Parliament Question: Broadband Connectivity to Government Secondary Schools and Primary Health Centres

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3973 ANSWERED ON 12TH AUGUST, 2026 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY TO GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES †3973. SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV:

WILL the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) the current status of providing broadband connectivity to all Government Secondary Schools and Primary Health Centres in the State of Bihar under the Bharat Net Project in accordance with the announcement made in the Union Budget 2025-26, and the number of such schools and Primary Health Centres that have been provided with broadband connectivity so far;

(b) the timeline fixed for providing broadband connectivity to the remaining Government Secondary Schools and Primary Health Centres and the current status of implementation, district- wise; and

(c) the details of the amount sanctioned and spent for the State of Bihar under the BharatNet project, district-wise details of broadband connections provided so far, number of benefitted institutions, implementing agencies and the proposed time-frame for completion of the project? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)

(a) & (b) Under the Amended BharatNet Programme (ABP), Government has made provision for 1.5 crore Fiber to the Home (FTTH) connections in Gram Panchayats/villages across the country (including Bihar), with priority to cover Government institutions, including Schools and Primary Health Centres.

As on 30.06.2026, under BharatNet, a total of 1,726 Government Secondary Schools and 190 Primary Health Centres are connected with FTTH in Bihar. The District-wise details are given as Annexure-I.

(c) Rs. 2,116.03 crore have been disbursed for BharatNet project in the State of Bihar.

District-wise status of active FTTH connections and Government institutions with FTTH connections under BharatNet, in Bihar is given as Annexure-II.Annexure-I Annexure referred to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3973, to be answered on 12th August, 2026 District-wise status of Government Secondary Schools and Primary Health Centres connected with FTTH under BharatNet in Bihar (as on 30.06.2026) S.No. District No. of active FTTH No. of active FTTH connections to connections to Primary Government Secondary Health Centres Schools 1 Araria 11 1 2 Arwal 12 3 3 Aurangabad 24 15 4 Banka 59 5 5 Begusarai 33 3 6 Bhagalpur 112 17 7 Bhojpur 90 4 8 Buxar 9 2 9 Darbhanga 138 16 10 Gaya 50 5 11 Gopalganj 72 10 12 Jamui 17 0 13 Jehanabad 11 2 14 Kaimur (Bhabua) 7 0 15 Katihar 21 0 16 Khagaria 65 16 17 Kishanganj 4 1 18 Lakhisarai 3 0 19 Madhepura 7 24 20 Madhubani 96 0 21 Munger 11 0 22 Muzaffarpur 62 12 23 Nalanda 71 9 24 Nawada 29 0 25 Pashchim Champaran 12 0 26 Patna 118 9 27 Purbi Champaran 101 3 28 Purnia 44 1 29 Rohtas 10 0 30 Saharsa 37 2 31 Samastipur 41 2 32 Saran 67 5 33 Sheikhpura 18 3 34 Sheohar 7 1 35 Sitamarhi 31 2 36 Siwan 68 4 37 Supaul 53 4 38 Vaishali 105 9Annexure-II Annexure referred to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3973, to be answered on 12th August, 2026 District-wise status of active FTTH connections and Government Institutions with FTTH connections under BharatNet in Bihar (as on 30.06.2026) S.No. District No. of active FTTH No. of Government connections Institutions with FTTH connections 1 Araria 119 24 2 Arwal 192 26 3 Aurangabad 369 111 4 Banka 773 162 5 Begusarai 126 85 6 Bhagalpur 720 172 7 Bhojpur 1,256 160 8 Buxar 204 20 9 Darbhanga 2,014 293 10 Gaya 958 222 11 Gopalganj 568 136 12 Jamui 49 41 13 Jehanabad 160 28 14 Kaimur (Bhabua) 155 27 15 Katihar 117 56 16 Khagaria 507 112 17 Kishanganj 108 15 18 Lakhisarai 18 4 19 Madhepura 39 16 20 Madhubani 1,275 189 21 Munger 26 13 22 Muzaffarpur 656 106 23 Nalanda 765 151 24 Nawada 302 88 25 Pashchim Champaran 340 51 26 Patna 1,281 239 27 Purbi Champaran 1,132 160 28 Purnia 309 82 29 Rohtas 159 30 30 Saharsa 134 43 31 Samastipur 351 102 32 Saran 595 205 33 Sheikhpura 122 34 34 Sheohar 204 24 35 Sitamarhi 389 85 36 Siwan 493 147 37 Supaul 379 132 38 Vaishali 1,184 220 *****