Ministry of Communications
Status of PM-Wani in the North-Eastern Region
Posted On:
27 NOV 2024 3:28PM by PIB Delhi
The Prime Minister's Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) framework aims to accelerate proliferation of internet services by setting up public Wi-Fi Access points in the country with the objective of building digital India and consequential benefits thereon. The total number of Prime Minister's Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) hotspots installed in the country as on 21.11.2024 are 246993. The National Digital Communications Policy, 2018 aimed deployment of 10 million public Wi-Fi Hotspots by 2022.
Public Data Office Aggregators (PDOAs) registered under the PM - WANI framework provide internet service through their Public Data Offices (PDOs) based on their techno commercial considerations. Number of PDOs set up under the PM-WANI scheme since inception in North Eastern Region, state-wise, as on 21.11.2024, are as follows:
|
Serial Number
|
Name of State
|
No. of Wi-Fi hotspots
|
-
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
1017
|
-
|
Manipur
|
19
|
-
|
Meghalaya
|
256
|
-
|
Mizoram
|
03
|
-
|
Nagaland
|
78
|
-
|
Tripura
|
309
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
1682
|
This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications, Dr. Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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