DIGITAL INDIA: MODI RESTARTS US$18BN BID TO GET 250,000 VILLAGES ONLINE IN JUST THREE YEARS
India is reinvigorating an US$18 billion campaign to provide fast internet connections for all, with a “digital week” aimed at popularising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign promise to connect 250,000 villages in India by 2019. The government’s tech push, which plans to provide electronic governance and universal phone connectivity across the country, aims to bridge …