India laid 698,010 route KM of Optical Fibre Cable by March 2025, a significant three-year expansion. Kerala (81,764 km) and Tamil Nadu (86,944 km) lead, with Andhra Pradesh and Telangana also showing strong growth. The Big Tech is moving toward an annual spend of Rs 5000 crore in fibre cable networks. With a vast highway network spanning 146,000 kilometers, the total investments needed could be over INR 35,000 crore. The Government has taken the following key actions to improve broadband connectivity in rural areas and bridge the digital divide by implementing the National Broadband Mission (NBM) in the country, including the state of Tamil Nadu: Launched the Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal on 14th May 2022, thus. The information was given in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, by Union Minister of State for Communications. India has undergone a remarkable digital transformation over the past eleven years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, marked by unprecedented growth in broadband and mobile connectivity across the country.
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