Digigaon Brings Internet Access At Rs 5 To New Digital Village In Up

The Dhanauri Kalan village in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar district is the sixth village in the country to benefit from the Ministry of Electronics and IT’s DigiGaon initiative. Minister of Electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, recently inaugurated a WiFi choupal in the village, which will offer access to internet for as low as Rs. 5.

Hon’ble minister of @GoI_MeitY Shri @rsprasad Ji visited Dhanauri Kalan village today, inaugurated Dhanauri Kalan Wi-Fi Choupal and inspected various initiatives such as LED bulb manufacturing unit, Health services point and Sanitary napkin manufacturing Unit etc. #DigiGaon pic.twitter.com/NG2b3C9Mbx

According to a recent report from Zee Business, CSCs have been set up in 1.8 lakh gram panchayats across the country and will spread to 2.5 lakh gram panchayats by the end of the year. The Ministry plans to establish around 700 digital villages in the country by the year’s end.