Lok Sabha Question No. 5298 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-05
Subject: Mobile Services in Aspirational Districts of Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5298 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  APRIL, 2023

## MOBILE SERVICES IN ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS OF UTTAR PRADESH

## 5298.   SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the mobile services being provided in the villages of aspirational districts of Phulpur at present;
- (b) the details of the uncovered villages of aspirational districts of Uttar Pradesh, so far;
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  providing  4G  mobile  services  in  the  villages  of  aspirational district of Phulpur, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the details of the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) As  per  data  provided  from  Telecom  Service  Providers  (TSPs),  field  units  of Department of Telecommunications and State Government, as of March 2022, all 888 villages in sub district  of  Phulpur  of  Uttar  Pradesh  (villages  are  as  per  data  of  Registrar  General  of  India  as  of November 2019) are covered with 4G Technology. The details of uncovered villages of Aspirational Districts of Uttar Pradesh are enclosed as Annexure-I. Mobile coverage for inhabited uncovered villages is provided by Government and the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in a phased manner. Further, Government has approved following Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) funded schemes for provision of 4G based Mobile services in uncovered villages of Aspirational Districts including Uttar Pradesh State:

- i. 502 Aspirational District Project : The Project is for provisioning of 4G based Mobile service  in  502  uncovered  villages  of  Aspirational  Districts  of  four  states  in  Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan. Under this project 19 tower have been installed  in  the  districts  of  Bahraich-1,  Balrampur-1,  Chitrakoot-3,  Shrawasti-2  & Sonbhadra-12 of Uttar Pradesh.
- ii. Left Wing Extremism Phase-I (LWE) upgradation Project : Under this Project 2343 existing  mobile  towers  (2G  based)  have  been  planned  for  upgradation  to  4G  based

mobile  towers  across  the  10  LWE  States  (Madhya  Pradesh,  Chhattisgarh,  Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal). 78 towers have been planned for upgradation to 4G mobile services in the districts of Chandauli -6, Mirzapur- 6 & Sonbhadra- 66 of Uttar Pradesh.

- iii. Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  Phase-II  Project :  Under  this  project  2,542  tower locations  identified  by Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA) in  the LWE affected areas across  the  across  the  10  LWE  States  (Madhya  Pradesh,  Chhattisgarh,  Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) are planned to be covered by installing 4G based mobile towers. 42 mobile towers in the district of Sonbhadra are included at the locations identified by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the State of Uttar Pradesh.
- iv. Further, Cabinet has approved USOF funded 4G Saturation project on 27-07-2022, to cover 24,680 uncovered villages across the country including those in the Aspirational Districts of Uttar Pradesh with provision of 20% extra villages. The project also includes upgradation of existing 2G/3G coverage at 6279 villages to 4G. Under this project 340 villages of 34 districts of Uttar Pradesh are proposed to be covered with 4G services.

## ANNEXURE-I

Annexure referred to in Part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5298 for answer on 05-04-2023

## DISTRICT  WISE  DETAILS  OF  UNCOVERED  VILLAGES  IN  THE  ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS OF UTTAR PRADESH

| Sl. No.   | Aspirational Districts Name   |   Total No. of Villages |   Villages not covered |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Bahraich                      |                    1390 |                     16 |
| 2         | Balrampur                     |                    1016 |                     24 |
| 3         | Chandauli                     |                    1635 |                     14 |
| 4         | Chitrakoot                    |                     657 |                     22 |
| 5         | Fatehpur                      |                    1512 |                      0 |
| 6         | Shrawasti                     |                     536 |                      5 |
| 7         | Siddharthnagar                |                    2400 |                      1 |
| 8         | Sonbhadra                     |                    1429 |                     77 |
| Total     | Total                         |                   10575 |                    159 |

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