Lok Sabha Question No. 2889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Telecom Districts
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: CHINTAMAN NAVSHA WANAGA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2889 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  DECEMBER, 2015

## TELECOM DISTRICTS

## 2889. ADV. CHINTAMAN NAVASHA WANAGA:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) total number of telephone districts of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has received proposals for creation of new BSNL/MTNL telephone district in newly declared districts;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State and district-wise;
- (d) the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e) the time by which the new telephone districts are likely to be created?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) Circle-wise details of total number of telephone districts of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited  (BSNL)  and  Mahanagar  Telephone  Nigam  Limited  (MTNL)  are  given  in Annexure .
- (b) & (c) BSNL has received following proposals for creation of Telephone Districts during the last 5 years (2011 - 2015):

| State        | District                     |
|--------------|------------------------------|
| Bihar        | Arwal, Jahanabad & Sitamarhi |
| Gujarat      | Porbandar & Patan            |
| Chhattisgarh | Jashpur                      |
| Tamil Nadu   | Tiruppur                     |
| Rajasthan    | Karauli                      |
| Maharashtra  | Palghar                      |

- (d) & (e) The above proposals were examined by BSNL and the creation of such districts was not found feasible in view of competitive environment and cost effectiveness.

Contd……..2/-

## Details of Telecom Districts of BSNL and MTNL

| Sr No   | State                      | No of Telecom Districts   | Remarks                                     |
|---------|----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| BSNL    | BSNL                       | BSNL                      | BSNL                                        |
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar          | 1                         |                                             |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | 22                        |                                             |
| 3       | Assam                      | 7                         |                                             |
| 4       | Bihar                      | 19                        |                                             |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh               | 6                         |                                             |
| 6       | Gujarat                    | 18                        |                                             |
| 7       | Haryana                    | 9                         |                                             |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh           | 6                         |                                             |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir            | 5                         |                                             |
| 10      | Jharkhand                  | 6                         |                                             |
| 11      | Karnataka                  | 19                        |                                             |
| 12      | Kerala                     | 12                        | includes Lakshadweep                        |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh             | 35                        |                                             |
| 14      | Maharashtra                | 30                        | includes Goa                                |
| 15      | North East-I               | 3                         | includes Meghalaya,Mizoram,Tripura          |
| 16      | North East-II              | 3                         | includes Arunachal Pradesh,Manipur,Nagaland |
| 17      | Odisha                     | 13                        |                                             |
| 18      | Punjab                     | 11                        | includes Chandigarh                         |
| 19      | Rajasthan                  | 24                        |                                             |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu                 | 19                        | includes Puducherry                         |
| 22      | Uttar Pradesh              | 49                        |                                             |
| 23      | Uttarakhand                | 6                         |                                             |
| 24      | West Bengal                | 15                        | includes Sikkim                             |
|         | Total BSNL                 | 338                       |                                             |
| MTNL    | MTNL                       | MTNL                      | MTNL                                        |
| 1.      | Delhi                      | 01                        |                                             |
| 2.      | Mumbai                     | 01                        |                                             |
|         | Total MTNL                 | 02                        |                                             |

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## Annexure