(a) the number of telephone connections sanctioned in the country during the last three years, State-wise; and
(b) the State-wise, number of telephone connections released out of them?
(a) the number of telephone connections sanctioned in the country during the last three years, State-wise; and
(b) the State-wise, number of telephone connections released out of them?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRIMATI SUMITRA MAHAJAN)
(a) & (b): The target and achievement of New direct Exchange Lines (DEL`s) of Public Sector Units in the country during the last three years is given in the Annexure.
ANNEXURE
TARGETS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF DEL`s(DIRECT EXCHANGE LINES) DURING LAST THREE YEARS
1999-00 2000-01 2001-02
SL.No. Name of State/U.Ts Target Achiev- Target Achiev- Target Achiev- for New ement for New ement for New ement Direct of New Direct of New Direct of New excha- Direct excha- Direct excha- Direct nge Excha- nge Excha- nge Excha- lines nge lines nge lines nge lines lines lines
1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 7000 8690 7000 5613 7700 2958 2 ANDHRA PRADESH 350000 655088 575000 610931 467500 293126 3 ASSAM 60000 61162 55000 65260 81500 82614 4 BIHAR 163000 125179 260000 264396 149100 168775 5 JHARKHAND 47500 68804 6 GUJARAT $$ 250000 374022 330000 476841 584400 435189 7 HARYANA 117000 117436 150000 152193 233000 189702 8 HIMACHAL PRADESH 59000 60027 60000 61761 83100 88751 9 JAMMU & KASHMIR 40000 22158 50000 43512 72700 49278 10 KARNATAKA 300000 364715 425000 427155 455500 330169 11 KERALA ++ 400000 350055 450000 456444 611100 529001 12 MADHYA PRADESH 141000 154816 150000 167166 128300 112224 13 CHHTTISGARH 21200 28365 14 MAHARASHTRA @ 620000 657868 840000 779027 815300 747397 15 NORTH EAST # 40000 43801 50000 49274 40600 44697 16 ORISSA 87000 89036 100000 103107 109700 114810 17 PUNJAB $ 240000 208288 250000 251197 426700 379565 18 RAJASTHAN 180000 182395 210000 216886 276100 264998 19 TAMIL NADU +++ 490000 546170 700000 702187 547500 407593 20 UTTAR PRADESH 400000 418217 490000 527929 489100 468462 21 UTTRANCHAL 84900 51086 22 WEST BENGAL 341000 301803 438000 402290 418900 332839 23 DELHI 200000 176733 200000 161620 125000 85947
TOTAL 4485000 4917659 5790000 5924789 6276400 5276350
$$ Gujarat includes the Union Territories of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu ++ Kerala includes the Union Territory of Lakshdweep Islands @ Maharashtra includes the State of Goa # North East includes the States of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland $ Punjab includes the Union Territory of Chandigarh +++ Tamil Nadu includes the Union Territory of Pondicherry West Bengal includes the State of Sikkim.