Lok Sabha Question No. 3199 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-11
Subject: Public Internet Access Programme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Harish Chandra Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3199

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 11.03.2026

## PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS PROGRAMME

## † 3199.   SHRI HARISH CHANDRA MEENA:

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

(a) the details of number of internet connections currently active in each block, gram panchayat and BharatNetconnected Common Service Centres (CSC) of the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha Constituency under the Public Internet Access Programme (PIAP) and BharatNet project under Digital India along with their uploaddownload speeds and the number of centres lying inactive due to technical faults or network issues; and (b) the details of number of citizens that have availed e-governance services (such as Ayushman Bharat, PM Kisan,  caste/domicile  certificates,  pension,  ration,  scholarship  etc.)  through  BharatNet  in  Tonk  and  Sawai Madhopur district during the last three years and the total number of transactions made therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (b):  In Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts, broadband services under the BharatNet project are currently available at Gram Panchayat level (GPs). As on 21.11.2025, 230 GPs in Tonk and 200 GPs in Sawai Madhopur districts of Rajasthan, have been made service ready by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the BharatNet project.

The  number  of  internet  connections  and  upload/download  speed  in  Tonk  and  Sawai  Madhopur  Lok  Sabha Constituency, are as follows:

|   S. NO. | Constitue-ncy   | Block    |   Total Gram Panchay- ats in a Block including ABP |   Total number of internet connections in a Block |   Total active internet connections in a Block | Upload- Download speed   | Centres lying inactive due to technical faults/ network issue in a block   |
|----------|-----------------|----------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Sawai Madhopur  | Bamanwas |                                                 36 |                                                35 |                                             20 | 4 MBPS 15                |                                                                            |
|        2 | Sawai Madhopur  | Gangapur |                                                 38 |                                                35 |                                             28 | 4 MBPS 15                | 7                                                                          |
|        3 | Sawai Madhopur  | Khandar  |                                                 38 |                                                33 |                                             22 | 4 MBPS 15                | 11                                                                         |

| 4   |       | Sawai Madhopur   |   49 |   49 |   28 |   21 |
|-----|-------|------------------|------|------|------|------|
| 5   | Tonk  | Deoli            |   39 |   39 |   35 |    4 |
| 6   | Tonk  | Malpura          |   36 |   36 |   31 |    5 |
| 7   | Tonk  | Newai            |   41 |   41 |   39 |    2 |
| 8   | Tonk  | Tonk             |   50 |   50 |   39 |   11 |
| 9   | Tonk  | Uniara           |   33 |   33 |   22 |   11 |
|     | Total |                  |  360 |  351 |  264 |   87 |

Common Services Centre (CSC) project is an initiative of Government of India, under the 3rd pillar (Public Internet Access Programme) of Digital India initiative. It aims to expand the CSC network to GPs and access of e-services to the citizens.

CSCs are setup and run/operated by the Village Level Entrepreneur (VLEs), on a self-sustainable model, delivering over 800 citizen services. List of services is available at https://csc.gov.in/.

As on 31st January 2026, state/district-wise number of CSCs across the country including Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts, are available on the website https://csc.gov.in/.

Total number of transaction made through CSCs in the last 3 years for delivering e-Governance Services in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur, are as follows:

|                | In Lakhs   | In Lakhs   | In Lakhs   | In Lakhs            |
|----------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------------|
| District       | Year 2023  | Year 2024  | Year 2025  | Year 2026 till date |
| Tonk           | 6.96       | 6.92       | 5.98       | 4.53                |
| Sawai Madhopur | 4.99       | 5.19       | 4.67       | 3.82                |

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