PPP model of BharatNet: DoT starts meets, hopes to float bid by Sept-end

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has started pre-bid meetings with various stakeholders with respect to the public-private partnership model implementation for BharatNet.

The DoT has so far conducted two meetings and hopes to conduct some more to understand the needs of the projects before releasing the final bids, senior government officials said.

“We have also been taking feedback from some of the states which took the lead on the PPP model under BharatNet phase two. There is a need to understand what will work and what are the hindrances so that optimal utilisation of funds can be done to complete the project by August 2023,” a senior DoT official said.