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<\/a> NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley<\/a> on Thursday presented the Union Budget 2018 wherein for giving push to the Digital India initiative he proposed to set up 5 lakh hotspots which will provide broadband to 5 crore Indians. For this, the government has allocated Rs 10,000 crore under the telecom infrastructure.\n
“2.50 lakh villages got optical fiber connectivity under Bharat Net program wherein 1 lakh gram panchayats have been connected with high speed optic fibre network in the first phase of BharatNet<\/a>,” FM Jaitley said. The government will work towards connecting 1.5 lakh more villages under BharatNet initiative.
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\nALSO<\/strong> READ: Aiming for 5 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots by 2018 end: Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan<\/a><\/strong>
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\nTo accelerate the pace of 5G adoption, the Department of Telecom (DoT) will support the establishment of indigenous test bed for 5G technologies with IIT Chennai.
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In an effort to further enhance digital connectivity, the government will ensure for all trains to have Wi-Fi and CCTVs. Also, NITI Ayog<\/a> will be establishing a programme to promote research in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
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\n“Indian economy is now 2.5 trillion dollar economy in the world and expected to become the fifth largest economy very soon. IMF has projected India will grow at 7.4% next year. We are set to achieve high growth,” said Jaitley.
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\nPreviously in an interview with ET, telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan had told that the government would be aiming for 5 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots by 2018-end.
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\n“The second phase in many ways will be a game changer, one because of the big Wi-Fi roll out that we are targeting, that is by the end of this year we should go up to 5 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots from 38,000 thereby ensuring that every single village in India will have at least one Wi-Fi hotspot,” she said.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":62735877,"title":"Centric L3 review: Offers all the basic features expected from a budget smartphone","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/centric-l3-review-offers-all-the-basic-features-expected-from-a-budget-smartphone\/62735877","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":62738178,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Budget 2018: Government aiming to set up 5 lakh hotspots, allocates Rs 10000 cr<\/b>","synopsis":"To accelerate the pace of 5G adoption, the Department of Telecom (DoT) will support the establishment of indigenous test bed for 5G technologies with IIT Chennai.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/budget-2018-government-aiming-to-set-up-5-lakh-hotspots-allocates-rs-10000-cr","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ETTelecom","artdate":"2018-02-01 12:40:44","lastupd":"2018-02-01 13:24:27","breadcrumbTags":["BharatNet","WiFi","Niti Ayog","Budget2018","Arun Jaitley","FibreNetworks","policy"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/budget-2018-government-aiming-to-set-up-5-lakh-hotspots-allocates-rs-10000-cr"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2018-02-01" data-index="article_1">
新德里:财政部长杰周四提交的2018年预算中给予推动数字印度倡议他提议建立5十万的热点将提供宽带5卢比的印第安人。为此,政府已经拨款10000卢比在电信基础设施。“2.50十万的村庄有光纤连接巴拉特网项目中1多数克panchayats一直与高速光纤网络的第一阶段BharatNet”,调频杰说。政府将努力连接1.5多数村庄下BharatNet倡议。
也 读:2018年底目标5十万的wi - fi热点:电信部长阿鲁娜Sundararajan
加快5 g收养,电信部门(点)将支持建立本土试验台与IIT钦奈5 g技术。
为了进一步加强数字连接,政府将确保所有的火车有wi - fi和闭路电视。同时,镍钛Ayog将建立一个项目来促进人工智能领域的研究。
“印度经济是现在世界上2.5万亿美元的经济体,预计将很快成为第五大经济体。国际货币基金组织预计印度明年将增长7.4%。我们将实现高速增长,”杰说。
之前采访中ET、电信部长阿鲁娜Sundararajan告诉,政府将会在2018年的目标5十万的wi - fi热点——结束。
”第二阶段在许多方面将是一个改变游戏规则的,因为大wi - fi的推出,我们的目标是在今年年底我们应该5十万的wi - fi热点从38000年从而确保每一个村庄在印度会有至少一个wi - fi热点,”她说。
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