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Gyansetu
• Gyansetu, launched by the Minister of
Communications & IT on 25th December, 2014, is an
internet based real-time ICT system designed by
C-DOT primarily to provide various e-services to the
under privileged rural population of India.
• Gyansetu, in each gram panchayat of the country,
would extend the benefits of internet technology to
rural India and narrow down the digital divide
between literate, high-end societies and rural
community by taking knowledge and information to
the doorsteps of our rural folks.
• Gyansetu overcomes the limiting factors of rural
masses including low/no literacy level and requires
exposure only to local language, for getting
connected to the internet. It interacts with the user
with its own Graphic User Interface (GUI).
Connecting The
Unconnected
• Aim to connect all the 55,669 unconnected villages,
which presently do not have mobile connectivity, in a
phased manner, by March 2019.
• Proposal approved on 10th September, 2014 to
implement a Comprehensive Telecom Development
Plan for the North-Eastern Region at an estimated cost
of `5,336.18 crore. This project will connect 8621
villages through installation of 321 mobile tower sites
and is likely to be commissioned by September 2017.
• Government approved, on 20th August, 2014, a project
to provide Mobile Services in 2199 locations in the areas
affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE). 813 BTSs have
been commissioned there after.
• Government has approved a Comprehensive Telecom
Development Plan for Andaman & Nicobar Islands and
Lakshadweep Islands with the total estimated
investment of `221.05 crore which will cover population
of about 3.8 Lakh people in the islands.
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Connecting Rural India
through High Speed
Broadband
• Government, under the umbrella of its flagship
programme Digital India, has taken up Bharat Net in
mission mode to connect all 2,50,000 Gram
Panchayats ( over 600 million rural citizens) in the
country with 100 mbps broadband to bridge the rural
coverage gap both for broadband penetration and
voice.
• In the first phase, Bharat Net is being extended to cover
1,00,000 GPs, with the balance 1,50,000 GPs expected
to be covered in a phased manner.
• Bharat Net will support e-governance services,
telemedicine, tele-education, financial services,
e-commerce and e-entertainment and hence be
benefitted to all the people in the remote areas.
• The work of laying optical fiber network has been
speeded up (by 30 times) in the last 10 months.
• India’s First High Speed Rural Broadband Network has
been commissioned on 12th January, 2015 in Idukki
district of Kerala. With the commissioning of the Bharat
Net, the Idukki district of Kerala has become the first in
India to be connected with the high speed broadband
for all the areas of the district.
Building Robust and Secured
Communication Network for
Defence Services
• Network For Spectrum (NFS) has been planned as an
Exclusive Optical Fibre based ‘Nationwide
Communication Network’ for Defence Services.
• This will be a Countrywide Secure, Multi-service and
Multi-protocol Converged Next Generation Network
based on Exclusive and Dedicated Tri-services Optical
Transport Backbone.
• The estimated cost of the project is `13,334 crore. The
project is being implemented by BSNL. The scheduled