Union Cabinet has given approval to provide additional 19 thousand 41 crore rupees for BharatNet for broadband facility to each village through BharatNet PPP Model.
Giving details about this decision, Union Minister for Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Union Cabinet has accorded approval for revised implementation strategy of BharatNet through Public Private Partnership mode in 16 States of the country with optical fibre connectivity to all inhabited villages.
He said, it has been given in principal approval with a total expenses of 29 thousand 432 crore rupees out of which the viability gap funding of the government of India will be 19 thousand 41 crore rupees.
The States covered under it are Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
Mr Prasad informed that an estimated 3.61 lakh villages including Gram Panchayats will be covered through PPP Model.
The Union Minister also informed that the extension of reach of BharatNet to all inhabited villages with reliable, quality, high speed broadband will enable better access of e-services offered by various Central and State Government agencies.
Mr Prasad said, it will also enable students accessing online education, ensure telemedicine services, skill development, e-commerce and other applications of broadband.
The Cabinet also accorded in principle approval for extending BharatNet to cover all inhabited villages in the remaining States and Union Territories.
Department of Telecommunication will separately workout the modalities for the remaining States and UTs.
Proliferation of broadband in rural areas will bridge the rural-urban divide of digital access and accelerate the achievement of Digital India.
The penetration and proliferation of broadband is also expected to increase direct and indirect employment and income generation.
The States where PPP Model is envisaged, will facilitate free Right of Way.
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