India, April 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
S. No.
States/UTs
Total no. of GPs & Equivalents
No. of Service Ready Points*
1
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
70
81
2
Andhra Pradesh
13327
12972
3
Arunachal Pradesh
2108
1145
4
Assam
2657
1634
5
Bihar
8052
8860
6
Chhattisgarh
11693
9759
7
Goa
191
0
8
Gujarat
14621
14563
9
Haryana
6230
6204
10
Himachal Pradesh
3615
416
11
Jammu &Kashmir
4291
1115
12
Jharkhand
4345
4649
13
Karnataka
5949
6251
14
Kerala
941
1130
15
Ladakh
193
193
16
Lakshadweep
10
9
17
Madhya Pradesh
23011
18106
18
Maharashtra
28002
24778
19
Manipur
3811
1485
20
Meghalaya
7020
697
21
Mizoram
854
539
22
Nagaland
1328
236
23
Odisha
6794
7099
24
Puducherry
108
101
25
Punjab
13236
12807
26
Rajasthan
11071
8997
27
Sikkim
199
54
28
Tamil Nadu
12480
10298
29
Telangana
12760
10926
30
The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
50
41
31
Tripura
1194
772
32
Uttar Pradesh
57695
47451
33
Uttarakhand
7817
2021
34
West Bengal
3339
2958
Total
269062
218347
Financial Year
Fund disbursed (Amount in Rs.crore)
2020-21
5919.79
2021-22
7510.96
2022-23
1500.00
2023-24
3075.54
2024-25
3995.01
Total
22001.30
Sl. No.
Name of States/ UT
Fund disbursed
1
Andaman & Nicobar
17.13
2
Andhra Pradesh
1,319.30
3
Assam
114.48
4
Bihar
812.43
5
Chhattisgarh
1,648.85
6
Gujrat (including Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu)
2,110.84
7
Haryana
266.52
8
Himachal Pradesh
146.56
9
Jammu and Kashmir (including Ladakh)
123.89
10
Jharkhand
769.94
11
Karnataka
635.89
12
Kerala
213.35
13
Lakshadweep
0.11
14
Maharashtra (including Goa)
3,400.60
15
Madhya Pradesh
1,040.94
16
NE-I (Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura)
96.67
17
NE-II (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland)
167.50
18
Odisha
765.61
19
Puducherry
7.02
20
Punjab (including Chandigarh)
740.07
21
Rajasthan
991.72
22
Tamil Nadu
986.00
23
Telangana
1,832.22
24
Uttar Pradesh
2,393.46
25
Uttarakhand
107.73
26
West Bengal (including Sikkim)
391.97
27
Centrally disbursed
900.49
Grand Total
22,001.30
(Amount in Rs.crore)
The Government is committed to strengthening digital infrastructure at the Gram Panchayat (GP) level to enable effective implementation of digital governance tools. All Gram Panchayats are connected to the internet through multiple mediums, including Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) connections and through the services provided by private Internet Service Providers.
Additionally, under the BharatNet Programme, being implemented by the Department of Telecommunications, optical fibre connectivity is being provided to all the Gram Panchayats including the Traditional local bodies (TLBs) in the country to enable high-speed broadband services, including Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) connections.
As per the information available on the BharatNet UNMS dashboard, out of 2.69 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs)/Traditional Local Bodies (TLBs) over 2.18 lakh GPs/ TLBs have been made service-ready. The State/UT-wise details of Service Ready Gram Panchayats are given at Annexure-I.
As per the information provided by DoT, funds amounting to Rs. 22,001.30 crore have been disbursed under BharatNet Project during last five financial years (2020-21 to 2024-25). The year-wise and State-wise details are given in Annexure-II and III, respectively.
Annexure-I
State/UT-wise details of Service Ready Gram Panchayats
* The data is sourced from the BharatNet UNMS Dashboard, and some Gram Panchayats may have more than one service-ready points.
Annexure-II
Year-wise details of fund disbursed under BharatNet Project during last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25)
Annexure-III
State-wise details of fund disbursed under BharatNet Project during last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25)
*Fund disbursed under Amended BharatNet Programme (ABP) for different packages are included in respective States/UT like amount of Ladakh included in J&K, Amount for Goa and Puducherry included in Karnataka, Amount for Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu included in Madhya Pradesh and Amount for A&N included in West Bengal
This information was given by Union Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 01st April 2026.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
