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Cabinet decisions

09 Dec 2020

Cabinet approves Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana; check other decisions

The Cabinet approved laying of an undersea optical fibre cable to 11 Lakshadweep Islands to provide high-speed broadband internet connectivity It would be on the lines of the one recently laid to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The cabinet also approved setting up of 1 crore data centres The govt also decided to provide Rs 22,810 cr towards employee, employer contribution to the retirement fund of new hires for 2 years

Ravi Shankar Prasad

10 Aug 2020

Work of 2313 km optical fibre cable completed on record time: Ravi Shankar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (July 10) inaugurated the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair via video conferencing. It is to be noted that the submarine cable will connect Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar, Long Island and Rangat. Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the telecommunication department is trying to install VSAT at 200 locations in Jammu and Kashmir for Digital Satellite Phone Terminals, of which 183 are operational now.

10 Aug 2020

Airtel become 1st mobile operator to launch Ultra-Fast 4G services in Andaman

Airtel said, the fiber link will be a game changer for the region and unlock the true potential of 4G and even 5G in future for customers. The submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connects Chennai and Port Blair via video conferencing. The submarine cable will connect Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar, Long Island and Rangat.

10 Aug 2020

PM Modi inaugurates submarine OFC connecting Port Blair, Chennai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (July 10) inaugurated the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair via video conferencing. PM Modi said that submarine OFC will connect Andaman and Nicobar to the rest of the country and it shows the Centre's commitment to improve the standard of living of the people of the island. The foundation stone for the project was laid by PM Modi on December 30, 2018, at Port Blair.

broadband subscribers

28 Jul 2017

India to have 600 mn broadband connections by 2020: Minister

There were 422.19 million broadband subscribers and the internet penetration (internet subscriber per 100 populations) was 32.86 per cent in the country as on March 31, 2017, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha informed Parliament on Friday.

20 Jul 2016

All gram panchayats to be connected through OFC by 2018: Governmnet

All Gram Panchayats in the country will be connected through Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) to set up a network infrastructure by December 2018 under the government's Digital India Programme, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

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