Lok Sabha Question No. 1061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Utility of TDIL Programme
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1061

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.03.2016

## UTILITY OF TDIL PROGRAMME

## 1061       SHRIMATI  POONAM  MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of Communications & Information Technology be pleased to state: -

- (a)    whether the Government has taken any measures to create awareness about the Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) Programme;
- (a) if so, the details thereof , and if not the reasons therefor;
- (c)    whether the Government has been able to monitor the utility  of the TDIL Programme;
- (a) if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the status of the National Broadband Roll-Out Plan for the year 2014-15 and
- (c) whether the Government intends to take measures to increase the progress rate and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):  Yes, Madam. TDIL portal (http://tdil-dc.in) provides information about the technologies, tools and resources  developed  under  TDIL  Programme.  In  addition,  advertisements  for  proliferation  of  language  CD tools were released across India on Aug-2013, 26th Dec 2014 and 24th Feb-2015 in 22 Indian Languages in National and Regional newspapers to spread awareness.

- (c) and (d):  Yes, Madam.  Under the TDIL Programme, several language tools, technologies and resources have  been  developed  which  have  helped  citizens  to  use  ICT  tools  in  their  own  languages.  The  projects implemented under this programme are monitored by the respective Project Review and Steering Group. In addition, the progress of the TDIL Programme is also periodically monitored by the TDIL Working Group.

(e)  and  (f):  Yes,  Madam.  National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) project now renamed as BharatNet was planned,  in  2011,    to  connect  all  Gram  Panchayats  (approx.  2.5  lakh)  in  the  country  through  Optical  Fibre Cable  (OFC)  utilizing  existing  fibres  of    Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  viz.  Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam Limited (BSNL), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL)  and RailTel and laying incremental fibre wherever necessary to bridge the connectivity gap between Gram Panchayats (GPs) and Blocks for providing broadband connectivity. The project is being executed by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), namely, Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), which has been incorporated on 25.02.2012 under Indian Companies Act 1956.  Under this project, at least 100 Mbps bandwidth has to be provided in all the estimated 2.5 lakh GPs for  utilization  by  all  categories  of  service  providers  on  non-discriminatory  basis  including  Internet  Service Providers.

State-wise status of NOFN, as on 31.01.2016, is given in the Statement at Annexure.

In order to expedite the progress, NOFN is being reviewed frequently at all the levels. A number of measures were taken as under:

- (i)  Empower the field units of BBNL and the    3 PSUs.
- (ii) Iron out constraints in supply of materials.
- (iii))Devolve greater autonomy on the implementing agencies and
- (iv) Induct professionalism in the procurements and execution.

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## Statewise status of NOFN (BharatNet) as on  31.01.2016

|   S.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 | Chattishgarh        |                                    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 | Karanataka          |                                    5599 |               9596 |                                      9248 |                        4348 |             2283 |
|      30 | Andhra Pradesh      |                                       0 |               1913 |                                        19 |                           0 |                0 |
|      31 | Telengana           |                                    2097 |               3912 |                                      2883 |                        1296 |                5 |
|      32 | Tamil Nadu          |                                       0 |                  0 |                                         0 |                           0 |                0 |
|      33 | Kerala              |                                     977 |                746 |                                       810 |                        1129 |             1129 |
|      34 | Pudducherry         |                                      98 |                 82 |                                        92 |                          98 |              101 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep         |                                      10 |                  0 |                                         0 |                           0 |                0 |

## Annexure

| 36.   | Goa*        |      - |      - |     - |     - |    - |
|-------|-------------|--------|--------|-------|-------|------|
|       | Grand Total | 100200 | 117939 | 89021 | 38386 | 4401 |

*All the GPs of Goa are already connected with Optical Fibre.

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