Lok Sabha Question No. 4592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Funds Allocated under BharatNet
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4592 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  MARCH, 2022

## FUNDS ALLOCATED UNDER BHARATNET

## †4592. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the funds allocated and spent under the BharatNet project across the country, Parliamentary Constituency-wise, particularly in the Nalanda Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) whether  high  speed  optical  fiber  network  has  been  installed  in  all  the  panchayats  of Nalanda Parliamentary Constituency under the said project; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under the BharatNet Project, funds are allocated / disbursed State/UT-Wise, and the details of the same are given in Annexure-I .
- (b) & (c) All the 249 Gram Panchayats of Nalanda Parliamentary Constituency are Service Ready under BharatNet Project.

## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4592 to be answered on 30.03.2022

State/UT wise details of funds allocated / disbursed under BharatNet Project as on 31.12.2021 (Figure in Rs. Crore)

| S. No.   | State/ UT                                |   Disbursed funds |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                 |             17.19 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           |            649.45 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |            105.58 |
| 4        | Assam                                    |            226.14 |
| 5        | Bihar                                    |           1350.86 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               |              0.04 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             |           1898.12 |
| 8        | Gujarat, Dadra &Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu |           2900.87 |
| 9        | Haryana                                  |            504.64 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh                         |            115.58 |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir                           |            154.45 |
| 12       | Jharkhand                                |            872.2  |
| 13       | Karnataka                                |           1029.76 |
| 14       | Kerala                                   |            149.89 |
| 15       | Ladakh                                   |              0.69 |
| 16       | Lakshadweep                              |              0.1  |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                           |           3686.48 |
| 18       | Maharashtra                              |           3780.71 |
| 19       | Manipur                                  |             70.48 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                                |             93.49 |
| 21       | Mizoram                                  |             66.52 |
| 22       | Nagaland                                 |             92.35 |
| 23       | Odisha                                   |           1061.26 |
| 24       | Puducherry                               |              6.9  |
| 25       | Punjab                                   |           1079.98 |
| 26       | Rajasthan                                |           1365.15 |
| 27       | Sikkim                                   |             80.39 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                               |            160.9  |
| 29       | Telangana                                |            896.24 |
| 30       | Tripura                                  |             89.56 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh                            |           4270.06 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand                              |            296.93 |
| 33       | West Bengal                              |            509.74 |
|          | Total                                    |          27582.7  |

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