New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The government will connect all villages in the country with optical fibre cable in the next 1000 days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his address on the occasion of 74th Independence Day. He mentioned that before 2014, only 5 dozen panchayats in the country were connected with optical fibre cable. In the last five years, nearly 1.5 lakh gram panchayats in the country have been connected with optical fibre cable. Modi further added that participation of rural India and villages in 'Digital India' is very important for balanced development of India. "To enable this, we will rapidly expand our optical fibre network. This will reach all the 6 lakh villages within 1,000 days."
During the 74th Independence Day speech...