Lok Sabha Question No. 3316 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-23
Subject: Optical Fibre Cable Network
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3316 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2022

## OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE NETWORK

## 3316.   SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH: SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the completion/pending details of Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) network in the country since 2014 onwards till date; and
- (b) the  funds  sanctioned/spent  therefor  till  now,  State-wise  including  Andhra  Pradesh  and Telangana?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) BharatNet project is implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to all the Gram  Panchayats (GPs) in the country through an optimal mix of media (OFC/Radio/Satellite). Since 2014, out of about 7,40,706 km planned OFC, 5,67,941 km OFC  has been laid, under the project as on 28.02.2022.
- (b) The State-wise total funds allocated/sanctioned/disbursed under BharatNet Project, including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, are given in Annexure-I .

Annexure referred to in Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3316 for answer on 23.03.2022

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

| S. No.   | State/ UT                                |   Disbursed funds under Phase-I |   Disbursed funds under Phase-II |
|----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                 |                           17.19 |                             0    |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           |                          322.32 |                           327.13 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                           76.14 |                            29.44 |
| 4        | Assam                                    |                          225.98 |                             0.16 |
| 5        | Bihar                                    |                          680.41 |                           670.45 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               |                            0.04 |                             0    |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             |                          673.98 |                          1224.14 |
| 8        | Gujarat, Dadra &Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu |                          634.87 |                          2266    |
| 9        | Haryana                                  |                          504.64 |                             0    |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh                         |                           86.43 |                            29.15 |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir                           |                           86.03 |                            68.42 |
| 12       | Jharkhand                                |                          328.59 |                           543.61 |
| 13       | Karnataka                                |                         1023.89 |                             5.87 |
| 14       | Kerala                                   |                          149.89 |                             0    |
| 15       | Ladakh                                   |                            0    |                             0.69 |
| 16       | Lakshadweep                              |                            0.1  |                             0    |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                           |                         2079.06 |                          1607.42 |
| 18       | Maharashtra                              |                         2082.13 |                          1698.58 |
| 19       | Manipur                                  |                           57.11 |                            13.37 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                                |                           82.93 |                            10.56 |
| 21       | Mizoram                                  |                           62.21 |                             4.31 |
| 22       | Nagaland                                 |                           91.73 |                             0.62 |
| 23       | Odisha                                   |                          604.53 |                           456.73 |
| 24       | Puducherry                               |                            6.9  |                             0    |
| 25       | Punjab                                   |                          555.48 |                           524.5  |
| 26       | Rajasthan                                |                         1296.48 |                            68.67 |
| 27       | Sikkim                                   |                           15.34 |                            65.05 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                               |                           10.82 |                           150.08 |
| 29       | Telangana                                |                          264.2  |                           632.04 |
| 30       | Tripura                                  |                           86.67 |                             2.89 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh                            |                         1990.29 |                          2279.77 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand                              |                          290.76 |                             6.17 |
| 33       | West Bengal                              |                          507.5  |                             2.24 |
|          | Total                                    |                        14894.6  |                         12688.1  |

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