(a) the number of village Panchayats had been connected with
telephone facilities till March 31, 2002 in each State;
(b) the number of cities in the country which are connected
with Internet in each State; and
(c) the proposal of the Government to expand the
telecommunication network in the country in Tenth Year Plan?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) The information is given in the enclosed Annexure-I.
(b) Internet connectivity is available in all the cities in
the country. State-wise information is given in the enclosed
annexure-II.
(c) New Telecom Policy’ 99 envisages a tele-density of 15 in
the country by 2010 and expansion of Network during 10th Plan
Period is being planned accordingly.
ANNEXURE-I
Circle-wise Status of Panchayat Villages with VPTs as on 31-03-2002
S.No. Circle Total No. of Panchayat Villages Panchayat provided Villages With telecom facility
1 Andaman & 67 67 Nicobar 2 Andhra Pradesh 19533 18260 3 Assam 2486 2095 4 Bihar 8471 7884 5 Chhatisgarh 9139 6265 6 Gujarat 13510 12542 7 Haryana 5946 5946 8 Himachal 2922 2819 Pradesh 9 Jammu & 1461 901 Kashmir 10 Jharkhand 3303 2421 11 Karnataka 5692 5690 12 Kerala 1000 1000 13 Madhya Pradesh 22029 18820 14 Maharashtra 24937 22917 15 North-East-I 2020 1729 16 North-East-II 2374 1726 17 Orissa 5254 5010 18 Punjab 12477 12477 19 Rajasthan 9184 8641 20 Tamil Nadu 13126 13126 21 Uttar Pradesh 51262 45892
(East) 22 Uttar Pradesh 12831 12831
(West) 23 Uttaranchal 6843 4885 24 West Bengal 3473 3473 25 Kolkata 437 437 Telephones 26 DELHI 191 191 TOTAL 239968 218045
Statewise List of Nos. Of Cities having Internet Connectivity
Serial No. Name Of State No. Of Cities
1. Andaman & Nicobar 2
2. Andhra Pradesh 23
3. Assam 23
4. Bihar 38
5. Chhattisgarh 16 6. Gujarat 25 + (U/T)
7 Haryana 19
8. Himachal Pradesh 12
9. Jammu And Kashmir 14 10. Jharkhand 22 11. Karnataka 27 12. Kerala 14+ (U/T) 13. Madhya Pradesh 45 14. Maharashtra 35 15. Arunachal 15 16. Nagaland 8 17. Manipur 9 18. Meghalaya 7 19. Mizoram 8 20. Tripura 4 21. Orissa 30 22. Punjab 18 23. Rajasthan 32 24. Tamil Nadu 29 + (U/T) 25. Uttranchal 13 26. Uttar Pradesh 70 27. West Bengal + Sikkim 22
UT:- Union Territory