37% rural youth sans Internet access: Study
One of the key facets of the government’s flagship Digital India programme is increasing connectivity in rural areas of the country. The National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) programme, which proved to be a laggard in the early days was rebranded by the government as Bharat Net and several new frameworks were developed to ensure the Centre’s target is met. While the new optical fibre project may have only started picking pace, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has put its eggs in other baskets too, to ascertain that its aim of boosting rural connectivity does not go unmet.
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