Lok Sabha Question No. 2742 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Optical Fibre in Himachal Pradesh
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Kishan Kapoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2742 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  MARCH, 2021

## OPTICAL FIBRE IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

## †2742. SHRI KISHAN KAPOOR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is carrying out the work of laying optical fibre in every village of Himachal Pradesh to provide internet facility;
- (b) the  number  of  districts  of  the  country  where  the  work  of  laying  optical  fibre  has  been completed, State/ UT-wise including Himachal Pradesh; and
- (c) the time by which the said work is likely to be completed in the remaining districts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a) BharatNet  project  is  being  implemented  in  a  phased  manner  to  provide  Broadband connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats (approx. 2.5 lakh GPs) in the country including Himachal Pradesh.  Now the scope of BharatNet is being expanded to provide Broadband connectivity to all the inhabited villages (6 Lakh) through various models including Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model.
- (b) State/UT  wise  details  of  number  of  districts  in  the  country  including  Himachal  Pradesh where the work of laying of optical fibre has been completed to provide BharatNet connectivity upto Gram Panchayats is given in Annexure-I.
- (c) The remaining districts are targeted to be completed by May 2023.

## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in Part (b) of the  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2742 for answer on 10.03.2021

The State/UT-wise details of No. of District where laying of Optical fibre completed under BharatNet

| S. No.   | State                          |   No. of District where laying of Optical fibre completed |
|----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands       |                                                         0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                 |                                                         0 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              |                                                         0 |
| 4        | Assam                          |                                                         4 |
| 5        | Bihar                          |                                                        36 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                     |                                                         1 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   |                                                         1 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli Daman &Diu |                                                         2 |
| 9        | Gujarat                        |                                                        25 |
| 10       | Haryana                        |                                                        22 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh               |                                                         0 |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir                 |                                                         0 |
| 13       | Jharkhand                      |                                                         6 |
| 14       | Karnataka                      |                                                        29 |
| 15       | Kerala                         |                                                        14 |
| 16       | Lakshadweep                    |                                                         0 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                 |                                                         9 |
| 18       | Maharashtra                    |                                                         6 |
| 19       | Manipur                        |                                                         0 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                      |                                                         0 |
| 21       | Mizoram                        |                                                         2 |
| 22       | Nagaland                       |                                                         0 |
| 23       | Odisha                         |                                                         0 |
| 24       | Puducherry                     |                                                         2 |
| 25       | Punjab                         |                                                        22 |
| 26       | Rajasthan                      |                                                        24 |
| 27       | Sikkim                         |                                                         0 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                     |                                                         0 |
| 29       | Telangana                      |                                                         3 |
| 30       | Tripura                        |                                                         5 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh                  |                                                         0 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand                    |                                                         1 |
| 33       | West Bengal                    |                                                         1 |
|          | Total                          |                                                       215 |

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