Govt allocates ₹10,000 crore to provide high-speed broadband
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday announced that ₹10,000 crore was allotted for the Bharat Net project to provide high-speed broadband in 1.5 lakh Gram Panchayats by the end of 2017-2018. Optical fibre has already been laid across 1.55 lakh km, Jaitley said. A Digi Gaon initiative will be launched to provide telemedicine and education through digital technology, he added. 