Lok Sabha Question No. 754 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Information Technology Facilities
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHOLA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 754

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04 .2016

## INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES

## 754. SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Government  has  taken  steps  to  improve  poor  Information  &  Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and financial condition of grass root level institu rural areas;
- (b) ifso, the details thereof, State/UTwise;
- (c) the details of funds allocated and released for the development of the ICTs in rura State/UT - wise; and
- (d) the details of steps taken/being taken to promote women entrepreneurship in rural State/ UT - wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) : Yes, Madam.
- (b) : Government  of  India  under  the  Digital  India  Programmme  is  implementing  various schemes namely the Common Service Centres (CSCs), BharatNet(earlier National Optical Fibre Network)and Comprehensive Telecom Development Program to develop and provide support to the use of information technology in rural areas of the country.  The CSCs are Informati Communication  Technology  (ICT) enabled  kiosks  with  broadband  connectivity  to  provide various Governments, private and social services to citizens at their doorstep s. As on 31.03.2016 a total of 122,621 CSCs are operating across the country at G ram Panchayatlevel. The State -wise detail s of operating CSCs is given at Annexure - A .

Government under Bharat Net project aims at connecting all Gram Panchayats (approx. 2.5 lakh in the country through Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) with atleast 100 Mbps bandwidth to enabl delivery  of  various  e - services  at  the  panchayat  level.  As  on  18.04.2016,  Optical  Fibre  Cab (OFC) has been laid in 1,09,203 Kms and 47,8 82 Gram Panchayats (GPs) have been connected with OFC. State wise status of implementation of project sis given at Annexure -B

- (c) : No state wise allocation of funds is done under the BharatNet project. The Bhara project  is  being  executed  by  a  Special  Purpose  Vehicle  namely  Bharat  Broadband  Netwo Limited.  As  against  the sanctioned  amount  of  Rs.  20,100  crore  under  Universal  Servic e Obligation Fund (USOF) for BharatNet, funds to the tune of Rs. 4685.97 have been utilized till 31.03.2016.

As per the guidelines of Ministry of Finance, upto 10% of the grants sanctioned by theMinistry of Finance to the States for rural local bodies n be utilized for technical and administrative support to GPs towards O&M cost and capital expenditure. Gram Panchayats can utilize t amount  for  providing  computers , internet  connectivity  and  part  time  data  entry  operators  f pursuing  the  e - Governance  i nitiatives. The  basic  grants  released  to  State  Government  (s)  for Rural Local Bodies during 2015 - 16 as recommended by Fourteenth Finance Commission as on 31- 03- 2016 is given at Annexure - C.

- (d): Government is encouraging women entrepreneurs to set up commo n services centres and the contribution made by women village level entrepreneurs (VLE) is recognized by Government through awards/ incentives. Awards/ incentives are being conferred to successful women vi level entrepreneurs (VLE). Till 31 st March, 2016, total 23,245 women entrepreneurs have setup CSCs and delivering services in rural areas.

