Provide universal broadband and Wi-Fi across rural Gujarat

Gujarat has implemented substantial rural broadband and public Wi-Fi services, but the evidence does not establish universal coverage. A March 2025 parliamentary reply recorded all 14,320 Gram Panchayats planned under BharatNet Phases I and II as service-ready and 1,23,277 fibre-to-the-home connections using the network in Gram Panchayats and villages. The Governor's February 2026 address also reported operating Rural Wi-Fi services at more than 7,685 Gram Panchayat offices in 22 districts, including one free hour daily. These are service-delivery records, rather than plans alone. A June 2025 agreement launched the Amended BharatNet programme to upgrade connectivity and extend it across all Gram Panchayats and non-GP villages on demand. An April 2026 parliamentary table subsequently recorded 14,563 service-ready points against 14,621 Gram Panchayats and equivalents, with a warning that some Panchayats may have more than one point. These measures are different: a service-ready fibre point does not prove reliable broadband and functioning public Wi-Fi throughout every rural settlement. No evidence reviewed establishes universal rural coverage or the claimed first-state position. The numerical and geographic scope therefore remains only partly delivered, supporting Partially Done with high confidence.