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"We will tomorrow (Monday) launch phase 2 of bharatnet to connect 1.5 lakh gram panchayats with high-speed broadband by March 2019.

New Delhi, Jul 19 () The Cabinet today approved the 'Modified Implementation Strategy' of bharatnet project for providing broadband connectivity to all gram panchayats by March 2019, according to an official source.

The government on Monday decided to provide an additional Rs 19,041 crore for extending bharatnet project through the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The outlay will enable extension of bharatnet broadband connectivity to all gram panchayats and inhabited villages.

Responding to a question by Navsari MP and Gujarat BJP president C R Paatil, the Union government informed the Parliament that the work of connecting gram panchayats with fibre optic connection is close to completion.

Government's Rs 72,000-crore nationwide broadband network programme bharatnet is likely to be submitted for the Cabinet approval within two months, a senior Department of Telecom official has said.

New Delhi, Nov 13 () The second phase of bharatnet project with an outlay of Rs 31,000 crore and a mandate to provide high-speed broadband to all panchayats by March 2019 got off the block today.

The department of information and technology (DoIT) hopes to begin the transition of the state-wide area network from Goa Broadband Network (GBBN) to the Centre’s Bharat Broadband Network Limited (bharatnet)

An estimated 3.61 lakh villages including Gram Panchayats will be covered. The estimated maximum viability gap funding approved for the PPP model is Rs 19,041 crores.

New Delhi, Jul 18 () The government has allocated and disbursed Rs 20,431 crore for the bharatnet project till date to connect all 2.5 lakh village panchayats with high-speed broadband network, Parliament was informed Thursday.

New Delhi, Nov 18 () Drawing flak from the telecom department over gaps in maintenance of bharatnet infrastructure, BSNL has promised to take action against erring officers, but asserted that its maintenance responsibility pertains to only the optical fibre portion, sources said.

The Congress on Saturday demanded an independent and time-bound probe by a sitting judge into the alleged financial irregularities in the optical fibre cable work under the Centre's bharatnet programme flagged by the Comptroller Auditor General of India (CAG).

Around 4,000 villages of various aspirational districts in the state will soon get 4G mobile connectivity under the bharatnet programme as the Centre has already cleared a proposal in this regard.

With the Goa BroadBand Network (GBBN) project nearing its end, the state government now plans to implement the Centre’s Bharat Broadband Network Limited (bharatnet) in Goa to connect the village panchayats and over 200 government offices

Reliance Jio Infocomm could become the first telecom operator in the country to lease fibre being laid by the government under the bharatnet initiative.

New Delhi, Sep 7 () The government is giving shape to an ambitious Rs 3,700-crore plan in an attempt to cover nearly 5.5 lakh villages with wifi facility by March 2019, a top Department of Telecom official said. "In September, we expect to put out tender for 2.

The project cost is estimated to be around Rs 3,700 crore. The government expects to start broadband services with about 1,000 megabit per second (1 gbps) across 1 lakh gram panchayats by the end of this year.

Vijayawada, May 17 () The Centre has asked states to follow the Andhra Pradesh model in laying optic fibre cable lines over electric poles to complete the bharatnet project, touted as the 'backbone for Digital India', by December 2018.

Agiyaon of Bhojpur district has become the first block in Bihar to provide high-speed fibre broadband connectivity to all its 15 gram panchayats under the bharatnet Project.

Tamil Nadu minister for revenue and information technology R B Udhayakumar has refuted charges of irregularities in the implementation of bharatnet project, which will connect all the villages in the state through optic fibre network.

New Delhi, Mar 27 () Domestic telecom gear maker Tejas Networks today said it has won a Rs 336-crore order from state-run BSNL for expansion of bharatnet project. "...

After two false starts, when the multi-crore bharatnet project had to be scrapped after corruption allegations, Tamil Nadu finally inked a pact marking the take-off of the project touted as info-highway of the future.

Tamil Nadu minister for Revenue and Information Technology, R B Udhayakumar on Thursday hit out at senior DMK leader I Periyasamy for "engaging in false propaganda" over the implementation of bharatnet project, to connect villages with broadband fibre network, and demanding a CBI inquiry into it.

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a budget of Rs 42,068 crore for bharatnet programme. Of this, Rs 18,792 crore will be for the second phase.

Optical fibre connectivity has been provided to more than 1.10 lakh gram panchayats under the bharatnet project, the government said on Thursday. The project is aimed at providing broadband connectivity to all gram panchayats in the country.

New Delhi, Mar 31 () The government today said 80,000 gram panchayats in the country have been provided with broadband connectivity under bharatnet programme and the rest of the targeted 1 lakh villages will be given the facility by the next month.