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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