In line with the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan, Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & IT Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched the “GatiShakti Sanchar” portal for Centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals on May 14, 2022.
Salient features
- The portal has been developed keeping in view the vision areas of the National Broadband Mission at the core, which are, providing broadband infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen, Governance and services on demand and in particular, digital empowerment of the citizens of our country.
- National Broadband Mission (NBM) was set up by the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on December 17, 2019; to facilitate universal and equitable access to broadband services across the country, especially in rural and remote areas.
- To fulfil this vision, it is imperative that a backbone of infrastructure is created by facilitating smooth and efficient deployment of Digital Communications Infrastructure across the country.
- To ensure that, DoT, is launching the “GatiShakti Sanchar” portal.
- This will provide a robust mechanism to achieve the goal of “Broadband for All” as envisaged in the National Digital Communication Policy-2.
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