Lok Sabha Question No. 2758 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-05
Subject: VSAT Equipment
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2758**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 05** **TH** **AUGUST, 2015**

**VSAT Equipment**

**2758. SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:**

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

(a) 	whether the Government has sanctioned Very Small Aperture Terminal(VSAT) for up-linking and down linking communication signals;

(b)	 if so, the details of VSAT equipments sanctioned for various States including Odisha;

(c) 	whether work orders in this regard have been issued; and

(d) 	if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which the orders are placed and the equipments are installed?

ANSWER

**THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)**

(a)&(b) 	Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reported that it is providing Very Small Aperature Terminal (VSAT) services for uplinking and downlinking communication signals. State/UT-wise details of VSAT services being provided by BSNL are given in **Annexure** .

(c)&(d)	 BSNL has reported that work order for procurement of 2300 VSAT Terminals has been placed and will be commissioned during the current financial year.

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**Annexure**

**State/UT-wise details of VSAT services of BSNL**

| STATE/UT           | No. of VSAT Terminals   |
|--------------------|-------------------------|
| Andaman& Nicobar   | 16                      |
| Andhra Pradesh     | 2483                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh  | 116                     |
| Assam              | 266                     |
| Bihar              | 1907                    |
| Chhattisgarh       | 544                     |
| Dadra Nagar Haveli | 6                       |
| Delhi              | 55                      |
| Goa                | 46                      |
| Gujarat            | 458                     |
| Haryana            | 560                     |
| Himachal Pradesh   | 355                     |
| Jammu &Kashmir     | 336                     |
| Jharkhand          | 613                     |
| Karnataka          | 1459                    |
| Kerala             | 475                     |
| Lakshadweep        | 4                       |
| Maharashtra        | 1005                    |
| Manipur            | 37                      |
| Meghalaya          | 114                     |
| Mizoram            | 113                     |
| Madhya Pradesh     | 878                     |
| Nagaland           | 35                      |
| New Delhi          | 2                       |
| Odisha             | 660                     |
| Punjab             | 549                     |
| Rajasthan          | 674                     |
| Sikkim             | 42                      |
| Tamil Nadu         | 705                     |
| Telangana          | 39                      |
| Tripura            | 35                      |
| Uttar Pradesh      | 2436                    |
| Uttarakhand        | 534                     |
| West Bengal        | 786                     |
| **Total**          | **18343**               |

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