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| STATE/UT - WISE CSC ROLL OUT STATUS AS ON 31 MARCH, 2016   | STATE/UT - WISE CSC ROLL OUT STATUS AS ON 31 MARCH, 2016   | STATE/UT - WISE CSC ROLL OUT STATUS AS ON 31 MARCH, 2016   | STATE/UT - WISE CSC ROLL OUT STATUS AS ON 31 MARCH, 2016   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| States                                                     | No. of GPs                                                 | Total No. of CSCs Set incl. GPs                            | Up Total No. of CSCs Set at GPs                            |
| Andhra Pradesh                                             | 12833                                                      | 5226                                                       | 3538                                                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                          | 1779                                                       | 200                                                        | 123                                                        |
| Assam                                                      | 2196                                                       | 3964                                                       | 1354                                                       |
| Bihar                                                      | 8463                                                       | 9869                                                       | 5097                                                       |
| Chhattisgarh                                               | 9734                                                       | 6613                                                       | 2950                                                       |
| Goa                                                        | 189                                                        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| Gujarat                                                    | 13735                                                      | 15123                                                      | 13391                                                      |
| Haryana                                                    | 6155                                                       | 2527                                                       | 1879                                                       |
| Himachal Pradesh                                           | 3243                                                       | 3478                                                       | 931                                                        |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                            | 4128                                                       | 1257                                                       | 417                                                        |
| Jharkhand                                                  | 4423                                                       | 5029                                                       | 2911                                                       |
| Karnataka                                                  | 5628                                                       | 3633                                                       | 2479                                                       |
| Kerala                                                     | 979                                                        | 2926                                                       | 1021                                                       |
| Madhya Pradesh                                             | 23012                                                      | 13959                                                      | 6861                                                       |
| Maharashtra                                                | 27920                                                      | 33180                                                      | 21030                                                      |
| Manipur                                                    | 165                                                        | 481                                                        | 191                                                        |
| Meghalaya                                                  | 1463                                                       | 265                                                        | 224                                                        |
| Mizoram                                                    | 776                                                        | 138                                                        | 42                                                         |
| Nagaland                                                   | 1123                                                       | 222                                                        | 61                                                         |
| Orissa                                                     | 6234                                                       | 7562                                                       | 3577                                                       |
| Punjab                                                     | 12800                                                      | 3890                                                       | 819                                                        |
| Rajasthan                                                  | 9946                                                       | 13313                                                      | 9233                                                       |
| Sikkim                                                     | 165                                                        | 418                                                        | 196                                                        |

## Annexure-A

| STATE/UT - WISE CSC ROLL OUT STATUS AS ON 31 MARCH, 2016   | STATE/UT - WISE CSC ROLL OUT STATUS AS ON 31 MARCH, 2016   | STATE/UT - WISE CSC ROLL OUT STATUS AS ON 31 MARCH, 2016   | STATE/UT - WISE CSC ROLL OUT STATUS AS ON 31 MARCH, 2016   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| States                                                     | No. of GPs                                                 | Total No. of CSCs Set incl. GPs                            | Up Total No. of CSCs Set at GPs                            |
| Tamil Nadu                                                 | 12618                                                      | 12472                                                      | 5519                                                       |
| Telangana                                                  | 8787                                                       | 3679                                                       | 296                                                        |
| Tripura                                                    | 1038                                                       | 303                                                        | 158                                                        |
| Uttar Pradesh                                              | 51914                                                      | 38767                                                      | 31231                                                      |
| Uttarakhand                                                | 7555                                                       | 2509                                                       | 1084                                                       |
| West Bengal                                                | 3351                                                       | 7848                                                       | 5911                                                       |
| STATES TOTAL                                               | 242352                                                     | 198851                                                     | 122524                                                     |
| Union Territories (UTs)                                    | Union Territories (UTs)                                    | Union Territories (UTs)                                    | Union Territories (UTs)                                    |
| Andaman & Nicobar                                          | 69                                                         | 30                                                         | 2                                                          |
| Chandigarh                                                 | 17                                                         | 5                                                          | 0                                                          |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli11                                     |                                                            | 10                                                         | 10                                                         |
| Daman and Diu                                              | 14                                                         | 8                                                          | 8                                                          |
| Delhi                                                      | 0                                                          | 337                                                        | 2                                                          |
| Lakshadweep                                                | 10                                                         | 15                                                         | 13                                                         |
| Puducherry                                                 | 98                                                         | 69                                                         | 62                                                         |
| UTs TOTAL                                                  | 219                                                        | 410                                                        | 97                                                         |
| GRAND TOTAL                                                | 242571                                                     | 199325                                                     | 122621                                                     |

