The telecom department plans to take mobile networks by December 2016 to nearly 10 per cent of Indian villages that are still unconnected, to make the government´s ambitious Digital India programme more pervasive. Of the 6,00,000 villages in the country, about 55,000 are still awaiting mobile connectivity.
´In sync with PM´s vision, it has become imperative to offer digital services on mobile platform,´ Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg said, speaking at the´Good Governance Day´ programme hosted by the Ministry of Communications and IT. Under the Rs 1.13 lakh crore mega Digital India initiative, the government aims to connect the country with broadband Internet.
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