Ministry of Communications
Spending on Bharatnet Project
Posted On:
20 JUL 2022 3:11PM by PIB Delhi
BharatNet project is implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to approximately 2.6 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country. As per Cabinet approval dated 30-06-2021, the scope of the project has been extended up to all inhabited villages beyond GPs. In last five years (2017-18 to 2021-22), a total of Rs. 22,676 crore has been disbursed upto 31.03.2022 under the BharatNet Project by Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL). As per Union Budget 2022-23 announcement, all villages are expected to be connected through optical fiber by 2025. The State/UT-wise and Year-wise details of amount disbursed under the BharatNet Project is given in Annexure-I.
Annexure-I
State/UT-wise and Year-wise details of Funds disbursed under the BharatNet Project
|
S.No.
|
Name of States/UT
|
Rupees in crores
|
|
2017-18
|
2018-19
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
1
|
11
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
12
|
32
|
21
|
13
|
40
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
45
|
182
|
370
|
333
|
66
|
|
4
|
Chandigarh
|
|
|
0.03
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
248
|
269
|
110
|
697
|
426
|
|
6
|
Haryana
|
151
|
59
|
72
|
16
|
10
|
|
7
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
4
|
21
|
55
|
19
|
100
|
|
8
|
Karnataka
|
274
|
160
|
143
|
68
|
44
|
|
9
|
Kerala
|
13
|
13
|
26
|
8
|
129
|
|
10
|
Maharashtra
|
453
|
525
|
265
|
1475
|
414
|
|
11
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1276
|
524
|
348
|
479
|
59
|
|
12
|
Punjab
|
13
|
137
|
404
|
157
|
207
|
|
13
|
Rajasthan
|
159
|
162
|
207
|
259
|
85
|
|
14
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
1382
|
503
|
643
|
480
|
233
|
|
15
|
Uttarakhand
|
4
|
67
|
30
|
10
|
49
|
|
16
|
West Bengal
|
96
|
97
|
51
|
16
|
5
|
|
17
|
Sikkim
|
21
|
8
|
3
|
0
|
38
|
|
18
|
Puducherry
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
19
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
14
|
1
|
22
|
41
|
5
|
|
20
|
Nagaland
|
16
|
0
|
5
|
30
|
-1
|
|
21
|
Manipur
|
15
|
9
|
6
|
13
|
4
|
|
22
|
Mizoram
|
12
|
1
|
2
|
31
|
5
|
|
23
|
Tripura
|
17
|
9
|
8
|
4
|
2
|
|
24
|
Meghalaya
|
20
|
2
|
7
|
19
|
41
|
|
25
|
Gujarat, D & N, Daman & Diu
|
233
|
303
|
976
|
1067
|
215
|
|
26
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
|
27
|
Telangana
|
113
|
39
|
19
|
263
|
1121
|
|
28
|
Odisha
|
47
|
68
|
160
|
311
|
181
|
|
29
|
Jharkhand
|
48
|
122
|
76
|
376
|
125
|
|
30
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1
|
5
|
28
|
3
|
6
|
|
31
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
85
|
4
|
170
|
186
|
107
|
|
32
|
Tamilnadu
|
111
|
0
|
0
|
39
|
74
|
|
33
|
Ladakh
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Total
|
4884
|
3325
|
4241
|
6416
|
3810
|
This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications, Shri Devusinh Chauhan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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