Lok Sabha Question No. 3497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Free Wi-Fi
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: C. MAHENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3497 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## Free Wi-Fi

3497. SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  provide  free  Wi-Fi  service  in University  campuses  including  Library,  hostel,  canteens  and  study  areas  under the National Mission of Education.
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the time by which it is likely to be provided?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMIRTI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) & (b) Under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), it has been decided to provide Wi-Fi Connectivity  in  all  Central  Universities.  Two  Central  Universities  namely  Allahabad University  &  North  Eastern  Hill  University  are  already  covered  under  Department  of Electronics  &  Information  Technology  (DeitY)  Programme.  For  remaining  38  Central Universities,  Project  Approval  Board  (PAB)  of  NMEICT  in  its  31 st Meeting  held  on 03.12.2015 has approved the project proposal for providing Wi-Fi at cost of Rs. 335.85 Crores. List of 38 Central Universities along with approved project cost is enclosed at Annexure-I. NMEICT also has a provision for 'campus connect' , that has provided the connectivity of 1 GB to 403 universities and 22,026 colleges including affiliated colleges, through 20 nodes each of 512 Kbps.
- (c)  It has been decided to complete the project before 30 th June, 2016.

## Annexure- I

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3497 to be answered on 21.12.2015

|   S.No. | Name & Address of University                                      |   Total Users (Student + Staff) |   Total buildings |   Total Cost (Rs lakh) |   Funds already released(rs Lakh) |   Balance approved for release (Rs lakh) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|       1 | AMU, Aligarh                                                      |                           31400 |               112 |                977.22  |                              3000 |                                     0    |
|       2 | Assam University, Silchar                                         |                            7391 |                54 |                477.12  |                              3000 |                                     0    |
|       3 | Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar university                           |                            5500 |                24 |                649.47  |                              3000 |                                     0    |
|       4 | BHU, Varanasi                                                     |                           50000 |               246 |               5268.51  |                              2000 |                                  3268.51 |
|       5 | Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar                         |                            3000 |                16 |                181.38  |                                 0 |                                   181.38 |
|       6 | Central University of Haryana                                     |                            1300 |                23 |                322.183 |                              1000 |                                     0    |
|       7 | Central University of Himachal Pradesh                            |                             987 |                 0 |                163.58  |                                 0 |                                   163.58 |
|       8 | Central University of Jammu, Jammu Tawi                           |                            1800 |                22 |                446.1   |                                 0 |                                   446.1  |
|       9 | Central University of Jharkhand                                   |                            2800 |                 0 |               1990.26  |                                 0 |                                  1990.25 |
|      10 | Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga                         |                            1726 |                21 |               1226.85  |                              1000 |                                   226.85 |
|      11 | Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar J&K                       |                            1300 |                11 |                140.34  |                                 0 |                                   140.34 |
|      12 | Central University of Kerala, Trivandrum-                         |                            1000 |                14 |                169.96  |                                 0 |                                   169.96 |
|      13 | Central University of Orissa, Bhubneswar                          |                             950 |                 6 |                425.03  |                              1000 |                                     0    |
|      14 | Central University of Punjab, Bhatinda                            |                            5000 |                21 |                533.1   |                                 0 |                                   533.1  |
|      15 | Central University of Rajasthan,Ajmer                             |                            2500 |                16 |                443.67  |                                 0 |                                   443.67 |
|      16 | Central University of South Bihar,Camp Office: BIT Campus, Patna  |                            1218 |                 0 |                275.93  |                                 0 |                                   275.93 |
|      17 | Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur                       |                            1750 |                20 |                654.6   |                                 0 |                                   654.6  |
|      18 | Delhi University, Delhi                                           |                           25000 |               108 |               1974.73  |                                 0 |                                  1974.73 |
|      19 | Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, MP                     |                            8000 |                53 |                812.62  |                                 0 |                                   812.62 |
|      20 | English and Foreign Languages University, O.U Campus, Hyderabad   |                            3000 |                14 |                383.16  |                                 0 |                                   383.16 |
|      21 | Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur                           |                            6500 |                32 |                650.61  |                               800 |                                     0    |
|      22 | Hemawati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar,Uttarakhand |                           17000 |                79 |               2096.05  |                                 0 |                                  2096.05 |
|      23 | Hyderabad University, Hyderabad                                   |                            7000 |                73 |               1159.7   |                                 0 |                                  1159.7  |
|      24 | IGNOU, New Delhi                                                  |                            5000 |                46 |                536.06  |                                 0 |                                   536.06 |
|      25 | Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak              |                            4149 |                20 |               1118.57  |                                 0 |                                  1118.57 |

| 26.   | Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi                       |   3220 |   74 |    874.1 |     0 |   874.10 |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------|------|----------|-------|----------|
| 27.   | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi                |  14000 |   77 |  2399.64 |  1000 |  1399.64 |
| 28.   | Mahatama Gandhi Antarrashtriya Viswavidyalaya, Wardha |   1530 |   18 |   491.65 |     0 |   491.65 |
| 29.   | Manipur University                                    |   5000 |   31 |   436.15 |     0 |   436.15 |
| 30.   | Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad      |   5000 |   17 |   483.57 |   500 |     0    |
| 31.   | Mizoram University Aizawal                            |   4528 |   58 |   501.76 |   700 |     0    |
| 32.   | Nagaland University , Kohima                          |   2300 |   74 |   756.02 |     0 |   756.02 |
| 33.   | Pondicherry Univ,Pondicherry                          |   8000 |   59 |   890.23 |     0 |   890.23 |
| 34.   | Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar                     |   2080 |   36 |   399.96 |  2678 |     0    |
| 35.   | Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim                    |   2700 |   27 |   375.77 |     0 |   375.77 |
| 36.   | Tezpur Univ. TEZPUR                                   |   4025 |   41 |   939.58 |     0 |   939.58 |
| 37.   | Tripura University, Tripura                           |   4000 |   28 |   500.68 |     0 |   500.68 |
| 38.   | Visva Bharti Shantiniketan, West Bengal               |   8226 |  111 |  1459.49 |     0 |  1459.49 |
|       | Total for Campus Connectivity through Wi-Fi           | 259880 | 1682 | 33585.4  | 19678 | 24698.5  |

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