Lok Sabha Question No. 1661 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: BharatNet Phase II
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Adala Prabhakara Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1661 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## BHARATNET PHASE II

## 1661.   SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds disbursed under BharatNet Phase II to Andhra Pradesh;

(b) the details of gram panchayats that are yet to be made service ready under BharatNet Project, district-wise; and

(c) the  steps  undertaken  by  the  Government  to  expedite  implementation  of  BharatNet Phase II project in the State after Covid-related disruptions?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) BharatNet project is implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity  to  all  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  in  the  country,  including  Andhra  Pradesh.  In Andhra  Pradesh,  a  total  of  1,692  GPs  were  taken  up  for  implementation  under  Phase-I through Powergrid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), out of which 1,681 GPs have been made Service Ready, as on 01.11.2021. The Phase-II in Andhra Pradesh is implemented in State-led model through the State Government under which 27 GPs have been made Service Ready out of 11,719 planned GPs. Further, 15 GPs were planned on Satellite media. In total, 1708 GPs have been made Service Ready in Andhra Pradesh. The District-wise details of the Gram Panchayats that are yet to be made Service Ready are given in Annexure-I .

For  BharatNet  Phase-II,  an  amount  of  Rs.  227.14  crore  has  been  released  to  the  State Implementing Agency of Andhra Pradesh.

(c) For expediting the implementation of the project, close monitoring by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Bharat  Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) is done, and regular  review  meetings  are  held  with  the  concerned  State  Government/Implementing Agency. Further, State Level Implementation Committee chaired by Chief Secretary of the State has also been constituted to monitor the progress of the project and to resolve the issues in a timely manner.

## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in Part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1661 for answer on 08.12.2021

## District-wise  details  of  Gram  Panchayats  that  are  yet  to  be  made  Service  Ready  in Andhra Pradesh

|   S. No. | Name of District   |   No. of GPs is yet to be Service Ready |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Visakhapatnam      |                                     490 |
|        2 | Chittoor           |                                     176 |
|        3 | Anantapur          |                                     976 |
|        4 | East Godavari      |                                    1069 |
|        5 | Guntur             |                                    1011 |
|        6 | Krishna            |                                     970 |
|        7 | Kurnool            |                                     889 |
|        8 | Nellore            |                                     940 |
|        9 | Prakasam           |                                    1028 |
|       10 | Srikakulam         |                                    1100 |
|       11 | Vizianagaram       |                                     921 |
|       12 | West Godavari      |                                     909 |
|       13 | YSR Kadapa         |                                     790 |

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