India, Sept. 3 -- BharatNet, India's flagship rural broadband mission, highlights the gap between infrastructure creation and real usage. Despite extensive fibre rollout, low utilisation and bureaucratic hurdles persist, demanding a shift towards local, entrepreneurial, and outcome-driven models for true digital inclusion
When India launched its National Broadband Plan in 2004, the vision was ambitious - to build a digital highway that could bring high-speed internet to every household, particularly in rural areas where connectivity remained poor. The plan intended to create an infrastructure backbone that would eventually allow every citizen, irrespective of geography, to participate in the digital revolution. However, the actual rollout ...