Lok Sabha Question No. 1425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Access to Internet and Digital Transaction
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1425 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th   JULY, 2021

## ACCESS TO INTERNET AND DIGITAL TRANSACTION

## 1425.   SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of internet penetration in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of internet peneration in the rural areas; State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the lack of access to internet has hampered digital payments in many areas and if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government in the last five years to improve the quality of digital access in rural India;
- (e) whether the rate of digital transactions has increased in rural India over the last five years; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof including the percentage increase in digital transactions in each year, State/UT-wise including Odisha?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) As  per  latest  'The  Indian  Telecom  Services  Performance  Indicators'  report released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 27 th April, 2021, there are 58.51 internet  subscribers  per  100  population  in  the  country  and  34.60  internet  subscribers  per  100 population  in  the  rural  area  of  the  country  as  on  31 st December,  2020.  The  Service  Area  wise details are at Annexure A .

(c) & (d) As per data provided by Telecom Service Providers and field units of Department of  Telecommunications,  it  is  estimated  that  out  of  5,97,618  inhabited  villages  (as  per  Census 2011)  in  the  country,  a  total  number  of  5,72,551  villages  have  internet  facility  with  mobile wireless coverage.

In  its  endeavour  to  provide  high  speed  internet  connectivity,  Government  of  India  is  also implementing BharatNet project in all the Gram Panchayats (GPs) and villages of the country. As on 01.07.2021, a total number of 1,57,383 GPs have been made service ready with high speed internet/ broadband infrastructure.

In addition, various schemes are being implemented under Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) to enhance mobile internet services in the rural and remote areas of the country including North  Eastern  Region(NER),  areas  affected  by  Left  Wing  Extremism(LWE),  Border  areas, Aspirational Districts and islands during last five years.

(e) & (f) As  informed  by  Ministry  of  Electronic  and  Information  Technology,  while  data specifically for rural India is not available, digital transactions in the country have increased over the last 5 years. Digital payment volumes have grown from 1,085 crore transactions in financial year  (FY)  2016-17  to  5,554  crore  transactions  in  financial  year  2020-21  at  Compound  Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 50.42% as per below:

| Financial Year   | Volume (in crore)   | Value (in ₹ lakh crore)   |
|------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
| 1,085            | 1,393               | 2016-17                   |
| 2,071            | 1,962               | 2017-18                   |
| 3,134            | 2,482               | 2018-19                   |
| 4,572            | 2,953               | 2019-20                   |
| 5,554            | 3,000               | 2020-21                   |

State/UT-wise digital transaction data is available for the last two years (FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21) for five digital payment modes i.e. BHIM App, Immediate Payment Service(IMPS), RuPay on Point of Sale(POS), Unified Payments Interface(UPI) and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and is given in Annexure B including Odisha.

## Annexure A referred to in Part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1425 for answer on 28.07.2021

## Service Area wise number of Internet Subscribers per 100 population as on December, 2020

| S.N.   | Service Area                                                                      | No. of Internet subscribers per 100 population   | No. of Internet subscribers per 100 population   |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| S.N.   | Service Area                                                                      | Rural                                            | Total                                            |
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana)                                              | 50.26                                            | 69.22                                            |
| 2.     | Assam                                                                             | 30.77                                            | 44.11                                            |
| 3.     | Bihar (including Jharkhand)                                                       | 24.20                                            | 32.89                                            |
| 4.     | Delhi                                                                             | 515.30                                           | 210.65                                           |
| 5.     | Gujarat (including Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu)                            | 40.25                                            | 69.04                                            |
| 6.     | Haryana                                                                           | 40.22                                            | 60.42                                            |
| 7.     | Himachal Pradesh                                                                  | 63.09                                            | 88.92                                            |
| 8.     | Jammu &Kashmir (including Ladakh)                                                 | 36.54                                            | 58.75                                            |
| 9.     | Karnataka                                                                         | 46.58                                            | 73.26                                            |
| 10.    | Kerala (including Lakshadweep)                                                    | 115.71                                           | 83.43                                            |
| 11.    | Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh)                                           | 26.26                                            | 46.52                                            |
| 12.    | Maharashtra(including Goa)                                                        | 45.75                                            | 79.85                                            |
| 13.    | Mumbai                                                                            | 45.75                                            | 79.85                                            |
| 14.    | North East (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura) | 43.68                                            | 56.53                                            |
| 15.    | Odisha                                                                            | 36.99                                            | 46.92                                            |
| 16.    | Punjab (including Chandigarh)                                                     | 49.23                                            | 87.59                                            |
| 17.    | Rajasthan                                                                         | 35.50                                            | 55.42                                            |
| 18.    | Tamil Nadu (including Puducherry)                                                 | 39.94                                            | 69.89                                            |
| 19.    | Uttar Pradesh (East)                                                              | 25.47                                            | 40.82                                            |
| 20.    | Uttar Pradesh (West) (including Uttarakhand)                                      | 25.47                                            | 40.82                                            |
| 21.    | Kolkata                                                                           | 30.14                                            | 54.37                                            |
| 22.    | West Bengal (including Andaman &Nicobar Islands and Sikkim)                       | 30.14                                            | 54.37                                            |
|        | Total                                                                             | 34.60                                            | 58.51                                            |

