Lok Sabha Question No. 2531 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Tele-Density
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla, Subrata Pathak, Ravindra Kushawaha, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Shrirang Appa Barne, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2531 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  MARCH, 2021

## TELE-DENSITY

## 2531.   SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of tele density in the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the market share of Government telecom service providers, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the number of villages which do not have mobile and land line connectivity, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha;
- (d) whether the Government has proposed any plan in this regard for such States;
- (e) if so, the details and the salient features thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) the details of funds allocated, released and utilized to strengthen the telecom network in various States during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The service area wise tele-density in the country as on 31.01.2021is given in Annexure-I.
- (b)        The  details  of  service  area  wise  market  share  of  Government  telecom  service  providers (BSNL and MTNL) in the country as on 31.01.2021are given at Annexure-II.
- (c) State/UT wise list  of  total  number  of  inhabited  villages  as  per  Census  2011,  number  of inhabited  villages  with  mobile  connectivity  and  inhabited  villages  where  BSNL  Landline exchanges are working is given at Annexure-III.

(d) & (e) For  providing  telecom  connectivity  in  rural  and  remote  areas  of  the  country,  the Department has taken the following initiatives:

1. The Department is executing the flagship Bharatnet Project to connect 2.5 Lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) with an optical mix of media (i.e. OFC/Radio/Satellite). As on date 154096 GPs have been connected and equipment installed.
2. For provision of mobile services in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas under Phase-I, the project has been completed by installing 2,343 towers. Under Phase-II- 4G mobile services in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas for installation of 2,542 number of tower sites.
3. Under Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan (CTDP) for mobile connectivity in the North Eastern Region, a total number of 1,358 towers have been installed, out of which 1,355 sites are providing services.
4. Provision of 4G Mobile Coverage in 85 uncovered Villages and seamless 4G Mobile coverage of NH223 in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
5. Mobile  connectivity  in  354  uncovered  villages  of  J&K,  Ladakh,  Himachal  Pradesh, Uttar  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Rajasthan,  Gujarat,  Uttarakhand,  Border  area  &  other  priority areas. About 80 villages have been covered.
6. 4G  mobile  connectivity  in  502  uncovered  villages  of  Aspirational  Districts  in  four States namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan.

(f) The  details  of  the  funds  disbursed/allocated  under  various  schemes  of  Universal  Social Obligation Fund (USOF) for strengthening the telecom network is given at Annexure-IV&V.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question No. 2531 to be answered on 10 th March 2021 regarding Tele-density.

## Service area wise tele-density as on 31.01.2021 is as follows:

| Sr.No.   | Service Area         | Tele-density (in %)   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 98.85                 |
| 2        | Assam                | 69.71                 |
| 3        | Bihar                | 53.08                 |
| 4        | Gujarat              | 97.49                 |
| 5        | Haryana              | 93.10                 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh     | 152.14                |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir       | 88.30                 |
| 8        | Karnataka            | 104.19                |
| 9        | Kerala               | 129.62                |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh       | 67.40                 |
| 11       | Maharashtra          | 94.37                 |
| 12       | North East           | 80.51                 |
| 13       | Odisha               | 77.38                 |
| 14       | Punjab               | 121.99                |
| 15       | Rajasthan            | 83.45                 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu           | 106.13                |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh (East) |                       |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh (West) | 68.76                 |
| 19       | West Bengal          | 67.21                 |
| 20       | Kolkata              | 162.08                |
| 21       | Delhi                | 275.13                |
| 22       | Mumbai               | 148.19                |
|          | All- India           | 87.00                 |

Source: DoT

## ANNEXURE-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2531 to be answered on 10 th March 2021 regarding Tele-density.

Service  area  wise  market  share  of  Government  telecom  service  providers  (BSNL  and MTNL) as on 31.01.2021 is as follows:

| Sr.No.   | Service area         |   %share of telephone connections |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                             11.46 |
| 2        | Assam                |                             12.56 |
| 3        | Bihar                |                              7.06 |
| 4        | Gujarat              |                              9.27 |
| 5        | Haryana              |                             18.81 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh     |                             27.55 |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir       |                             11.17 |
| 8        | Karnataka            |                             11.51 |
| 9        | Kerala               |                             26.1  |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh       |                              8.56 |
| 11       | Maharashtra          |                              8.13 |
| 12       | North East           |                             11.6  |
| 13       | Odisha               |                             19.42 |
| 14       | Punjab               |                             15.85 |
| 15       | Rajasthan            |                             10.05 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu           |                             14.36 |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh (East) |                             11.84 |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh (West) |                              9    |
| 19       | West Bengal          |                              4.76 |
| 20       | Kolkata              |                             10.59 |
| 21       | Delhi                |                              6.19 |
| 22       | Mumbai               |                              7.26 |
|          | Total                |                             11.15 |

Source: DoT

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question No. 2531 to be answered on 10 th March 2021 regarding Tele-density.

