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Telecom connectivity constitutes an
important part of the effort to upgrade the rural
infrastructure. Under the Bharat Nirman Programme, it
will be ensured that 66,822 revenue villages in the
country, which have not yet been provided with a Village
Public Telephone (VPT), shall be covered by November,
2007. Out of the above villages, connectivity in 14,183
remote and far flung villages will be provided through
digital satellite phone terminals. Assistance for both
capital as well as operational expenditure for these
VPTs will be met out of the Universal Services
Obligation Fund (USOF). |
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