(a) the number of persons on the waiting list for telephone connections of different
categories in the country as on October 31, 2000, State-wise;
(b) whether any special efforts are being made to clear the backlog; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the telephone connections are
proposed to be provided to all the wait listed persons in the country especially in Kerala?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
(a) As per annexure.
(b) & (c): The Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-2002) of Department of Telecommunication envisages
to provide telephone connection to all the wait listed persons in the country including Kerala
by 31.3.2002 with the participation of private sector complementing the efforts of the
department.
ANNEXURE
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CATEGORY-WISE WAITING LIST AS ON 31.10.2000
Sl. NO. NAME OF STATE OYT N-OYT TOTALNote: Gujarat state includes Dadar Diu, Daman & Nagar Haveli (U.T.). Kerala state includes Lakshadweep (U.T.) Maharashtra state includes Goa and Mumbai. North-East telecom circle includes Arunanchal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya. Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura state. Punjab state includes Chandigarh (U.T.). Tamil Nadu state includes Chennai and Pondicherry (U.T.). West Bengal state includes Calcutta, Sikkam & Andaman Nicobar (U.T.). Bihar state includes Jharkhand state. Madhya Pradesh state includes Chattisgarh state. Uttar Pradesh state includes Uttaranchal state.
1. ANDHRA PRADESH 9 454722 454731
2. ASSAM 0 27086 27086
3. BIHAR 8 141791 141799
4. GUJARAT 1 230471 230472
5. HARYANA 6 91933 91939 6. HIMACHAL PRADESH 4 42577 42581
7 JAMMU & KASHMIR 75 30414 30489
8. KARNATAKA 405 313589 313994
9. KERALA 6243 776932 783175 10. MADHYA PRADESH 0 43035 43035 11. MAHARASHTRA 68 440391 440459 12. NORTH EAST 18 30158 30176 13. ORISSA 1 41687 41688 14. PUNJAB 261 202603 202864 15. RAJASTHAN 38 124312 124350 16. TAMILNADU 43 560479 560522 17. UTTAR PRADESH 11 266344 266355 18. WEST BENGAL 42 199948 199990 19. DELHI 24 59944 59968 TOTAL 7257 4078416 4085673