State/UT wise  list  of  total  number  of  inhabited  villages  as  per  Census  2011,  number  of  inhabited villages  with  mobile  connectivity  and  inhabited  villages  where  BSNL  Landline  exchanges  are working

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                           |   Total No of inhabited villages as per Census 2011 |   No of inhabited villages with mobile connectivity | No. of inhabited villages where BSNL Landline exchange working*   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                                                 396 |                                                 245 | 45                                                                |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                               16158 |                                               14371 | 1289                                                              |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                                5258 |                                                3035 | 41                                                                |
| 4         | Assam                              |                                               25372 |                                               24756 | 394                                                               |
| 5         | Bihar                              |                                               39073 |                                               38828 | 818                                                               |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |                                                   5 |                                                   5 | 10                                                                |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |                                               19567 |                                               17720 | 298                                                               |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                                  84 |                                                  84 | 6                                                                 |
| 9         | Delhi                              |                                                 103 |                                                 103 | -                                                                 |
| 10        | Goa                                |                                                 320 |                                                 292 | 79                                                                |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |                                               17843 |                                               17331 | 1444                                                              |
| 12        | Haryana                            |                                                6642 |                                                6642 | 558                                                               |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                               17882 |                                               17499 | 529                                                               |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                                6101 |                                                5947 | 173                                                               |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |                                               29492 |                                               28348 | 289                                                               |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |                                               27397 |                                               26956 | 1836                                                              |
| 17        | Kerala                             |                                                1017 |                                                1017 | 1086                                                              |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |                                                 236 |                                                 172 | @                                                                 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |                                                   6 |                                                   5 | 11                                                                |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                               51929 |                                               49317 | 1542                                                              |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |                                               40959 |                                               38631 | 2815                                                              |
| 22        | Manipur                            |                                                2515 |                                                2052 | 23                                                                |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          |                                                6459 |                                                4785 | 25                                                                |
| 24        | Mizoram                            |                                                 704 |                                                 498 | 29                                                                |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |                                                1400 |                                                1256 | 12                                                                |
| 26        | Odisha                             |                                               47677 |                                               41578 | 680                                                               |
| 27        | Punjab                             |                                               12168 |                                               12168 | 1023                                                              |
| 28        | Puducherry                         |                                                  90 |                                                  90 | 0                                                                 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |                                               43264 |                                               42323 | 1110                                                              |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |                                                 425 |                                                 415 | 21                                                                |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                         |                                               15049 |                                               15000 | 1145                                                              |
| 32        | Telangana                          |                                               10128 |                                                9975 | 609                                                               |
| 33        | Tripura                            |                                                 863 |                                                 832 | 49                                                                |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                               97813 |                                               97486 | 1368                                                              |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                        |                                               15745 |                                               15319 | 231                                                               |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |                                               37478 |                                               37470 | 820                                                               |
|           | Total                              |                                              597618 |                                              572551 | 20408                                                             |

@ covered under Jammu & Kashmir.

Source: DoT

*Source: BSNL

ANNEXURE-IV

Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question No. 2531 to be answered on 10 th March 2021 regarding Tele-density.

FUND  DISBURSEMENT  IN  LAST  THREE  YEARS,  except  BharatNet    (i.e.  2017-18  to 2019-20)

|     |                                                  |         | (Amount in Rs. Crore)   | (Amount in Rs. Crore)   |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| No. | Name of the Controller of                        | 2017-18 | 2018-19                 | 2019-20                 |
| 1   | A&N                                              | 0.03    | 149.25                  | 297.28                  |
| 2   | ANDHRA PRADESH                                   | 33.77   | 16.48                   | 23.33                   |
| 3   | ASSAM                                            | 3.49    | 6.34                    | 171.81                  |
| 4   | BIHAR                                            | 65.94   | 63.07                   | 68.36                   |
| 5   | CHHATTISGARH                                     | 211.46  | 85.36                   | 90.24                   |
| 6   | DELHI                                            | 0.04    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 7   | DOT HQ-VPT 2                                     | 0.00    | 0.00                    | 21.84                   |
| 8   | GUJRAT (IncludingD&D and DNH)                    | 14.42   | 0.00                    | 5.86                    |
| 9   | HARYANA                                          | 6.97    | 0.95                    | 2.87                    |
| 10  | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                 | 5.42    | 2.70                    | 3.36                    |
| 11  | J&K (including Ladakh)                           | 8.57    | 0.03                    | 1.26                    |
| 12  | JHARKHAND                                        | 185.56  | 129.32                  | 149.84                  |
| 13  | KARNATAKA                                        | 26.12   | 0.01                    | 11.41                   |
| 14  | KERALA                                           | 8.78    | 0.02                    | 8.39                    |
| 15  | Lakshadweep                                      | 0.00    | 39.66                   | 0.00                    |
| 16  | MAHARASHTRA (Including Goa)                      | 64.59   | 19.34                   | 40.02                   |
| 17  | MP                                               | 36.99   | 4.09                    | 9.72                    |
| 18  | NE-I (Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram)            | 1.29    | 0.08                    | 48.38                   |
| 19  | NE-II (Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh ) | 0.47    | 0.01                    | 136.52                  |
| 20  | Odisha                                           | 142.64  | 72.92                   | 93.82                   |
| 21  | PUNJAB                                           | 9.89    | 0.00                    | 3.37                    |
| 22  | RAJASTHAN                                        | 13.04   | 3.68                    | 4.77                    |
| 23  | TELANGANA                                        | 25.44   | 19.87                   | 10.30                   |
| 24  | TAMIL NADU                                       | 10.32   | 0.00                    | 6.65                    |
| 25  | UTTAR PRADESH                                    | 78.46   | 6.75                    | 35.72                   |
| 26  | UTTARAKHAND                                      | 8.24    | 0.00                    | 1.21                    |
| 27  | WEST BENGAL                                      | 36.78   | 22.76                   | 21.91                   |
|     | Grand Total                                      | 998.74  | 642.67                  | 1268.25                 |

