Govt approves â¹4,000 crore for internet in all panchayats
The government has approved â¹4,066 crore for providing internet connectivity to people in all gram panchayats under the BharatNet project, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said on Friday. The first phase of the project aims to connect 1 lakh panchayats with 100 Mbps speed, he added. The government plans to connect all gram panchayats with high-speed broadband by March 2019.