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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 6.5 lakh villages to be linked by internet: Sachin

6.5 lakh villages to be linked by internet: Sachin

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published Published on Nov 7, 2010   modified Modified on Nov 7, 2010

In the next five years, all 6 5 lakh villages of the country will be connected by internet. Union minister of state for communications and IT Sachin Pilot said this while addressing the media just after his interaction with US President Obama on Sunday.

He said the IT revolution in Kanpura has earned accolades all over the world. "In the next five year we will connect 6.5 lakh villages to it. It is a boon for the youth to utilise this technology and this will reduce discrimination among castes,Sachin said.

He said through the optical fibre technology 10 village panchayats of Ajmer have been connected and people can get information through this system. "A total digitisation of records for Kanpura is underway. Kanpura is a demonstration of the use of optical fibre at a village level. The access to this system is providing the rural populace health and education related data and streamlining the functions of MGNREGA," Pilot said.

Pilot stressed the need to extend high speed broadband to all Indian villages and development of regional language applications but underlined that the it is expensive to deliver essential services to such far flung areas.

"We told Obama that we are not only into importing and exporting IT softwares but we also intend to develop a knowledge-based society. This interaction uses a three-pronged system of the TV, Internet and the phone," Sachin said.

Impressed with the show, Obama said during the conference: " India may be in a position to leapfrog, avoiding the 20th century, straightaway into the 21st century. I look forward to the day you will be a model for countries around the world."


The Times of India, 8 November, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/65-lakh-villages-to-be-linked-by-internet-Sachin/articleshow/6885534.cms


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