Lok Sabha Question No. 1303 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: PM WANI
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Diya Kumari, Debasree Chaudhuri, Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1303 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## PM WANI

## 1303.   MS. DIYA KUMARI: MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI: SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the aims and objectives of the Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) project;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  launched  PMWANI  Scheme  to  provide  internet  and  Wi-Fi facilities in all villages of the country;
- (c) if  so,  the details thereof, State/UT-wise including the number of villages which have been connected under the said scheme so far and the number of villages yet to be connected under the said scheme;
- (d) the details of the budget outlay and phases of implementation of PM-WANI including the current status thereof; and
- (e) the details of the progress made and the amount spent on PM-WANI in the State of Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) PM WANI framework aims to accelerate proliferation of internet services by setting up public Wi-Fi Access points in the country with the objective of building digital India and consequential benefit thereon.

(b) to (e) Public Data Office Aggregators (PDOAs) registered under the PM WANI framework set up Public Wi-Fi Access Points based on their techno-commercial considerations State/UT wise number of hotspots under PM WANI framework as on 05-12-2022, is attached as Annexure I .

Rs  24.7994 Crores plus GST (Goods and Service Tax) has been approved for Centre for Department of Telematics (C-DOT) for development of Central Registry, promoting awareness about the said framework, etc. , out of which Rs. 20.21 Crores has been released to C DoT till 05-12-2022.

Status of proposals received from State Governments and approved by Ministry of Finance (MoF) as  on  8.12.2022  under  part  V  of  the  Scheme  for  Special  Assistance  to  States  for  Capital Investment  for  2022-23,  as  loan,  which,  inter-alia,  include  setting  up  of  the  access  points  and hardware for PM WANI is attached as Annexure II.

Various  ministries,  departments,  organizations,  State  Government  /  UTs  have  also  been requested to arrange for deployment/promotion of PM WANI.

As  on  05-12-2022,    2403  Hotspots  have  been  set  up have  been  set  up  under  PM  WANI framework in Rajasthan.

## Annexure I

Annexure referred to in part(b)to(e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1303 to be answered on 14.12.2022.

## The State/UT wise number of hotspots under PM WANI framework

| Serial Number   | State             | Number of WI-FI Hotspots   |
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
| 1               | Andaman &Nicobar  | 246                        |
| 2               | Andhra Pradesh    | 6057                       |
| 3               | Arunachal Pradesh | 598                        |
| 4               | Assam             | 787                        |
| 5               | Bihar             | 3745                       |
| 6               | Chandigarh        | 254                        |
| 7               | Chhattisgarh      | 2792                       |
| 8               | Delhi             | 29405                      |
| 9               | Goa               | 422                        |
| 10              | Gujarat           | 3965                       |
| 11              | Himachal Pradesh  | 910                        |
| 12              | Haryana           | 3705                       |
| 13              | Jharkhand         | 986                        |
| 14              | Jammu &Kashmir    | 1473                       |
| 15              | Karnataka         | 18745                      |
| 16              | Kerala            | 4857                       |
| 17              | Ladakh            | 369                        |
| 18              | Lakshadweep       | 1                          |
| 19              | Maharashtra       | 15323                      |
| 20              | Meghalaya         | 147                        |
| 21              | Manipur           | 9                          |
| 22              | Madhya Pradesh    | 7041                       |
| 23              | Mizoram           | 1                          |
| 24              | Nagaland          | 74                         |
| 25              | Odisha            | 2597                       |
| 26              | Punjab            | 3505                       |
| 27              | Puducherry        | 85                         |
| 28              | Rajasthan         | 2403                       |
| 29              | Sikkim            | 13                         |
| 30              | Telangana         | 4201                       |
| 31              | Tamil Nadu        | 7230                       |
| 32              | Tripura           | 301                        |
| 33              | Uttarakhand       | 812                        |
| 34              | Uttar Pradesh     | 8042                       |
| 35              | West Bengal       | 3803                       |
|                 | Total             | 1,34,904                   |

Annexure referred to in Part (b)to(e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1303 to be answered on 14.12.2022.

## Status of proposals received from State Governments and approved by Ministry of Finance (MoF) as on 8.12.2022

| Serial Number   | Name of State   |   Amount approved by MoF (in crores of Rupees) |   Number of PMWANI Access Point Hardware (and associated equipment) in the respective proposal. |
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.              | Manipur         |                                             50 |                                                                                             400 |
| 2.              | Mizoram         |                                             50 |                                                                                              41 |
| 3.              | Sikkim          |                                             50 |                                                                                             500 |
| 4.              | Uttar Pradesh   |                                            300 |                                                                                           16718 |
| 5.              | Uttarakhand     |                                             50 |                                                                                            2530 |
|                 | Total           |                                            500 |                                                                                           20189 |

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