Under the ‘antyodaya’ vision which envisages digital inclusion and connectivity for all, the Central government has approved project 4G mobile services for 1619 villages of Meghalaya.
In total across the country, 7,287 villages in 44 districts of five states have been covered under the scheme for mobile 4G services.
The Union Cabinet recently approved a project for saturation of 4G mobile services in uncovered villages across the country at a total cost of Rs 26,316 crore.
The project will provide 4G mobile services in 24,680 uncovered villages in remote and difficult areas.
The project has a provision to include 20% additional villages on account of rehabilitation, new settlements, withdrawal of services by existing operators etc.
In addition, 6,279 villages having only 2G/3G connectivity shall be upgraded to 4G.
BSNL is already in process of deployment of Atmanirbhar 4G technology stack, which will be deployed in this project as well.
This project will promote delivery of various e-governance services, banking services, tele-medicine, tele-education etc. through mobile broadband and generate employment in rural areas.