Annexure - B

| Statewise status of NOFN ( BharatNet)as on 18.04.2016   | Statewise status of NOFN ( BharatNet)as on 18.04.2016   | Statewise status of NOFN ( BharatNet)as on 18.04.2016   | Statewise status of NOFN ( BharatNet)as on 18.04.2016   | Statewise status of NOFN ( BharatNet)as on 18.04.2016   | Statewise status of NOFN ( BharatNet)as on 18.04.2016   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| States/UTs                                              | No. of GPs Phase I                                      | Pipe laid (Kms)                                         | Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) laid (in Kms)                 | No. of GPs where OFC laid                               | No. of GPs lit                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh                                          | 0                                                       | 1913                                                    | 19                                                      | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                       | 256                                                     | 419                                                     | 100                                                     | 22                                                      | 0                                                       |
| Assam                                                   | 1013                                                    | 1955                                                    | 1763                                                    | 682                                                     | 128                                                     |
| Bihar                                                   | 5202                                                    | 7396                                                    | 6485                                                    | 2418                                                    | 215                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh                                            | 2110                                                    | 4933                                                    | 4560                                                    | 1550                                                    | 514                                                     |
| Goa                                                     | All the GPs of Goa are already connected with Optical   | All the GPs of Goa are already connected with Optical   | All the GPs of Goa are already connected with Optical   | All the GPs of Goa are already connected with Optical   | All the GPs of Goa are already connected with Optical   |
| Gujarat                                                 | 5735                                                    | 6370                                                    | 4567                                                    | 2203                                                    | 116                                                     |
| Haryana                                                 | 6090                                                    | 5304                                                    | 4850                                                    | 3147                                                    | 160                                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh                                        | 283                                                     | 212                                                     | 88                                                      | 26                                                      | 0                                                       |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                         | 624                                                     | 153                                                     | 136                                                     | 82                                                      | 0                                                       |
| Jharkhand                                               | 1388                                                    | 2784                                                    | 2451                                                    | 978                                                     | 135                                                     |
| Karnataka                                               | 5599                                                    | 10195                                                   | 10269                                                   | 5004                                                    | 2865                                                    |
| Kerala                                                  | 977                                                     | 746                                                     | 810                                                     | 1129                                                    | 1129                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                          | 10516                                                   | 17804                                                   | 14819                                                   | 5141                                                    | 150                                                     |
| Maharashtra                                             | 12055                                                   | 14214                                                   | 10906                                                   | 4771                                                    | 159                                                     |
| Manipur                                                 | 24                                                      | 71                                                      | 73                                                      | 24                                                      | 0                                                       |
| Meghalaya                                               | 638                                                     | 988                                                     | 229                                                     | 52                                                      | 0                                                       |
| Mizoram                                                 | 163                                                     | 346                                                     | 4                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       |
| Nagaland                                                | 743                                                     | 1631                                                    | 720                                                     | 154                                                     | 0                                                       |

| Orissa                  | 3388                    | 4748                    | 3699                    | 1629                    | 104                     |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Punjab                  | 6128                    | 5028                    | 4412                    | 3023                    | 0                       |
| Rajasthan               | 6967                    | 12900                   | 11739                   | 3690                    | 308                     |
| Sikkim                  | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| Tamil Nadu              | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| Telangana               | 2097                    | 4038                    | 3431                    | 1552                    | 106                     |
| Tripura                 | 1021                    | 1440                    | 1153                    | 492                     | 75                      |
| Uttar Pradesh (west)    | 8040                    | 10113                   | 5779                    | 2721                    | 131                     |
| Uttar Pradesh (east)    | 14474                   | 17878                   | 12860                   | 5848                    | 70                      |
| Uttarakhand             | 1767                    | 1536                    | 1139                    | 711                     | 183                     |
| West Bengal             | 2713                    | 2225                    | 2031                    | 723                     | 0                       |
| STATES TOTAL            | 100011                  | 137340                  | 109092                  | 47772                   | 6548                    |
| Union Territories (UTs) | Union Territories (UTs) | Union Territories (UTs) | Union Territories (UTs) | Union Territories (UTs) | Union Territories (UTs) |
| Andaman & Nicobar       | 69                      | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| Chandigarh              | 12                      | 18                      | 19                      | 12                      | 12                      |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli    | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| Daman and Diu           | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| Lakshadweep             | 10                      | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| Puducherry              | 98                      | 82                      | 92                      | 98                      | 101                     |
| UTs TOTAL               | 189                     | 100                     | 111                     | 110                     | 113                     |
| GRAND TOTAL             | 100200                  | 137440                  | 109203                  | 47882                   | 6661                    |

