Cabinet approves ₹1.39-lakh cr plan for rural broadband: Report

The Union Cabinet approved a last-mile broadband connectivity plan for 6.4 lakh villages across the country under the BharatNet Project with an outlay of ₹1.39 lakh crore, according to sources. Around 1.94 lakh villages have been connected under the BharatNet Project at present, and the balance is likely to be connected in two and a half years, they added.