Lok Sabha Question No. 1549 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Internet Connectivity
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1549 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th   JULY, 2021

## INTERNET CONNECTIVITY

## †1549. SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  provided  with  FTTH  internet  connectivity  in  the  country, State/UTwise;
- (b) the number of Gram Panchayats which are yet to be provided with FTTH internet connectivity in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  provided  with  FTTH  internet  connectivity  and  the  number  of those yet to be provided with the said connectivity in his Lok Sabha constituency, district-wise;
- (d) the names of agencies working for providing FTTH internet service in his Lok Sabha constituency along with the cost to be incurred therein;
- (e) the extent of work completed by the agencies within the stipulated time period along with the cost of the work incurred thereon so far; and
- (f) the reason for non-completion of the work along with the time by which the rest of the work is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) BharatNet project is being implemented in a phased manner to create network to connect all  the  Gram  panchayats  (GPs)  with  broadband  in  the  country.  As  on  09.07.2021,  a  total  number  of 1,57,919 GPs have been made Service Ready. The State/UT-wise details of the number of GPs provided with Fibre to the Home (FTTH) connections, and the number of GPs which are yet to be provided with FTTH connections under BharatNet project, are given in Annexure-I.

(c) to (f) The District-wise details of the number of Gram Panchayats (GPs) provided with FTTH connections, and the number of GPs which are yet to be provided with FTTH connections under BharatNet project in Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency, are given in Annexure-II.

The infrastructure created under BharatNet project is accessible on a non-discriminatory basis to all  Service  Providers.  By  utilizing  BharatNet  network,  any  Service  Provider,  on  its  own,  can  provide FTTH connections. CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (a Special Purpose Vehicle under Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology) has been assigned the task to provide FTTH connections to 5 Government/ Public Institutions per GP under BharatNet Phase-1 in Ratlam constituency, with Viability Gap Support from Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) at a maximum of Rs 80,000 per GP.

In view of challenges in maintaining the optical fibre, equipment and the COVID 19 pandemic, the work is targeted to be completed by December, 2021.

Annexure referred to  in  Parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1549  for  answer  on 28.07.2021

State/UT-wise details of Number of GPs where FTTH Connections provided and yet to be provided

|   S. No. | State/UT                           |   Total number of GPs |   No. of Service Ready GPs |   Number of GPs where FTTH Connections provided |   Number of GPs where FTTH Connections are to be provided |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                    70 |                         21 |                                               0 |                                                        70 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh*                    |                 13371 |                       1703 |                                            1142 |                                                     12229 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                  1796 |                        721 |                                               0 |                                                      1796 |
|        4 | Assam                              |                  2662 |                       1497 |                                            1244 |                                                      1418 |
|        5 | Bihar                              |                  8404 |                       8295 |                                            5363 |                                                      3041 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                         |                    12 |                         12 |                                              11 |                                                         1 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh*                      |                 11664 |                       7870 |                                            3897 |                                                      7767 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                    38 |                         36 |                                              13 |                                                        25 |
|        9 | Goa#                               |                   191 |                          0 |                                               0 |                                                       191 |
|       10 | Gujarat*                           |                 14402 |                      13644 |                                            4878 |                                                      9524 |
|       11 | Haryana                            |                  6171 |                       6082 |                                            5883 |                                                       288 |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                  3226 |                        394 |                                             234 |                                                      2992 |
|       13 | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                  4289 |                       1001 |                                             289 |                                                      4000 |
|       14 | Jharkhand*                         |                  4395 |                       3686 |                                            2002 |                                                      2393 |
|       15 | Karnataka                          |                  6084 |                       6080 |                                            5608 |                                                       476 |
|       16 | Kerala                             |                   977 |                        977 |                                             731 |                                                       246 |
|       17 | Ladakh                             |                   193 |                        186 |                                               0 |                                                       193 |
|       18 | Lakshadweep                        |                    10 |                          7 |                                               0 |                                                        10 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh                     |                 22791 |                      15783 |                                            9447 |                                                     13344 |
|       20 | Maharashtra*                       |                 27882 |                      19354 |                                           13266 |                                                     14616 |
|       21 | Manipur                            |                  2785 |                       1436 |                                               7 |                                                      2778 |
|       22 | Meghalaya                          |                  1790 |                        598 |                                               8 |                                                      1782 |
|       23 | Mizoram                            |                   763 |                        446 |                                               0 |                                                       763 |
|       24 | Nagaland                           |                   994 |                        223 |                                               0 |                                                       994 |
|       25 | Odisha*                            |                  6817 |                       5913 |                                            3196 |                                                      3621 |
|       26 | Puducherry                         |                   108 |                         98 |                                              91 |                                                        17 |
|       27 | Punjab                             |                 13262 |                      12665 |                                            7906 |                                                      5356 |
|       28 | Rajasthan                          |                 11341 |                       8760 |                                             500 |                                                     10841 |
|       29 | Sikkim                             |                   186 |                         22 |                                               0 |                                                       186 |
|       30 | Tamil Nadu*#                       |                 12520 |                          0 |                                               0 |                                                     12520 |
|       31 | Telangana*                         |                 12769 |                       4187 |                                             809 |                                                     11960 |
|       32 | Tripura                            |                  1021 |                        711 |                                             559 |                                                       462 |
|       33 | Uttar Pradesh                      |                 58710 |                      31633 |                                           18906 |                                                     39804 |
|       34 | Uttarakhand                        |                  7791 |                       1616 |                                            1394 |                                                      6397 |
|       35 | West Bengal                        |                  3340 |                       2262 |                                            1765 |                                                      1575 |

## Note:

Delhi has no GPs and thus not taken up under BharatNet Project.

Annexure referred to in Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1549 for answer on 28.07.2021

## Details of Number of GPs where FTTH Connections have been provided and where it is yet to be provided in Ratlam Constituency

| S. No.   | Name of District   | Total number of GPs   | Total number of GPs   | Total number of GPs   | Number of Service Ready GPs   | Number of Service Ready GPs   | Number of Service Ready GPs   | No. of GPs provided with FTTH connection s   | No. of GPs which are yet to be provided with FTTH connection   |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of District   | Phase- I              | Phase- II             | Total                 | Phase- I                      | Phase- II                     | Total                         | No. of GPs provided with FTTH connection s   | No. of GPs which are yet to be provided with FTTH connection   |
| 1        | Ratlam             | 418                   | 0                     | 418                   | 418                           | 0                             | 418                           | 86                                           | 332                                                            |
| 2        | Jhabua             | 212                   | 163                   | 375                   | 212                           | 163                           | 375                           | 117                                          | 258                                                            |
| 3        | Alirajpur          | 165                   | 123                   | 288                   | 165                           | 79                            | 244                           | 66                                           | 222                                                            |
| Total    | Total              | 795                   | 286                   | 1081                  | 795                           | 242                           | 1037                          | 269                                          | 812                                                            |

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