PM-Wani in the North-Eastern Region-Data

The Prime Minister’s Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) framework aims to accelerate proliferation of internet services by setting up public Wi-Fi Access points in the country with the objective of building digital India and consequential benefits thereon. The total number of Prime Minister’s Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) hotspots installed in the country as on 21.11.2024 are 246993. The National Digital Communications Policy, 2018 aimed deployment of 10 million public Wi-Fi Hotspots by 2022.

Public Data Office Aggregators (PDOAs) registered under the PM – WANI framework provide internet service through their Public Data Offices (PDOs) based on their techno commercial considerations. Number of PDOs set up under the PM-WANI scheme since inception in North Eastern Region, state-wise, as on 21.11.2024, are as follows:

Serial Number	Name of State	No. of Wi-Fi hotspots
	Arunachal Pradesh	1017
	Manipur	19
	Meghalaya	256
	Mizoram	03
	Nagaland	78
	Tripura	309
	TOTAL	1682

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