Cabinet nod for mobile services in 7,287 villages:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Infrastructure- roadways.   Context: The Union Cabinet has given its approval for provisioning of mobile services in uncovered villages of Aspirational Districts across five States. The project envisages to provide 4G mobile services in the 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 Aspirational Districts in the five States at an estimated cost of …

BharatNet project:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Context: The Meghalaya Cabinet has cleared amendments to a tripartite agreement for the implementation of BharatNet project in Meghalaya. The agreement was first signed in 2013 between DOT, Meghalaya government’s IT Department …