Government To Provide Fibre Optic Internet Connectivity To 150,000 Indian Villages

Narendra Modi’s government has been making some serious efforts to provide internet connectivity to rural areas, bring every Indian citizen online and fulfill its dream of a Digital India.

At the recent unveiling of the Union budget, the finance minister, Arun Jaitley mentioned about upping the govt. budget to Rs 100 billion ($1.4 billion) to bring affordable high-speed broadband connection to 150,000 villages in a year. He further added that they’ve already laid a 155,000km long optical fibre cable across the country for this effort.

With initiatives like “Digi Gaon,” the Indian government plans to provide free internet access to 1,000 villages in the next six months.

Apart from the government; technology giants like Google, Facebook and Microsoft have also joined hands to cater to the country’s 1.3 billion population, who could prove to be potential customers.

As a result of the recent partnership between Google & RailTel service provider, more than 100 railway stations in India are equipped with free Wi-Fi. 300 more stations are expected to get internet access in next three years.

Microsoft, on the other hand, aims to directly beam internet data to people by using white space (unused frequencies).

After India banned Facebook’s Free Basics (formerly known as Internet.org), the American company has been working on Express WiFi, an initiative similar to Google’s free Wi-Fi project.

India is already considered the second largest internet market, with over 400 million internet users. Using the latest budget allocations and initiatives like “Digi Gaon”, the government aims to go the extra mile to get every Indian online.

Share
Leave a Comment

Recent Posts

Rushikonda buildings: Chandrababu Naidu hits out at Jagan

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has come down heavily on former Chief Minister Y S…

8 hours ago

Roads in State will be pothole-free by Sankranti: CM

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said all roads in the Andhra Pradesh state should…

8 hours ago

5 reasons why you should watch Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 now!

Kartik Aaryan's new horror-comedy, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, is the talk of the town, winning hearts…

9 hours ago

Bigg Boss Telugu 8: Nikhil’s Aggression Shocks The Audience!

Bigg Boss Telugu is a popular reality show with a huge viewership from all ages.…

13 hours ago

IT employee dies in road accident in Vizag

A youth died in a road accident near Panorama Hills in the limits of the…

13 hours ago

7 upcoming events in Visakhapatnam this November that are actually fun!

As we step into a new month, fresh possibilities and memories waiting to be made…

13 hours ago