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NEW HOPE
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEW DAWN

After Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, it is

Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan

In tandem with the thought of ‘technology first’, the Government is providing
high speed optical fibre Internet to every village in the country. Only five dozen

panchayats were connected with optical fibre cable before 2014, but in the last
five years, nearly 1.5 Lakh gram panchayats have been connected with optical
fibre cable. Schemes like Atal Innovation Mission and Startup India are giving
wings to New India in terms of innovation
COMMUNICATION SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

NEW ERA OF INFORMATION AND FULFILLED DREAMS
COMMUNICATION l India completed Mars Orbiter Mission in the
l Nearly 1.5 Lakh gram panchayats are very first attempt. The expenditure incurred
connected with optical fibre cable under the was Rs 7 per kilometre – cheaper than the
‘BharatNet’ project auto fare
l In rural areas, consumption of Internet is l India has proven itself to be capable of
more than the urban areas intercepting a satellite in outer space and
l Price of Internet connectivity has reduced became the fourth nation to do so
56 times in the past five years l India has created history by successfully
l Under UMANG App with 3.75 Crore users, launching 104 satellites on a single mission
2,039 services of the Centre and State l With more than 50,000 Startups, India is the
Governments are just a click away third largest Startup economy
l Free WiFi is being provided at 5,682 railway l Under the Atal Incubation Centre, 69,000
stations. More than 70 per cent railway Startups were registered in just two years
stations in the rural areas are covered
COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION FUTURE AHEAD
l In 2021, every day 600 villages will be l Under the Digital India mission, Google will
connected with high speed Internet invest Rs 75,000 Crore in the next 10 years
l Initially, the Government aimed at connecting l In the next 15 years plan to attract investment
gram panchayats with the Internet. Now of Rs 7 Lakh Crore in Artificial Intelligence
along with 80,000 remaining panchayats, l Approval granted for Gaganyan Mission,
even villages will be covered under which three Indians will be sent to
l As per a report, the Internet users in India space by 2022
will reach 83.50 Crore by 2023

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