Lok Sabha Question No. 2657 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Wi-Fi at Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2657 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021

## Wi-Fi AT STATIONS

2657. SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  Railway  stations  currently  having  Internet  and Wi-Fi services, State/UT wise;
- (b) whether RailTel proposes to provide broadband and Wi-Fi facilities in the  remote  villages  under  the  Prime  Minister  Wi-Fi  Access  Network Interface (PM Wani) project and if so the details thereof;
- (c) whether the RailTel has the infrastructure and equipment to extend their services in the villages and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the time by which the said proposal is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  Wi-Fi  based  Internet  Facility  has  been  provided  at  5957  railway stations in the country till now. State/UT wise list is appended.
- (b) Yes, Sir. RailTel has submitted a proposal to DoT for leveraging its network in rural India and its collaborative broadband services model to provide PM Wani enabled community Wi-Fi services.
- (c) Yes, Sir. RailTel has high capacity backbone like 10 Giga bits per second at Railway stations where OFC has been commissioned.
- (d) Implementation time will be based on acceptance of proposal & its terms & conditions by DOT.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.2657  BY  SHRI  KULDEEP  RAI  SHARMA,  DR.  AMOL RAMSING  KOLHE,  SHRI  SUNIL  DATTATRAY  TATKARE,  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA  SULE,  DR.  SUBHASH  RAMRAO  BHAMRE  AND  DR.  DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S. TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.03.2021 REGARDING WI-FI AT STATIONS

| S. No.      | State/UT          |   No. of Stations |
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1           | Andaman & Nicobar |                 0 |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh    |               506 |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh |                 3 |
| 4           | Assam             |               221 |
| 5           | Bihar             |               384 |
| 6           | UT Chandigarh     |                 1 |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh      |               118 |
| 8 Dadar &   | Nagar Haveli      |                 0 |
| 9           | Daman & Diu       |                 0 |
| 10          | Delhi             |                26 |
| 11          | Goa               |                19 |
| 12          | Gujarat           |               318 |
| 13          | Haryana           |               140 |
| 14 Himachal | Pradesh           |                23 |
| 15          | Jammu & Kashmir   |                13 |
| 16          | Jharkhand         |               202 |
| 17          | Karnataka         |               330 |
| 18          | Kerala            |               119 |
| 19          | Lakshadweep       |                 0 |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh    |               400 |
| 21          | Maharashtra       |               539 |
| 22          | Manipur           |                 0 |
| 23          | Meghalaya         |                 1 |
| 24          | Mizoram           |                 1 |
| 25          | Nagaland          |                 2 |
| 26          | Odisha            |               234 |
| 27          | UT Puducherry     |                 3 |
| 28          | Punjab            |               145 |
| 29          | Rajasthan         |               455 |
| 30          | Sikkim            |                 0 |
| 31          | Tamil Nadu        |               416 |
| 32          | Telangana         |                46 |
| 33          | Tripura           |                18 |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh     |               751 |
| 35          | Uttarakhand       |                26 |
| 36          | West Bengal       |               497 |
| 37          | Ladakh            |                 0 |
| Total       |                   |              5957 |

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