Photo: Pradeep Gaur/MintNew Delhi: The government will not disconnect mobile connections with they aren’t linked with Aadhaar, said Aruna Sundararajan, secretary in the department of telecommunications (DoT), on Wednesday. Speaking on the BharatNet project, the telecom minister said the government expects to complete the first phase of high-speed broadband project by the end of November. “Over 75,000 gram panchayats are ready with broadband services and all 1 lakh panchayats will be ready for broadband services by end of this month. According to Sinha, the BharatNet project will lead to generation of at least five lakh jobs once it is rolled out in all gram panchayats. The government will charge a low rate to telecom operators for providing broadband service under the BharatNet project.

Source: Mint November 08, 2017 12:09 UTC