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Govt Approves Rs 26,000 Crore To Install 25,000 Mobile Towers In 500 Days
Mobile Towers (Representative Image)
The government has approved Rs 26,000 crore for the installation of 25,000 mobile towers in 500 days, an official statement said on Tuesday.
According to a telecom ministry spokesperson, financial support for the project will be provided by Universal Services Obligation Fund and it will be implemented by Bharat Broadband Network.
The project was announced by Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at the three-day long 'Digital India Conference of State IT Ministers' that concluded on October 3.
Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and Information Technology and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MoS Communications Devusinh Chauhan, and IT ministers from 12 states and UTs, namely AndhraPradesh, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Puducherry participated in the conference.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without any modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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