Peninsula contain 1,382 islands, out of which to begin with, 26 have been earmarked for integrated development. "The blue economy, with focus on sustainable development of fisheries will continue to receive our special attention," he said. Under the BharatNet Project, optical fibre cables now cover 75,700 gram panchayats, up from only 59 in May 2014, Mukherjee said. He said giving a major boost to creation of urban infrastructure, annual action plan for 500 cities with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore has been approved. The President said that on communication front India has launched 8 operational missions covering meteorological, navigation, and earth observation and communication satellites.

Source: dna January 31, 2017 07:33 UTC