Annexure B

Annexure B referred to in Part (e) & (f) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1425 for answer on 28.07.2021

State/UT-wise Digital Transactions from FY 2019-20 to FY 2020-21 for BHIM App, IMPS, RuPay on POS, UPI  and USSD

|   SN | State                  | FY 2019-20     | FY 2020-21     | %Growth   |
|------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
|    1 | Andaman and Nicobar    | 20,72,586      | 36,80,882      | 77.60%    |
|    2 | Andhra Pradesh         | 1,22,32,18,907 | 2,14,82,52,273 | 75.62%    |
|    3 | Arunachal Pradesh      | 70,60,278      | 1,61,36,999    | 128.56%   |
|    4 | Assam                  | 10,51,06,727   | 20,28,00,298   | 92.95%    |
|    5 | Bihar                  | 41,58,65,569   | 78,06,05,447   | 87.71%    |
|    6 | Chandigarh             | 4,01,74,757    | 6,87,17,479    | 71.05%    |
|    7 | Chhattisgarh           | 12,91,18,832   | 24,14,87,411   | 87.03%    |
|    8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 13,32,587      | 22,12,467      | 66.03%    |
|    9 | Daman and Diu          | 42,25,391      | 69,54,209      | 64.58%    |
|   10 | Delhi                  | 54,03,25,595   | 87,13,84,998   | 61.27%    |
|   11 | Goa                    | 2,72,81,296    | 5,08,48,102    | 86.38%    |
|   12 | Gujarat                | 53,07,15,483   | 1,00,45,09,583 | 89.27%    |
|   13 | Haryana                | 71,45,81,183   | 1,03,04,08,720 | 44.20%    |
|   14 | Himachal Pradesh       | 6,78,10,331    | 13,30,01,700   | 96.14%    |
|   15 | Jammu and Kashmir      | 2,68,08,792    | 5,80,28,828    | 116.45%   |
|   16 | Jharkhand              | 17,82,42,382   | 32,57,70,411   | 82.77%    |
|   17 | Karnataka              | 1,66,22,28,172 | 2,80,36,46,479 | 68.67%    |
|   18 | Kerala                 | 39,01,43,264   | 74,06,02,556   | 89.83%    |
|   19 | Lakshadweep            | 4,91,931       | 6,12,988       | 24.61%    |
|   20 | Madhya Pradesh         | 50,33,43,999   | 88,29,59,681   | 75.42%    |
|   21 | Maharashtra            | 2,37,97,92,821 | 4,03,77,87,225 | 69.67%    |
|   22 | Manipur                | 1,03,79,267    | 2,48,56,871    | 139.49%   |
|   23 | Meghalaya              | 68,82,421      | 1,62,43,826    | 136.02%   |
|   24 | Mizoram                | 39,81,097      | 1,09,32,068    | 174.60%   |
|   25 | Nagaland               | 70,49,580      | 1,69,72,407    | 140.76%   |
|   26 | Odisha                 | 35,68,27,818   | 58,37,53,268   | 63.60%    |
|   27 | Puducherry             | 1,93,51,521    | 3,43,01,033    | 77.25%    |
|   28 | Punjab                 | 20,36,99,211   | 36,00,41,528   | 76.75%    |
|   29 | Rajasthan              | 61,36,96,426   | 1,17,69,96,594 | 91.79%    |
|   30 | Sikkim                 | 54,71,379      | 1,09,58,593    | 100.29%   |
|   31 | Tamil Nadu             | 1,02,95,29,521 | 1,72,45,06,315 | 67.50%    |
|   32 | Telangana              | 1,38,27,81,430 | 2,13,01,35,712 | 54.05%    |
|   33 | Tripura                | 1,43,58,668    | 2,66,35,594    | 85.50%    |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh          | 2,45,62,55,620 | 3,25,44,14,352 | 32.49%    |
|   35 | Uttarakhand            | 12,04,79,287   | 22,41,30,092   | 86.03%    |
|   36 | West Bengal            | 52,30,00,843   | 84,18,57,285   | 60.97%    |

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