‘Aspirational India’ entering 5G era, optical fibre to reach villages: Modi

India’s digitisation efforts will transform education, health care, and agriculture, as it takes optical fibre to every village and gears up for the nationwide launch of 5G services, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Monday.

“Today we are all set to enter the 5G era. We are ensuring that optical fibre reaches every village until the last mile…The dream of Digital India will be attained through rural India,” he said, listing his government’s plans for Digital India programme.

The programme, launched in 2015, aims to expand India’s digital economy through inclusion and empowerment. The Ministry of Electronics & IT has set up common services centres (CSCs) to deliver citizen-centric services. The Prime Minister said it had also created over 400,000 village-level entrepreneurs.