BharatNet, also known as Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), (transl. India Broadband Network Limited) was an Indian central public sector undertaking, set up by the Department of Telecommunications, a department under the Ministry of Communications of the Government of India for the. BharatNet, one of the biggest rural telecom projects in the world, implemented in a phased manner to all Gram Panchayats (approximately 2. 5 lakh) in the country for providing non-discriminatory access to broadband connectivity to all the telecom service providers. Objective is to enable access. The Government of India has approved the scheme for creation of the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) to provide Broadband connectivity to 2. 5 lakh village Panchayats (councils). The much-talked-about NOFN project, which was initiated.
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