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project , better network quality for both voice and data , 5G spectrum .
Farmers Welfare ; Ministry of Rural Development ; Ministry of Panchayati Raj ; Ministry of Food Processing Industries ; Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ; Ministry of Human Resource Development ; Ministry of Tribal Affairs ; Ministry of Women and Child Development ; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ; Ministry of Minority Affairs ; Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ; and Ministry of Animal Husbandry , Dairying and Fisheries . Once all the above ministries start using these network , farmers can think of doubling their income at the earliest and farming will be a lucrative business in future .
Better Network Quality : participate in 5G spectrum auction planned in the second half of FY2019-20 .
Faster Implementation of BharatNet Phase 2 :
BharatNet Phase 2 talks about laying OFC in 250,000 gram panchayat ( GP ) and also deploying 3-5 WiFi access points in all gram panchayats . As per present status , the number of gram panchayats ( GPs ) where OFC laid is 127,824 and number of gram panchayat ( GPs ) for which agencies decided to install Wi-Fi is 105,000 of which Wi-Fi is installed in 44,136 GPs and
Wi-Fi is operational in 13,997 GPs . So , in toto , the government needs to lay out fiber in around 123,000 gram panchayats and install Wi-Fi in around 206,000 gram panchayats . This is a mammoth task and the government needs to do this project under war footing and complete it by March 2019 .
Not only , this the government also needs to work on financial viability of BharatNet Phase 2 so that this infrastructure can be used by all ministries say Ministry of Micro , Small and Medium Enterprises ; Ministry of Agriculture and
Despite investment in infrastructure by mobile operators , the network quality for both voice and data still needs to be perfected by the Indian mobile operators . With fibre connectivity to mobile towers at around 30 per cent , the government has to see how it can expedite it to 50 per cent by March 2020 and 75 per cent by March 2021 . The fiber connectivity to mobile towers will be beneficial not only for 4G network quality but also for 5G network quality as it will increase the upload and download speed of the network and also improve network quality for voice . �
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