Lok Sabha Question No. 2969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Expansion of IT
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: C. MAHENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2969

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.08.2016

## EXPANSION OF IT

## 2969 SHRI C. MAHENDRAN

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to expand the information technology network in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the funds allocated for the purpose, State-wise;
- (d) whether the sanctioned projects are witnessing delay in completion;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore; and
- (f) action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) and  (b): The   State Wide  Area   Network  (SWAN)   under      National   e-Governance Plan(NeGP) of Government of India have been setup and functional in all the States/UTs of the country except J&K and Andaman & Nicobar.

The network infrastructure setup in the States is capable of expansion to cater to the higher bandwidth requirements of the States based on their functional necessity.

- (c): The funds allocated for SWAN in the State are at Annexure.
- (d), (e) and (f) : All State SWANs are sanctioned and SWAN of 34 States are operational. However, in the State of J&K and UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands there has been delay in implementation of SWAN due to inadequate vendor response resulting in exorbitant costs.

The State of J&K and UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands have taken action for rebidding to expedite completion of procedural formalities and engagement of system integrator.

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## ANNEXURE

|   SL No | Name of the States/UTs   |   Fund allocated (Cr.) |
|---------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh           |               197.35   |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                60.32   |
|       3 | Assam                    |               101.189  |
|       4 | Bihar                    |               210      |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh             |                76.09   |
|       6 | Goa                      |                 0      |
|       7 | Gujarat                  |               102.98   |
|       8 | Haryana                  |                97.86   |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh         |                88.03   |
|      10 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                51.99   |
|      11 | Jharkand                 |               127.8    |
|      12 | Karnataka                |                83.73   |
|      13 | Kerala                   |                62.649  |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh           |               127.52   |
|      15 | Maharashtra              |               161.06   |
|      16 | Manipur                  |                20.55   |
|      17 | Meghalaya                |                27.34   |
|      18 | Mizoram                  |                24.09   |
|      19 | Nagaland                 |                29.45   |
|      20 | Orissa                   |               120.35   |
|      21 | Punjab                   |                67.16   |
|      22 | Rajasthan                |               141.98   |
|      23 | Sikkim                   |                23.5    |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu               |               102.778  |
|      25 | Telengana                |                24.96   |
|      26 | Tripura                  |                32.91   |
|      27 | Uttarakhand              |                73.62   |
|      28 | Uttar Pradesh            |               364.52   |
|      29 | West Bengal              |                97.71   |
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar         |                 7.83   |
|       2 | Chandigarh               |                 8.0365 |
|       3 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                 9.7199 |
|       4 | Daman &Diu               |                 4.0577 |

|   5 | Lakshadweep   |   10.99 |
|-----|---------------|---------|
|   6 | NCT of Delhi  |    7.22 |
|   7 | Puducherry    |   10.09 |

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