Source: DoT

## Details of Fund allocated by BBNL for BharatNet project during last three years

(Amount in Rs Crore.)

| S.No                           | State                                     |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1                              | Andaman &Nicobar                          |      0.16 |      0    |     12.84 |
| 2                              | Assam                                     |     12.1  |     31.91 |      5.39 |
| 3                              | Bihar                                     |     45.23 |    182.41 |    308.15 |
| 4                              | Chhattisgarh                              |    247.96 |    269.09 |     72.15 |
| 5                              | Haryana                                   |    151.43 |     59.35 |      9.95 |
| 6                              | Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh                |      3.9  |     20.8  |      1.7  |
| 7                              | Karnataka                                 |    273.83 |    160.26 |     35.51 |
| 8                              | Kerala                                    |     12.51 |     12.86 |      6.18 |
| 9                              | Maharastra                                |    453.49 |    397.09 |     91.5  |
| 10                             | Madhya Pradesh                            |    241.33 |    136.45 |     77.21 |
| 11                             | Punjab                                    |     12.77 |    137.06 |    319.81 |
| 12                             | Rajasthan                                 |    146.62 |    157.59 |    110.16 |
| 13                             | Uttar Pradesh                             |    147.88 |     40.37 |    343.94 |
| 14                             | Uttarakhand                               |      4.5  |     67.31 |     16.34 |
| 15                             | West Bengal                               |     95.86 |     96.7  |     25.59 |
| 16                             | Sikkim                                    |      0.2  |      0    |      0    |
| 17                             | Puducherry                                |      0.53 |      0.82 |      0.08 |
| 18                             | Arunachal Pradesh                         |     13.97 |      0.6  |      3.74 |
| 19                             | Manipur                                   |     14.63 |      9.37 |      3.17 |
| 20                             | Meghalaya                                 |     19.55 |      2.08 |      1.2  |
| 21                             | Mizoram                                   |     12.35 |      0.78 |      1.34 |
| 22                             | Nagaland                                  |     16.09 |      0.18 |      2.85 |
| 23                             | Tripura                                   |     16.52 |      9.14 |      2.48 |
| 24                             | Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu |    233.31 |    302.63 |    996.6  |
| 25                             | Lakshadweep                               |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 26                             | Telangana                                 |    113.48 |     39.42 |      3.9  |
| 27                             | Odisha                                    |     46.9  |     67.92 |    127.09 |
| 28                             | Jharkhand                                 |     48.13 |    122.4  |     59.81 |
| 29                             | Himachal Pradesh                          |      1.3  |      4.92 |     27.48 |
| 30                             | Andhra Pradesh                            |     84.8  |      4.38 |    159.26 |
| 31                             | Tamil Nadu                                |    110.64 |      0    |      0.01 |
| Total                          | Total                                     |   2581.98 |   2333.86 |   2825.43 |
| * GPON &OFC                    | * GPON &OFC                               |      0    |    127.76 |      0    |
| * Ad hoc payment done for BSNL | * Ad hoc payment done for BSNL            |   2302    |    863    |    770    |
| TCIL                           | TCIL                                      |      0    |      0    |     19.67 |
| BSNL -VSAT                     | BSNL -VSAT                                |      0    |      0    |     42.38 |
| Bandwidth                      | Bandwidth                                 |      0    |      0    |     40.12 |
| Grand Total                    | Grand Total                               |   4883.98 |   3324.62 |   3697.61 |

Source: DoT

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