Lok Sabha Question No. 1415 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Broadband Connectivity Under Digital India Mission
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1415 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th   JULY, 2021

## BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY UNDER DIGITAL INDIA MISSION

## 1415.   SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Gram Panchayats which have operational broadband connectivity under Digital India Mission, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of Gram Panchayats which are yet to get the broadband connectivity under the said mission, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  having  broadband  connectivity  under  Digital  Indian Mission in Haryana, District-wise; and
- (d) the number of Gram Panchayats which are yet to get the broadband connectivity under the mission in Haryana, District-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) BharatNet,  a  project  to  provide  broadband  services  in  Rural  India,  is  being implemented in a phased manner to reach all the Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country. The State/UT-wise details of the Service Ready Gram Panchayatsand GPs which are yet to be made Service Ready under BharatNet project, are given in Annexure-I.

- (c) & (d) For  Haryana,  the  District-wise  details  of  the  Service  Ready  Gram  Panchayats, and  the  GPs  which  are  yet  to  be  made  Service  Ready  under  BharatNet  project,  are  given  in Annexure-II.

Annexure referred to in Parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1415 for answer on 28.07.2021

## State/UT-wise details of BharatNet project (as on 09.07.2021)

| S. No.   | State/UT                           | Phase-I            | Phase-I                  | Phase-I                                 | Phase-II           | Phase-II                 | Phase-II                                | Overall (Phase I &Phase-II)   | Overall (Phase I &Phase-II)   | Overall (Phase I &Phase-II)             |
|----------|------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT                           | No. of GPs Planned | No. of Service Ready GPs | No. of GPs yet to be made Service Ready | No. of GPs Planned | No. of Service Ready GPs | No. of GPs yet to be made Service Ready | Total number of planned GPs   | No. of Service Ready GPs      | No. of GPs yet to be made Service Ready |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 66                 | 19                       | 47                                      | 4                  | 2                        | 2                                       | 70                            | 21                            | 49                                      |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh*                    | 1683               | 1676                     | 7                                       | 11688              | 27                       | 11661                                   | 13371                         | 1703                          | 11668                                   |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 79                 | 79                       | 0                                       | 1717               | 642                      | 1075                                    | 1796                          | 721                           | 1075                                    |
| 4        | Assam                              | 1506               | 1497                     | 9                                       | 1156               | 0                        | 1156                                    | 2662                          | 1497                          | 1165                                    |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 5720               | 5649                     | 71                                      | 2684               | 2646                     | 38                                      | 8404                          | 8295                          | 109                                     |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         | 12                 | 12                       | 0                                       | 0                  | 0                        | 0                                       | 12                            | 12                            | 0                                       |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh*                      | 4048               | 4048                     | 0                                       | 7616               | 3822                     | 3794                                    | 11664                         | 7870                          | 3794                                    |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 36                 | 36                       | 0                                       | 2                  | 0                        | 2                                       | 38                            | 36                            | 2                                       |
| 9        | Goa#                               | 0                  | 0                        | 0                                       | 191                | 0                        | 191                                     | 191                           | 0                             | 191                                     |
| 10       | Gujarat*                           | 6595               | 6314                     | 281                                     | 7807               | 7330                     | 477                                     | 14402                         | 13644                         | 758                                     |
| 11       | Haryana                            | 6082               | 6082                     | 0                                       | 89                 | 0                        | 89                                      | 6171                          | 6082                          | 89                                      |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 252                | 251                      | 1                                       | 2974               | 143                      | 2831                                    | 3226                          | 394                           | 2832                                    |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 476                | 380                      | 96                                      | 3813               | 621                      | 3192                                    | 4289                          | 1001                          | 3288                                    |
| 14       | Jharkhand*                         | 2707               | 2524                     | 183                                     | 1688               | 1162                     | 526                                     | 4395                          | 3686                          | 709                                     |
| 15       | Karnataka                          | 6084               | 6080                     | 4                                       | 0                  | 0                        | 0                                       | 6084                          | 6080                          | 4                                       |
| 16       | Kerala                             | 977                | 977                      | 0                                       | 0                  | 0                        | 0                                       | 977                           | 977                           | 0                                       |
| 17       | Ladakh                             | 0                  | 0                        | 0                                       | 193                | 186                      | 7                                       | 193                           | 186                           | 7                                       |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                        | 0                  | 0                        | 0                                       | 10                 | 7                        | 3                                       | 10                            | 7                             | 3                                       |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 12547              | 12533                    | 14                                      | 10244              | 3250                     | 6994                                    | 22791                         | 15783                         | 7008                                    |
| 20       | Maharashtra*                       | 15171              | 15161                    | 10                                      | 12711              | 4193                     | 8518                                    | 27882                         | 19354                         | 8528                                    |

