37% rural youth sans Internet access: Study
The Union government is considering doubling spending on a high-speed Internet grid to connect villages across the country to Rs.70,000 crore, communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
A committee appointed by the ministry has recommended raising the allocation for the National Optical Fibre Network to enable changes to the project, Prasad said in an interview on Friday in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to approve the budget increase, according to Prasad.
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