Release of Basic Grants to State Government (s) for Rural Local Bodies during 2015 - 16 as recommended by Fourteenth Finance Commission as on 31 - 03- 2016

| States            | Annual Allocation   | Amount released by MoF (Rs. In Lakhs)   | Amount released by MoF (Rs. In Lakhs)   | Amount released by MoF (Rs. In Lakhs)   |
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| States            | (Rs. In             | 1 st Instalment                         | 2 nd Instalment                         | T otal                                  |
| Andhra Pradesh    | crores) 934.34      | 46717.00                                | 46123.91                                | 92840.91                                |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 88.52               | 4426.00                                 | 0.00                                    | 4426.00                                 |
| Assam             | 584.80              | 29240.00                                | 0.00                                    | 29240.00                                |
| Bihar             | 2269.18             | 113459.00                               | 0.00                                    | 113459.00                               |
| Chhattisgarh      | 566.18              | 28309.00                                | 28309.00                                | 56618.00                                |
| Goa               | 14.44               | 722.00                                  | 0.00                                    | 722.00                                  |
| Gujarat           | 932.25              | 46613.00                                | 46612.00                                | 93225.00                                |
| Haryana           | 419.28              | 20964.00                                | 20964.00                                | 41928.00                                |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 195.39              | 9770.00                                 | 9769.00                                 | 19539.00                                |
| # Jammu & Kashmir | 373.96              | 18698.00                                | 18074.44                                | 36772.44                                |
| Jharkhand         | 652.83              | 32642.00                                | 32641.00                                | 65283.00                                |
| Karnataka         | 1002.85             | 50143.00                                | 0.00                                    | 50143.00                                |
| Kerala            | 433.76              | 21688.00                                | 0.00                                    | 21688.00                                |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 1463.61             | 73181.00                                | 73180.00                                | 146361.00                               |
| Maharashtra       | 1623.32             | 81166.00                                | 81166.00                                | 162332.00                               |
| Manipur           | 22.25               | 1113.00                                 | 1112.00                                 | 2225.00                                 |
| Orissa            | 955.52              | 47776.00                                | 47776.00                                | 95552.00                                |
| Punjab            | 441.70              | 22085.00                                | 0.00                                    | 22085.00                                |
| Rajasthan         | 1471.95             | 73598.00                                | 73597.00                                | 147195.00                               |
| Sikkim            | 16.03               | 802.00                                  | 802.00                                  | 1604.00                                 |
| Tamil Nadu        | 947.65              | 47383.00                                | 47382.00                                | 94765.00                                |
| Telangana         | 580.34              | 29017.00                                | 29017.00                                | 58034.00                                |
| Tripura           | 36.24               | 1812.00                                 | 1812.00                                 | 3624.00                                 |
| # Uttar Pradesh   | 3862.60             | 193130.00                               | 192129.58                               | 385259.58                               |
| Uttarakhand       | 203.26              | 10163.00                                | 10163.00                                | 20326.00                                |
| West Bengal       | 1532.21             | 73542.90                                | 0.00                                    | 73542.90                                |
| Total             | 21624.46            | 1078159.90                              | 760629.93                               | 1838789.8 3                             |

# 2 nd Instalment released on pro - rata basis on the basis of information provided by State Government.