| S. No.   | State/UT      | Phase-I            | Phase-I                  | Phase-I                                 | Phase-II           | Phase-II                 | Phase-II                                | Overall (Phase I &Phase-II)   | Overall (Phase I &Phase-II)   | Overall (Phase I &Phase-II)             |
|----------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT      | No. of GPs Planned | No. of Service Ready GPs | No. of GPs yet to be made Service Ready | No. of GPs Planned | No. of Service Ready GPs | No. of GPs yet to be made Service Ready | Total number of planned GPs   | No. of Service Ready GPs      | No. of GPs yet to be made Service Ready |
| 21       | Manipur       | 320                | 320                      | 0                                       | 2465               | 1116                     | 1349                                    | 2785                          | 1436                          | 1349                                    |
| 22       | Meghalaya     | 122                | 122                      | 0                                       | 1668               | 476                      | 1192                                    | 1790                          | 598                           | 1192                                    |
| 23       | Mizoram       | 41                 | 41                       | 0                                       | 722                | 405                      | 317                                     | 763                           | 446                           | 317                                     |
| 24       | Nagaland      | 127                | 127                      | 0                                       | 867                | 96                       | 771                                     | 994                           | 223                           | 771                                     |
| 25       | Odisha*       | 3810               | 3809                     | 1                                       | 3007               | 2104                     | 903                                     | 6817                          | 5913                          | 904                                     |
| 26       | Puducherry    | 98                 | 98                       | 0                                       | 10                 | 0                        | 10                                      | 108                           | 98                            | 10                                      |
| 27       | Punjab        | 7991               | 7951                     | 40                                      | 5271               | 4714                     | 557                                     | 13262                         | 12665                         | 597                                     |
| 28       | Rajasthan     | 8747               | 8730                     | 17                                      | 2594               | 30                       | 2564                                    | 11341                         | 8760                          | 2581                                    |
| 29       | Sikkim        | 49                 | 22                       | 27                                      | 137                | 0                        | 137                                     | 186                           | 22                            | 164                                     |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu**  | 0                  | 0                        | 0                                       | 12520              | 0                        | 12520                                   | 12520                         | 0                             | 12520                                   |
| 31       | Telangana*    | 1946               | 1946                     | 0                                       | 10823              | 2241                     | 8582                                    | 12769                         | 4187                          | 8582                                    |
| 32       | Tripura       | 569                | 569                      | 0                                       | 452                | 142                      | 310                                     | 1021                          | 711                           | 310                                     |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh | 28040              | 27822                    | 218                                     | 30670              | 3811                     | 26859                                   | 58710                         | 31633                         | 27077                                   |
| 34       | Uttarakhand   | 1831               | 1512                     | 319                                     | 5960               | 104                      | 5856                                    | 7791                          | 1616                          | 6175                                    |
| 35       | West Bengal   | 2660               | 2262                     | 398                                     | 680                | 0                        | 680                                     | 3340                          | 2262                          | 1078                                    |
| Total    | Total         | 120392             | 118649                   | 1743                                    | 142433             | 39270                    | 103163                                  | 262825                        | 157919                        | 104906                                  |

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in Parts (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1415 for answer on 28.07.2021

## District-wise details of BharatNet project in Haryana (as on 09.07.2021)

| S. No.   | Name of District   |   No. of Service Ready GPs |   No. of GPs yet to be made Service Ready |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Ambala             |                        401 |                                         0 |
| 2        | Bhiwani            |                        300 |                                         7 |
| 3        | Charkhi Dadri      |                        159 |                                         3 |
| 4        | Faridabad          |                        111 |                                         5 |
| 5        | Fatehabad          |                        245 |                                         7 |
| 6        | Gurugram           |                        234 |                                         0 |
| 7        | Hisar              |                        305 |                                         0 |
| 8        | Jhajjar            |                        249 |                                         0 |
| 9        | Jind               |                        300 |                                         1 |
| 10       | Kaithal            |                        271 |                                         6 |
| 11       | Karnal             |                        372 |                                        10 |
| 12       | Kurukshetra        |                        382 |                                         5 |
| 13       | Mahendragarh       |                        343 |                                         4 |
| 14       | Nuh                |                        294 |                                         0 |
| 15       | Palwal             |                        235 |                                         5 |
| 16       | Panchkula          |                        126 |                                         6 |
| 17       | Panipat            |                        167 |                                         7 |
| 18       | Rewari             |                        351 |                                         8 |
| 19       | Rohtak             |                        140 |                                         0 |
| 20       | Sirsa              |                        334 |                                         4 |
| 21       | Sonipat            |                        324 |                                         0 |
| 22       | Yamunanagar        |                        439 |                                        11 |
|          | Total              |                       6082 |                                        89 |

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