Government has set a target to achieve 175 million broadband connections by 2017 and 600 million by 2020 at minimum 2 Mbps download speed. Minister for Communication and Information and Technology , Sachin Pilot has said this in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. Mr Pilot said the number of broadband connections in India stood at 13.35 million by the end of December 2011. He said Maharashtra including Goa leads the race with 23.55 lakh broadband connections, followed by Tamil Nadu including Pudducherry with 16.62 lakh connections as on December 30, 2011. Karnataka with 13.44 lakh connections was at the third position, while Andhra Pradesh with 13.42 lakh connections took the fourth spot. Delhi was placed at fifth position with 10.15 lakh connections.