Indian Villages Go Digital! 2 Lakh Gram Panchayats Service-Geared Up For Broadband Connectivity
Indian villages move digital: Union minister of State for panchayati Raj SP Singh Baghel informed the rajya sabha on wednesday that over 2 lakh gram panchayats in india have been made carrier-equipped under an assignment that aims to provide less expensive, high-velocity internet to rural India.
branch of Telecommunications (DoT) implemented the BharatNet venture in a phased manner to provide broadband services to all gram panchayats in the United States, knowledgeable Baghel in a written response.
The minister highlighted that the BharatNet challenge's infrastructure is a critical, countrywide, useful resource, open to all service vendors without bias. He stated that it is able to be utilized to offer broadband offerings together with Fiber to the home (FTTH) connections, leased lines, dark fiber, backhaul to cellular towers, and so on.
Moreover, the minister knowledgeable about the residence that as of february 2025, 2,14,323 gram panchayats have been made carrier-ready beneath the undertaking.
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He additionally informed the parliament that the Union cabinet has authorized the Amended Bharat internet software (ABP) below the "design, construct, function, and maintain" (DBOM) model to upgrade the present network of BharatNet phase-I and phase-II, create a community in round 42,000 gram panchayats that aren't service-equipped, and operate and maintain it for 10 years.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has been tasked with presenting 15 million fiber-to-the-domestic (FTTH) connections to families over the following 5 years, stated the minister, adding that the timeline for the crowning glory of the ABP is march 2027.
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