Modi May Spend $11 Billion to Bring Rural India Online
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India is considering doubling spending on a high-speed Internet grid to connect villages across the country to 700 billion rupees ($11 billion), Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
A committee appointed by the ministry has recommended raising the allocation for the National Optical Fibre Network to enable changes to the project, Prasad said in an interview Friday in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to approve the budget increase, according to Prasad.