The Union government in the budget 2014-15 has allocated Rs. 500 crore for its 'Digital India' initiative to set up broadband network in villages and promote local manufacturing of hardware and Indian software products.
Under the Digital India initiative, the government will focus on setting up broadband in villages, promote local manufacturing of hardware and Indian software products, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said while presenting the Budget for 2014-15.
The FM also said that the government has proposed to set-up A National Rural Internet and Technology Mission for services in villages and schools, training in IT skills and E-Kranti for government service delivery and governance scheme with an initial corpus of Rs 500 crore.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/broadband-and-iptv-news/item/5473-cq-government-grants-rs-5bn-for-rural-broadband-connectivity.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/broadband-and-iptv-news/item/5473-cq-government-grants-rs-5bn-for-rural-broadband-connectivity.html
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