Government in a bid to connect Gram Panchayats to the internet through broadband it has approved laying down of optical fiber cable (OFC). Three pilots have already been launched in three states and 100 Mbps bandwidth has been created at all the 58 Gram Panchayats which are covered in this project started in October last year, said Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology. He further added, 5,81,610 villages out of the 5,93,601 inhabited revenue villages as per Census 2001, have been covered with Village Public Telephones (VPTs) facility by January end this year.
Saturday 2 March 2013
Internet Connectivity for Gram Panchayats
Government in a bid to connect Gram Panchayats to the internet through broadband it has approved laying down of optical fiber cable (OFC). Three pilots have already been launched in three states and 100 Mbps bandwidth has been created at all the 58 Gram Panchayats which are covered in this project started in October last year, said Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology. He further added, 5,81,610 villages out of the 5,93,601 inhabited revenue villages as per Census 2001, have been covered with Village Public Telephones (VPTs) facility by January end this year.
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