHARATNET

| 81.                                                          | SHRI JAYANT SINHA:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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|                                                              | Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| (a)                                                          | the details of the components of the BharatNet project;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| (b)                                                          | the progress made under each of these components so far, State-wise;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| (c)                                                          | the progress of BharatNet in Jharkhand, district-wise; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| (d) data                                                     | the details of the active connections under BharatNet, the number of users and the total available, State-wise?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ANSWER                                                       | ANSWER                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN) | MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (a) the                                                      | As per the Cabinet approval of July, 2017, the main components of BharatNet project are following:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (i) of the                                                   | Providing broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats(GPs) (approximately 2.64 lakh) country in a phased manner,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (ii) BharatNet                                               | O&M of the network along with replacement of poor quality existing fibre used for between Block and GPs,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| (iii)                                                        | Providing Last mile connectivity services in the connected GPs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| (b) ready the Phase-I, work                                  | The State-wise progress of BharatNet for providing broadband connectivity and service GPs is given in table at Annexure-I. The O&Mof the network is a continuous activity and Service Level Agreement (SLA) based Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for BharatNet through professional agencies, has been entrusted to BSNL and BSNL has awarded the to fibre maintenance agencies. For the O&M of Phase-II of BharatNet, the respective Implementing Agencies are responsible for life time maintenance of the network. |
| (c)                                                          | The District-wise progress of BharatNet in Jharkhand is given at Annexure-II.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| (d) given                                                    | The State-wise details of Fibre to Home (FTTH) connections provided and data usage is in Annexure-III.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

## Annexure referred to in Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 81 for answer on 07.12.2022

## State-wise progress of BharatNet

| S. No.   | State/UT                           |   Total Planned GPs |   Total Service Ready GPs |
|----------|------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar                  |                  70 |                        51 |
| 2        | Andhra* Pradesh                    |               13420 |                      4281 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                1796 |                       769 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                2665 |                      1511 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                8404 |                      8316 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         |                  12 |                        12 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh*                      |               11676 |                      9451 |
| 8        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                  38 |                        38 |
| 9        | Goa#                               |                 191 |                         0 |
| 10       | Gujarat*                           |               14288 |                     14227 |
| 11       | Haryana                            |                6256 |                      6082 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                3616 |                       408 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                4299 |                      1091 |
| 14       | Jharkhand*                         |                4399 |                      4335 |
| 15       | Karnataka                          |                6090 |                      6084 |
| 16       | Kerala                             |                 978 |                       978 |
| 17       | Ladakh                             |                 193 |                       192 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                        |                  10 |                         9 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                     |               22841 |                     17776 |
| 20       | Maharashtra*                       |               28238 |                     23597 |
| 21       | Manipur                            |                2782 |                      1458 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                          |                1792 |                       681 |
| 23       | Mizoram                            |                 762 |                       452 |
| 24       | Nagaland                           |                 983 |                       232 |
| 25       | Odisha*                            |                6796 |                      6779 |
| 26       | Puducherry                         |                 110 |                        98 |
| 27       | Punjab                             |               13337 |                     12668 |
| 28       | Rajasthan                          |               11352 |                      8770 |
| 29       | Sikkim                             |                 185 |                        26 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu*$                       |               12524 |                       499 |
| 31       | Telangana*                         |               12769 |                      8716 |
| 32       | Tripura                            |                1114 |                       727 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                      |               59365 |                     39818 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                        |                7936 |                      1760 |
| 35       | West Bengal                        |                3348 |                      2507 |
|          | Total                              |              264635 |                    184399 |

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

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

Annexure referred to  in  Part  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  81  for  answer  on 07.12.2022

## District-wise progress of BharatNet in Jharkhand

| Name of District         |   GPs planned | No. of Service ready GPs   |
|--------------------------|---------------|----------------------------|
| Bokaro                   |           251 | 246                        |
| Chatra                   |           152 | 152                        |
| Deoghar                  |           194 | 190                        |
| Dhanbad                  |           256 | 243                        |
| Dumka                    |           206 | 206                        |
| East Singhbum            |           231 | 216                        |
| Garhwa                   |           189 | 188                        |
| Giridih                  |           358 | 355                        |
| Godda                    |           201 | 200                        |
| Gumla                    |           159 | 159                        |
| Hazaribagh               |           257 | 252                        |
| Jamtara                  |           118 | 118                        |
| Khunti                   |            86 | 86                         |
| Koderma                  |           109 | 109                        |
| Latehar                  |           115 | 106                        |
| Lohardaga                |            66 | 63                         |
| Pakur                    |           128 | 128                        |
| Palamu                   |           283 | 279                        |
| Ramgarh                  |           143 | 142                        |
| Ranchi                   |           305 | 300                        |
| Sahebganj                |           166 | 162                        |
| Saraikela Kharsawan      |           132 | 132                        |
| Simdega                  |            94 | 94                         |
| West Singhbhum           |           217 | 209                        |
| GPs under reconciliation |           -17 |                            |
| Grand Total              |          4399 | 4335                       |

Annexure referred to  in  Part  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  81  for  answer  on 07.12.2022

## State-wise details of Fibre to Home (FTTH) connections commissioned and data consumed

| S. No.   | State/UT                          | FTTH Connections commissioned   |   Data Consumption (Tera Bytes) (Oct 2022) |
|----------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar                  | 70                              |                                          1 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                    | 2925                            |                                          2 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 88                              |                                         84 |
| 4        | Assam                             | 920                             |                                         51 |
| 5        | Bihar                             | 9520                            |                                        128 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                        | 64                              |                                          0 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                      | 3330                            |                                         40 |
| 8        | Daman &Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli | 15                              |                                          0 |
| 9        | Gujarat                           | 19999                           |                                         90 |
| 10       | Haryana                           | 13798                           |                                        208 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                  | 290                             |                                         19 |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir                    | 1059                            |                                         40 |
| 13       | Jharkhand                         | 4097                            |                                         26 |
| 14       | Karnataka                         | 9019                            |                                        174 |
| 15       | Kerala                            | 2684                            |                                         97 |
| 16       | Lakshadweep                       | 0                               |                                          1 |
| 17       | Ladakh                            | 0                               |                                         72 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                    | 5893                            |                                         23 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                       | 11936                           |                                        112 |
| 20       | Manipur                           | 331                             |                                         14 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                         | 4                               |                                          9 |
| 22       | Mizoram                           | 6                               |                                          9 |
| 23       | Nagaland                          | 116                             |                                          0 |
| 24       | Odisha                            | 4,882                           |                                         33 |
| 25       | Puducherry                        | 52                              |                                          3 |
| 26       | Punjab                            | 24242                           |                                        114 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                         | 1212                            |                                        230 |
| 28       | Sikkim                            | 6                               |                                         34 |
| 29       | Telangana                         | 2009                            |                                          0 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                        | 41                              |                                          0 |
| 31       | Tripura                           | 390                             |                                         10 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh (E )                | 10349                           |                                        144 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh (W)                 | 0                               |                                          0 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                       | 2406                            |                                         93 |
| 35       | West Bengal                       | 3064                            |                                         59 |
| Total    | Total                             | 134,817                         |                                       1920 |

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