{"id":2161,"date":"2017-11-13T18:10:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T12:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T04:45:42","slug":"bharatnet-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtiwala.com\/content\/bharatnet-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"BharatNet: What You Need to Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"

RTIwala Trending<\/strong><\/a>: National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) is an ambitious initiative to activate a broadband uprising in rural areas. The National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) aims to unite all the 2, 50,000 Gram Panchayats<\/a> in the country. It aims to provide 100 Mbps connectivity <\/a>to all Gram Panchayats<\/a>. Non-discriminatory admittance to the NOFN has been provided to all the service providers. The providers like Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), ISPs, Cable TV operators and Content providers will launch various services in rural areas. Based on NOFN experiences<\/a>, BharatNet was conceived as a nationwide broadband network.<\/p>\n

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What is BharatNet?<\/h2>\n

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BharatNet is a project of national importance to set up a highly scalable unit of infrastructure accessible on a non-discriminatory basis. It aims to provide on-demand, reasonable broadband connectivity of 2 Mbps to 20 Mbps<\/a> for all households. The entire project is being funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund<\/a> (USOF).<\/p>\n

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The government is\u00a0starting its second and final phase of the BharatNet project\u00a0on Monday (13 November 2017). The outlay is of around Rs 34,000 crore. The aim is to provide high-speed\u00a0broadband in all Panchayats by March 2019. Under the project, the government aims to connect 1.5\u00a0lakh Panchayats. \u00a010 lakh kilometers of the additional\u00a0optical fiber will be used in achieving the aim. It also aims to give bandwidth to telecom players at nearly\u00a075 percent cheaper price for broadband and wifi services in\u00a0rural areas.<\/p>\n

Under Phase 1 of the project, 1 lakh Gram Panchayats<\/a> will be connected by the end of this year. Telecom operators are expected to provide at least 2 megabits per\u00a0second speed to rural households. Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha<\/a>, Law and IT minister Ravi\u00a0Shankar Prasad and Human Resource Development Minister Prakash\u00a0Javadekar will be launching the project.<\/p>\n

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The telecom ministry will sign agreements with seven\u00a0states. The states are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh,\u00a0Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Jharkhand<\/a>. It will roll out the project on state\u2019s own funds with partial funding from the central government.<\/p>\n

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How much does BharatNet Cost to the Nation?<\/h3>\n
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The total project cost of BharatNet is around Rs 45,000\u00a0crore. Out of the total amount Rs, 11,200 crores has been used for the first\u00a0phase. After the rural exchange rollout in the country, this is the biggest project. The project\u00a0involves domestically manufactured products for the entire\u00a0project. Thus, it also advertises Make in India<\/strong>. The officials state that around Rs 4.5 lakh crore of value can be added to the National Gross Domestic Product <\/a>on completion of BharatNet phase 2. A study has suggested that every 10 percent usage\u00a0of Internet in India drives up GDP by 3.3 percent.<\/p>\n

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BSNL will move out optical fiber in yet to be covered\u00a0locations of eight states. Assam, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh,\u00a0Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, and Sikkim are the states that have not been covered under the first phase of BharatNet. Power Grid Corporation of India <\/a>has been awarded the contract for three states, namely, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Odisha. The government estimates that the second phase of\u00a0BharatNet will double the existing optical fiber footprint in\u00a0the country. It will generate employment of 10 crore man-days during\u00a0the rollout of the project.<\/p>\n

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Broadband services rates are expected\u00a0to be low because of intense competition in the sector. The government is offering bandwidth under the project to telecom operators at 75 percent lower rate than they\u00a0currently buy it. Telecom operators like Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone <\/a>are interested in providing services under BharatNet.<\/p>\n

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India at present has 38,000 Wi-Fi hotspots. Under\u00a0BharatNet phase 2, around 6-7 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots will be added\u00a0to 2-5 hotspots in each Panchayats. The total Wi-Fi rollout cost is estimated to be around Rs\u00a010,000 crore, she said. Under BharatNet phase 1, the government has set up 15,000\u00a0Wi-Fi hotspots of which around 11,000 are in rural areas and\u00a0the rest in semi-rural.<\/p>\n

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