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Rs 7-trn plan to provide internet access to rural areas by 2022 launched

For the mission, Rs 70,000 crore will come from the USOF

Minister for Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Ravi Shankar Prasad

Neha Alawadhi
The government on Tuesday launched the National Broadband Mission to provide broadband access to all villages by 2022, at an estimated stakeholder investment of Rs 7 trillion.

The mission, launched by Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, will facilitate “universal and equitable access to broadband services across the country, especially in rural and remote areas”. 

An incremental 3 million route kilometres of optical fiber cable is planned to be laid, while tower density is expected to increase from 0.42 to 1 tower per thousand of population by 2024. Setting up a National Broadband Mission was part of the plan

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