Lok Sabha Question No. 651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: National Digital Policy
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 651 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2021

## NATIONAL DIGITAL POLICY

## 651. SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Digital Policy has been implemented;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  State-wise  implementation  of  the  National  Digital  Policy  including Odisha; and
- (c) the  total  amount  of  fund  sanctioned  and  actually  utilized  in  implementing  this  policy during the last financial year?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The  National  Digital  Communications  Policy-2018  (NDCP-2018)  is implemented since 2018 with the  aim to  support  India's  transition  to  a  digitally empowered  economy  and  society.  The  details  of  State-wise  status  (including Odisha) of various telecom parameters as on 30 June 2021, published by TRAI are given in Annexure.

(c) NDCP-2018 is not a Scheme, but a policy document which does not has a separately sanctioned head under budget.

## Annexure

## STATE/UT WISE WIRELESS & WIRELINE SUBSCRIBER BASE & TELEDENSITY  (As on June 2021)

| Sl No.            | Name of States/UT                        | Wireless                           | Wireless          | Wireline                           | Wireline          | Total                              | Total             |
|-------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------|
| Sl No.            | Name of States/UT                        | Number of Subscribers (in million) | Teledensity (%)   | Number of Subscribers (in million) | Teledensity (%)   | Number of Subscribers (in million) | Teledensity (%)   |
| 1.                | Andhra Pradesh                           | 45.70                              | 86.47             | 0.88                               | 3.07              | 46.57                              | 88.12             |
| 2.                | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 1.36                               | 88.55             | 0.02                               | 1.11              | 1.38                               | 89.66             |
| 3.                | Assam                                    | 25.06                              | 71.29             | 0.16                               | 0.47              | 25.23                              | 71.75             |
| 4.                | Bihar                                    | 63.98                              | 51.72             | 0.14                               | 0.12              | 64.12                              | 51.84             |
| 5.                | Chhattisgarh                             | 21.02                              | 70.99             | 0.18                               | 0.60              | 21.20                              | 71.59             |
| 6.                | Goa                                      | 2.27                               | 145.44            | 0.07                               | 4.64              | 2.34                               | 150.09            |
| 7.                | Gujarat                                  | 69.06                              | 98.55             | 0.95                               | 1.36              | 70.01                              | 99.91             |
| 8.                | Haryana                                  | 34.15                              | 115.36            | 0.37                               | 1.25              | 34.52                              | 116.62            |
| 9.                | Himachal Pradesh                         | 10.86                              | 146.57            | 0.11                               | 1.42              | 10.96                              | 147.99            |
| 10.               | Jharkhand                                | 22.69                              | 58.74             | 0.18                               | 0.46              | 22.87                              | 59.19             |
| 11.               | Karnataka                                | 67.82                              | 101.24            | 2.29                               | 3.42              | 70.11                              | 104.66            |
| 12.               | Kerala                                   | 45.01                              | 126.67            | 1.34                               | 3.78              | 46.36                              | 130.45            |
| 13.               | Madhya Pradesh                           | 57.46                              | 67.72             | 0.63                               | 0.74              | 58.09                              | 68.45             |
| 14.               | Maharashtra                              | 129.59                             | 103.87            | 4.27                               | 3.43              | 133.87                             | 107.30            |
| 15.               | Manipur                                  | 2.43                               | 76.45             | 0.02                               | 0.77              | 2.45                               | 77.22             |
| 16.               | Meghalaya                                | 2.45                               | 74.22             | 0.03                               | 0.84              | 2.48                               | 75.06             |
| 17.               | Mizoram                                  | 1.42                               | 116.05            | 0.02                               | 1.52              | 1.43                               | 117.58            |
| 18.               | Nagaland                                 | 1.65                               | 74.95             | 0.01                               | 0.51              | 1.66                               | 75.46             |
| 19.               | Odisha                                   | 34.77                              | 78.88             | 0.27                               | 0.61              | 35.04                              | 79.49             |
| 20.               | Punjab                                   | 37.13                              | 122.12            | 0.57                               | 1.87              | 37.70                              | 123.99            |
| 21.               | Rajasthan                                | 65.55                              | 82.38             | 0.54                               | 0.68              | 66.10                              | 83.07             |
| 22.               | Sikkim                                   | 0.96                               | 141.70            | 0.005                              | 0.79              | 0.97                               | 142.49            |
| 23.               | Tamil Nadu                               | 81.46                              | 106.51            | 2.06                               | 2.70              | 83.52                              | 109.21            |
| 24.               | Telangana                                | 41.98                              | 111.11            | 0.74                               | 1.97              | 42.73                              | 113.08            |
| 25.               | Tripura                                  | 3.19                               | 78.16             | 0.03                               | 0.77              | 3.22                               | 78.93             |
| 26.               | Uttar Pradesh                            | 160.39                             | 69.22             | 0.83                               | 0.36              | 161.22                             | 69.58             |
| 27.               | Uttarakhand                              | 13.06                              | 114.21            | 0.15                               | 1.29              | 13.21                              | 115.51            |
| 28.               | West Bengal                              | 81.98                              | 83.42             | 0.96                               | 0.98              | 82.95                              | 84.40             |
| UNION TERRITORIES | UNION TERRITORIES                        | UNION TERRITORIES                  | UNION TERRITORIES | UNION TERRITORIES                  | UNION TERRITORIES | UNION TERRITORIES                  | UNION TERRITORIES |
| 1.                | Andaman& Nicobar Islands                 | 0.45                               | 113.54            | 0.03                               | 7.48              | 0.48                               | 121.02            |
| 2.                | Chandigarh                               | 1.77                               | 145.82            | 0.18                               | 14.71             | 1.95                               | 160.53            |
| 3.                | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0.94                               | 84.98             | 0.005                              | 0.49              | 0.95                               | 85.46             |
| 4.                | Delhi                                    | 40.08                              | 193.62            | 3.40                               | 16.43             | 43.49                              | 210.05            |
| 5.                | Jammu &Kashmir                           | 11.37                              | 84.61             | 0.22                               | 1.63              | 11.59                              | 86.24             |
| 6.                | Ladakh                                   | 0.54                               | 185.57            | 0.005                              | 1.66              | 0.54                               | 187.23            |
| 7.                | Lakshdweep                               | 0.08                               | 112.82            | 0.004                              | 6.04              | 0.08                               | 118.87            |
| 8.                | Puduchery                                | 1.13                               | 71.65             | 0.05                               | 3.00              | 1.18                               | 74.65             |
|                   | Total                                    | 1180.83                            | 86.48             | 21.74                              | 1.59              | 1202.57                            | 88.07             |

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