India, June 24 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The Government of India through Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN), today signed a quadripartite Agreement with Government of Gujarat, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Gujarat Fibre Grid Network Limited (GFGNL) under the Amended BharatNet Program (ABP). The agreement was signed in presence of Dr. Neeraj Mittal, Secretary (Telecom), GoI, Shri Pankaj Joshi, Chief Secretary, Gujarat, Shri Niraj Verma, Administrator, Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN), DoT and Ms. Mona K. Khandhar, Principal Secretary, DST Gujarat at Gandhinagar, The Agreement enables handing over of all the BharatNet works, activities and responsibilities including all related and incidental matters in Gujara...