October 3, 2025
  • Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan has said that country’s telecommunications network is the second largest in the world with the most cost-effective rates.
  • Chauhan addressed the inaugural event of International Telecommunication Union’s Regional Standardization Forum for Asia and Oceania region in New Delhi.
  • Chauhan stressed that India’s policy in the field of telecommunications formulated is based on three pillars of Ease of Doing Business, Ease of Living and Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
  • He said, Government has laid down a clear roadmap to address the digital divide. It includes taking optical fibers to all six lakh villages of the country and also covers all these villages with 4G mobile communications.
  • Chauhan highlighted that around one lakh seventy-five thousand villages are already provided with the optical fibre while around five lakh sixty thousand villages have 4G mobile facilities.
  • He said, a multi-billion-dollar comprehensive plan has been made, which will ensure optical fibre and mobile communications in all six hundred thousand villages by 2025.
  • More than 250 delegates from 20 countries are taking part in the forum.
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