Lok Sabha Question No. 3595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Gram Panchayats under BharatNet
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3595 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  MARCH, 2023

## GRAM PANCHAYATS UNDER BHARATNET

## †3595. SHRI SANJAY SETH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of Gram Panchayats (GPs) covered under BharatNet;
- (b) the details of number of GPs of Jharkhand covered under BharatNet, district-wise;
- (c) the details of the targets fixed and the targets achieved under first phase and second phase of BharatNet; and
- (d) the details of the amount spent in the first and second phase so far, State and districtwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) BharatNet project is being implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to 2.64 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country.
- (b) The district-wise details of number of GPs of Jharkhand covered under BharatNet Project is given in Annexure-I .
- (c) Details  of  the  targets  fixed  and  the  targets  achieved  under  first  phase  and  second  phase  of BharatNet project is given in table below:
- (d) Funds for BharatNet project are allocated State/UT wise. The State-wise details of the funds allocated in the first and second phase is given in Annexure-II .

|         | Phase-I     | Phase-I           | Phase-II    | Phase-II          |
|---------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|         | GPs Planned | GPs Service ready | GPs Planned | GPs Service ready |
| Country | 120214      | 119759            | 102366      | 69497             |

## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3595 for answer on 22.03.2023

## District-wise details of number of GPs of Jharkhand covered under BharatNet Project

| S. No.   | District            |   No. of GPs planned |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | Bokaro              |                  251 |
| 2        | Chatra              |                  152 |
| 3        | Deoghar             |                  194 |
| 4        | Dhanbad             |                  256 |
| 5        | Dumka               |                  206 |
| 6        | East Singhbum       |                  231 |
| 7        | Garhwa              |                  189 |
| 8        | Giridih             |                  358 |
| 9        | Godda               |                  201 |
| 10       | Gumla               |                  159 |
| 11       | Hazaribagh          |                  257 |
| 12       | Jamtara             |                  118 |
| 13       | Khunti              |                   86 |
| 14       | Koderma             |                  109 |
| 15       | Latehar             |                  115 |
| 16       | Lohardaga           |                   66 |
| 17       | Pakur               |                  128 |
| 18       | Palamu              |                  283 |
| 19       | Ramgarh             |                  143 |
| 20       | Ranchi              |                  305 |
| 21       | Sahebganj           |                  166 |
| 22       | Saraikela Kharsawan |                  132 |
| 23       | Simdega             |                   94 |
| 24       | West Singhbhum      |                  217 |
|          | Grand Total         |                 4416 |

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in Part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3595 for answer on 22.03.2023

State-wise/UT-wise details of the funds allocated in the first and second phase of BharatNet

|   S. No. | Name of State/UT                           |   Capex Total Phase-I (in Rs lakh) |   Capex Total Phase-II (in Rs lakh) |   Total Opex (Phase-I &II) (in Rs lakh) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                             |                           30056.5  |                            62079.8  |                                 1974.59 |
|        2 | Andaman& Nicobar                           |                            1660.41 |                                0    |                                   58.98 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                          |                            7497.23 |                             4637.24 |                                 2714.63 |
|        4 | Assam                                      |                           16779.2  |                               15.82 |                                 5069.51 |
|        5 | Bihar                                      |                           50605.6  |                            50187.1  |                                17423.1  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh                               |                           56003.8  |                           187515    |                                 8528.59 |
|        7 | Gujarat, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                           50422.6  |                           245826    |                                32929.7  |
|        8 | Haryana                                    |                           39016.6  |                                0    |                                 9168.31 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh                           |                            8505.04 |                             2915.46 |                                  251.01 |
|       10 | Jammu and Kashmir                          |                            7711.27 |                             9574.82 |                                 5770.22 |
|       11 | Jharkhand                                  |                           30181.7  |                            54360.5  |                                 3339.2  |
|       12 | Karnataka                                  |                           65451.7  |                              588.55 |                                36055.8  |
|       13 | Kerala                                     |                            5970.61 |                                0    |                                 9051.34 |
|       14 | Ladakh                                     |                               0    |                               68.91 |                                    0    |
|       15 | Lakshadweep                                |                              10.34 |                               11.39 |                                    0    |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh                             |                          172454    |                           158562    |                                32425.3  |
|       17 | Maharashtra                                |                          174675    |                           236597    |                                32229.5  |
|       18 | Manipur                                    |                            5211.52 |                             1379.02 |                                  300.62 |
|       19 | Meghalaya                                  |                            8068.24 |                             1074.12 |                                  728.77 |
|       20 | Mizoram                                    |                            6069.59 |                              522.37 |                                  106.17 |
|       21 | Nagaland                                   |                            8923.09 |                               84.09 |                                  209.36 |
|       22 | Odisha                                     |                           54146.8  |                            52930.4  |                                 9182.41 |
|       23 | Puducherry                                 |                             520.48 |                                0    |                                  176.13 |
|       24 | Punjab& Chandigarh                         |                           38577.6  |                            58764.9  |                                14265.4  |
|       25 | Rajasthan                                  |                           94105.3  |                             6867.08 |                                43887.4  |
|       26 | Sikkim                                     |                            1520.95 |                            10193.8  |                                   23.21 |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu                                 |                            1080.55 |                            30292.2  |                                    1.04 |
|       28 | Telangana                                  |                           23042.8  |                           145384    |                                 3421.11 |
|       29 | Tripura                                    |                            7321.91 |                              288.82 |                                 1056.24 |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh                              |                          172595    |                           239176    |                                30263    |
|       31 | Uttarakhand                                |                           26371.1  |                              617.32 |                                 3379.89 |
|       32 | West Bengal                                |                           40435.4  |                              226.59 |                                10492.5  |

Note:  Goa  had  its  own  similar  broadband  network  and  thus  not  taken  up  under  Ph-I  &  Phase-II  of BharatNet Project. Delhi has no GPs and thus not taken up under BharatNet Project.

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