With reference to BharatNet consider the following statements 1 It aims to connect all Gram Panchaya...........

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With reference to BharatNet, consider the following statements:

(1) It aims to connect all Gram Panchayats with optical fibre by March, 2019.

(2) It proposes connecting all public institutions and every home in a village through internet.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation:

BharatNet is a project of national importance to establish, by 2017, a highly scalable network infrastructure accessible on a non-discriminatory basis, to provide on demand, affordable broadband connectivity of 2 Mbps to 20 Mbps for all households and on demand capacity to all institutions, to realise the vision of Digital India, in partnership with States and the private sector.