INTERNET CONNECTIONS IN PANCHAYATS

Posted On: 01 APR 2026 3:24PM by PIB Delhi 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 ₹ 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 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 * 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) Financial Year Fund disbursed (Amount in ₹crore) 2020-21 5919.79 2021-22 7510.96 2022-23 1500.00 2023-24 3075.54 2024-25 3995.01 Total 22001.30 Annexure-III State-wise details of fund disbursed under BharatNet Project during last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25) Sl. No. Name of States/ UT Fund disbursed (Amount in ₹crore) 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 <td style