Lok Sabha Question No. 2505 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Internet Connection in Panchayat Office
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Dr. Rajesh Mishra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2505

ANSWERED ON 06.08.2024

## INTERNET CONNECTION IN PANCHAYAT OFFICE

† 2505. Dr. RAJESH MISHRA

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to State:

(a) whether all Panchayat Offices in the country have internet connectivity and data entry operator has been appointed thereto facilitate the rural beneficiaries of Union Government Schemes;

(b) if so the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has prepared any roadmap to provide internet connectivity in all Panchayat Offices by the year 2025; and

(d) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

(PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) to (d) For attaining the vision of Digital India, BharatNet project is being implemented by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in a phased manner to create a network to connect all the GPs by broadband in the country. So far, 2.17 lakh GPs have been made Service Ready under the BharatNet project in the country. The scope of BharatNet on 30.06.2021 has been extended up to all inhabited villages beyond GPs in the country. The State/UT-wise details of Service Ready Gram panchayats is given at Annexure-I.

In terms of List II (State List) of Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, 'Panchayat' being a 'local government', is a State subject. Hence provision of Data Entry Operator at Panchayat Offices is the primary responsibility of the States. The role of Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been that of advocacy and technical support to the State Governments towards taking various measures for transparent, accountable, and effective functioning of Panchayats as local self-governments.

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## Annexure-I

State/UT-wise details of Service Ready Gram panchayats

| Sr. No      | State Name                               |   Total GPs/ TLBs |   Service Ready GPs/TLBs |   Operational GPs/TLBs |
|-------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
| 1           | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS              |                70 |                       81 |                     46 |
| 2           | ANDHRAPRADESH                            |             13326 |                    12967 |                   5559 |
| 3           | ARUNACHALPRADESH                         |              2108 |                     1117 |                    157 |
| 4           | ASSAM                                    |              2662 |                     1634 |                    501 |
| 5           | BIHAR                                    |              8054 |                     8860 |                   2892 |
| 6           | CHHATTISGARH                             |             11645 |                     9759 |                   1651 |
| 7           | GOA                                      |               191 |                        0 |                      0 |
| 8           | GUJARAT                                  |             14621 |                    14559 |                  11465 |
| 9           | HARYANA                                  |              6225 |                     6204 |                   1941 |
| 10          | HIMACHALPRADESH                          |              3615 |                      415 |                    276 |
| 11          | JAMMUANDKASHMIR                          |              4291 |                     1113 |                    454 |
| 12          | JHARKHAND                                |              4345 |                     4646 |                   2296 |
| 13          | KARNATAKA                                |              5952 |                     6251 |                   3659 |
| 14          | KERALA                                   |               941 |                     1130 |                    946 |
| 15          | LADAKH                                   |               193 |                      193 |                     40 |
| 16          | LAKSHADWEEP                              |                10 |                        9 |                      5 |
| 17          | MADHYAPRADESH                            |             23011 |                    18105 |                   2754 |
| 18          | MAHARASHTRA                              |             27911 |                    24597 |                   3877 |
| 19          | MANIPUR                                  |              3812 |                     1479 |                     21 |
| 20          | MEGHALAYA                                |              6831 |                      696 |                     27 |
| 21          | MIZORAM                                  |               841 |                      529 |                     61 |
| 22          | NAGALAND                                 |              1304 |                      233 |                     13 |
| 23          | ODISHA                                   |              6794 |                     7099 |                   3337 |
| 24          | PUDUCHERRY                               |               108 |                      101 |                     94 |
| 25          | PUNJAB                                   |             13238 |                    12807 |                   9432 |
| 26          | RAJASTHAN                                |             11208 |                     8997 |                   6421 |
| 27          | SIKKIM                                   |               199 |                       54 |                      6 |
| 28          | TAMILNADU                                |             12525 |                     9882 |                   3449 |
| 29          | TELANGANA                                |             12771 |                    10915 |                   5812 |
| 30          | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMANANDDIU |                38 |                       41 |                     19 |
| 31          | TRIPURA                                  |              1176 |                      771 |                    424 |
| 32          | UTTARPRADESH                             |             57691 |                    47341 |                   3921 |
| 33          | UTTARAKHAND                              |              7795 |                     2014 |                   1127 |
| 34          | WESTBENGAL                               |              3339 |                     2958 |                   2319 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                              |            268841 |                   217557 |                  75002 |

*Some GP may have more than 1 service points.

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