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06/08/23 09:00 AM IST

6.4 lakh villages to get broadband connectivity

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  • The Union Cabinet has approved a last-mile broadband connectivity plan for 6.4 lakh villages across the country under the BharatNet project with an outlay of Rs 1.39 lakh crore.
Broadband Connectivity plan
  • Around 1.94 lakh villages have been connected under the BharatNet project at present.
  • The rest of the villages are likely to be connected in two and a half years.
  • Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), an arm of the state-owned BSNL, will implement the project in partnership by village level entrepreneurs (VLEs).
  • The model was finalised after successful completion of a pilot project.
  • After initially connecting villages in four districts, the pilot project connected 60,000 villages across states.
  • Customer equipment and fibre required for connecting houses will be provided by the BBNL and local entrepreneurs will be tasked with maintaining the network.
  • As many as 3,800 VLEs were involved in the pilot project that was implemented in 60,000 villages.
Bharat Net Project
  • BharatNet Project was originally launched in 2011 as the National Optical Fibre Network(NOFN) and renamed as Bharat-Net in 2015.
  • It seeks to provide connectivity to 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) through optical fibre.
  • It is a flagship mission implemented by Bharat Broadband Network Ltd. (BBNL).
  • The objective is to facilitate the delivery of e-governance, e-health, e-education, e-banking, Internet and other services to rural India.
Source- The Tribune

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