Govt to launch project to connect 1.5L rural areas with WiFi
The Centre on Monday will start its final phase of BharatNet project, to provide high-speed broadband and WiFi in all panchayats by March 2019, Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan said. The project is aimed at connecting 1.5 lakh panchayats through 10 lakh kilometres of additional optical fibre. The government will provide support of â¹3,600 crore to telecom operators for the project.