Lok Sabha Question No. 876 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: National Optical Fiber Network
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 876 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04.2016

## NATIONAL OPTICAL FIBER NETWORK

## 876. SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) details of progress made in implementation of National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) details of facilities being provided to people under the said scheme; and
- (c) time frame to cover all the Gram Panchayats under the scheme in Karnataka?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NIHAL CHAND)

- (a) National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)  project, renamed as BharatNet, is being implemented  by  the  Department  of  Telecommunications  (DoT)  to  connect  all  the  Gram Panchayats  (GPs)  in  the  country  through  Optical  Fibre  Cable  (OFC).  The  State/UT-wise progress of the project as stated by DoT is at Annexe.
- (b) & (c): The scheme envisions provision of 100 Mbps bandwidth in all the 2.5 lakh (approx) GPs of the country to enable delivery of various e-services like birth and death certificates, issue of licenses, tele-education, tele-health, etc., at the Panchayat  level. The  State Government  of  Karnataka  has  informed  that  as  on  April  22,  2016,  BharatNet  has  been commissioned in 2903 GPs in Karnataka and OFC laying has been completed for 4411 GPs.

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## Annexe referred in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 876 answered on 28.04.2016

## State-wise status of NOFN (BharatNet) as on 31.01.2016

|   Sl. No. | States/ UTs         |   No. of Gram Panchayats (GPs)- Phase I | Pipe laid (kms.)   | Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) laid (in kms)   | No. of GPs where OFC laid   | No. of GPs lit   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
|         1 | Jammu &Kashmir      |                                     624 | 93                 | 69                                        | 47                          | 0                |
|         2 | Himachal Pradesh    |                                     283 | 201                | 75                                        | 14                          | 0                |
|         3 | Punjab              |                                    6128 | 4432               | 3280                                      | 2055                        | 0                |
|         4 | Haryana             |                                    6090 | 4775               | 4340                                      | 2776                        | 45               |
|         5 | Rajasthan           |                                    6967 | 11281              | 10065                                     | 3092                        | 71               |
|         6 | Chandigarh          |                                      12 | 18                 | 19                                        | 12                          | 12               |
|         7 | Uttarakhand         |                                    1767 | 1190               | 862                                       | 554                         | 46               |
|         8 | UP (West)           |                                    8040 | 8095               | 4290                                      | 2055                        | 65               |
|         9 | UP (East)           |                                   14474 | 14634              | 10545                                     | 4764                        | 36               |
|        10 | Bihar               |                                    5202 | 6416               | 5303                                      | 1936                        | 124              |
|        11 | West Bengal         |                                    2713 | 1933               | 1683                                      | 619                         | 0                |
|        12 | Sikkim              |                                       0 | 0                  | 0                                         | 0                           | 0                |
|        13 | Assam               |                                    1013 | 1751               | 1359                                      | 515                         | 23               |
|        14 | Jharkhand           |                                    1388 | 2600               | 1862                                      | 770                         | 84               |
|        15 | Odisha              |                                    3388 | 4086               | 2960                                      | 1355                        | 12               |
|        16 | Andaman &Nicobar    |                                      69 | 0                  | 0                                         | 0                           | 0                |
|        17 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                     256 | 272                | 69                                        | 10                          | 0                |
|        18 | Nagaland            |                                     743 | 1160               | 509                                       | 154                         | 0                |
|        19 | Manipur             |                                      24 | 71                 | 73                                        | 24                          | 0                |
|        20 | Meghalaya           |                                     638 | 737                | 210                                       | 47                          | 0                |
|        21 | Tripura             |                                    1021 | 1277               | 951                                       | 434                         | 40               |
|        22 | Mizoram             |                                     163 | 183                | 0                                         | 0                           | 0                |
|        23 | Madhya Pradesh      |                                   10516 | 15531              | 12134                                     | 3898                        | 26               |
|        24 | Chhattisgarh        |                                    2110 | 4368               | 3913                                      | 1258                        | 171              |
|        25 | Gujarat             |                                    5735 | 5508               | 3572                                      | 1648                        | 91               |
|        26 | Maharashtra         |                                   12055 | 11078              | 7826                                      | 3478                        | 37               |
|        27 | Daman &Diu          |                                       0 | 0                  | 0                                         | 0                           | 0                |
|        28 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                                       0 | 0                  | 0                                         | 0                           | 0                |
|        29 | Karnataka           |                                    5599 | 9596               | 9248                                      | 4411 #                      | 2903 #           |
|        30 | Andhra Pradesh      |                                       0 | 1913               | 19                                        | 0                           | 0                |
|        31 | Telangana           |                                    2097 | 3912               | 2883                                      | 1296                        | 5                |
|        32 | Tamil Nadu          |                                       0 | 0                  | 0                                         | 0                           | 0                |
|        33 | Kerala              |                                     977 | 746                | 810                                       | Completed                   | Completed        |
|        34 | Puducherry          |                                      98 | 82                 | 92                                        | 98                          | 101              |
|        35 | Lakshadweep         |                                      10 | 0                  | 0                                         | 0                           | 0                |
|        36 | Goa*                |                                       0 | -                  | -                                         | -                           | -                |