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‘Digital India’ Push: FM Announces Rs 19,000 Crore Additional Outlay For BharatNet Project
FM Nirmala Sitharaman. (pic via Twitter)
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced an additional outlay of more than Rs 19,000 crore for Bharat Net Project which aims for broadband to reach each village. It should be noted that out of 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats, 1,56,223 Gram Panchayats have been made service ready by 31st May, 2021.
She further added that implementation of BharatNet will be in PPP model in 16 States (bundled into 9 packages) on viability gap funding basis.
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