Lok Sabha Question No. 1831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Wi-Fi Facility in Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1831 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2022

## WI-FI FACILITY IN STATIONS

## 1831.SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of railway stations that have been provided with Wi-Fi facility till date;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  mode  of  operation  of  these  Wi-Fi's  in  stations and  the  number  which  have  been  installed  under  Private  Public Partnership(PPP);
- (c) the total number of stations selected for installation of Wi-Fi along with the States in which these stations fall into; and
- (d) the criteria on which these stations were selected?

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS &

## ANSWER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  6102 Railway Stations have been provided with Wi-Fi facility till date.
- (b) Day to day Operations of all these Wi-Fi Facilities are managed by RailTel Corporation of India Ltd. (Central Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Railways).

No Wi-Fi has been provided under Private Public  Partnership  (PPP). However,  Wi-Fi has been provided at 416 railway stations in partnership with M/s Google and at 4412 stations as part of charity by M/s Tata Trusts.

(c) & (d) It has been decided to provide Wi-Fi at all stations except Halt  depending  upon  the  availability  of  Infrastructure  like  Optical Fiber  Cable  &  other  resources.    So  far  6102  stations  have  been provided with Wi-Fi facility.  State-wise list is appended.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  AND  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1831  BY  SHRI  FEROZE  VARUN  GANDHI TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  27.07.2022  REGARDING  WI-FI FACILITY IN STATIONS

| S.N.   | State Name        |   No. of stations where Wi-Fi got installed under PPP |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                   508 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                     3 |
| 3      | Assam             |                                                   222 |
| 4      | Bihar             |                                                   397 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |                                                   119 |
| 6      | Delhi             |                                                    26 |
| 7      | Goa               |                                                    19 |
| 8      | Gujarat           |                                                   334 |
| 9      | Haryana           |                                                   146 |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                    24 |
| 11     | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                    28 |
| 12     | Jharkhand         |                                                   215 |
| 13     | Karnataka         |                                                   335 |
| 14     | Kerala            |                                                   119 |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                   415 |
| 16     | Maharashtra       |                                                   550 |
| 17     | Meghalaya         |                                                     1 |
| 18     | Mizoram           |                                                     1 |
| 19     | Nagaland          |                                                     3 |
| 20     | Odisha            |                                                   234 |
| 21     | Punjab            |                                                   151 |
| 22     | Rajasthan         |                                                   462 |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu        |                                                   416 |
| 24     | Telangana         |                                                    47 |
| 25     | Tripura           |                                                    18 |
| 26     | UT Chandigarh     |                                                     1 |
| 27     | UT Puducherry     |                                                     3 |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                   768 |
| 29     | Uttarakhand       |                                                    30 |
| 30     | West Bengal       |                                                   507 |
|        | Total             |                                                  6102 |

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