Lok Sabha Question No. 2098 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: PM WANI
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Anurag Sharma, C. R. Patil, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2098 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2023

## PM WANI

2098.   DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI C.R. PATIL:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plans for developing a common App for accessing PMWANI compliant Wi-Fi Hotspots and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the number of App Providers and existing Apps to access PM-WANI compliant Wi-Fi Hotspots;
- (c) the number of Public Data Offices (PDO) and WI-FI users/beneficiaries under PM-WANI in Deoria, Pratapgarh, Jhansi, Pali, Balasore Parliamentary Constituencies and in the State of Gujarat, Block wise and Grampanchayat wise; and
- (d) the number of PM-WANI compliant Wi-Fi Hotspots in aforesaid constituencies, State, Block and Gram-panchayat-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) As on 27th July 2023, a total 104 APP Providers are registered in Central Registry Portal for PM WANI and same numbers of Apps are available to access PM-WANI compliant WiFi Hotspots.
- (c) & (d) Number  of  Wi-Fi  Hotspots  under  PM-WANI  in  Deoria,  Pratapgarh,  Jhansi,  Pali, Balasore districts is as follows :

|   Serial Number | Name of District           |   Number of Wi-Fi Hotspots |
|-----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|               1 | Deoria (Uttar Pradesh)     |                        193 |
|               2 | Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh) |                        209 |
|               3 | Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh)     |                         77 |
|               4 | Pali (Rajasthan)           |                        115 |
|               5 | Balasore (Odisha)          |                        131 |

Number of Wi-Fi Hotspots under PM-WANI in Gujarat State are 4099. District wise data is enclosed as Annexure . PDO wise, Parliamentary Constituency wise, Block wise and Gram Panchayat wise data is not maintained.

As on 27th July 2023 the total number of unique Wi-Fi users under PM-WANI are 16,09,774. State wise / Block wise / Gram Panchayat wise   data of Wi-Fi users/beneficiaries is not maintained.

## Annexure

District wise number of Wi-Fi Hotspots under PM-WANI in Gujarat State are as follows:

| Serial Number   | Name of District            |   Number of Wi-Fi Hotspots |
|-----------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1               | Ahmedabad                   |                       1250 |
| 2               | Amreli                      |                        168 |
| 3               | Anand                       |                         79 |
| 4               | Arvalli                     |                         26 |
| 5               | Banaskantha                 |                        130 |
| 6               | Bharuch                     |                        124 |
| 7               | Bhavnagar                   |                        130 |
| 8               | Botad                       |                         47 |
| 9               | Chhotaudepur                |                         41 |
| 10              | Dahod                       |                         58 |
| 11              | Dangs-Ahwa                  |                         12 |
| 12              | Devbhumi Dwarka-Khambhaliya |                         27 |
| 13              | Gandhinagar                 |                        110 |
| 14              | Gir Somnath Veraval         |                         27 |
| 15              | Jamnagar                    |                         76 |
| 16              | Junagadh                    |                        113 |
| 17              | Kheda                       |                        191 |
| 18              | Kachchh                     |                        131 |
| 19              | Mahisagar-Lunavada          |                          3 |
| 20              | Mehsana                     |                        186 |
| 21              | Morbi                       |                         21 |
| 22              | Narmada-Rajpipla            |                         08 |
| 23              | Navsari                     |                         82 |
| 24              | Panchmahal                  |                         39 |
| 25              | Patan                       |                         28 |
| 26              | Porabandar                  |                         23 |
| 27              | Rajkot                      |                        144 |
| 28              | Sabarkantha                 |                         73 |
| 29              | Surat                       |                        119 |
| 30              | Surendranagar               |                         71 |
| 31              | Tapi-Vyara                  |                         14 |
| 32              | Vadodara                    |                        330 |
| 33              | Valsad                      |                        218 |
|                 | Total                       |                       4099 |

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