With reference to Bharat Net Project, consider the following statements

1. It is the world’s largest rural broadband connectivity programme using Optical fibre.
2. It is being implemented by the the Ministry Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Select the correct statement.

Bharat Net Project is the world’s largest rural broadband connectivity programme using Optical fibre. And also a flagship mission implemented by Bharat Broadband Network Ltd. (BBNL). 

• BBNL is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) set up by the Government of India under the Companies Act, 1956 with an authorized capital of Rs 1000 crore.
• It is being implemented by the Department of Telecommunication under the Ministry of Communications.
• National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) which was launched in October 2011 was renamed as Bharat Net Project in 2015.
• NOFN was envisaged as an information superhighway through the creation of a robust middle-mile infrastructure for reaching broadband connectivity to Gram Panchayats.

Hence only statement 1st is correct.

By: Shubham Tiwari