Question:Consider the following with respect to Wi-Fi Choupal:
(1) It is a government initiative to provide Wi-Fi hotspots in urban areas .
(2) This will be achieved by leveraging BharatNet infrastructure for providing broadband services .
Which is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these
Answer:(b)
- Context:
- Union IT Minister said that since 10th June, 2020 the Common Services Centre 99areas across 21 states, using the Bharat Net infrastructure. Government has set the target of 5 Lakh FTTH connections by September.
- Facts:
- Wi-Fi Choupal is a government initiative to provide Wi-Fi hotspots in rural areas where people can access the internet by subscribing to low-cost data plans.
- This will be achieved by leveraging BharatNet infrastructure for providing broadband services in Gram Panchayats (GPs) and villages.
- It is an Initiative of ‘CSC e-Governance Services India Limited’, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) set up in 2016 by the Ministry of Electronics & IT under the Companies Act, 1956 to oversee implementation of the Common Service Centres (CSC) scheme.
- Additional Facts:
- Fiber to the home (FTTH), also called “fiber to the premises” (FTTP), is the installation and use of optical fiber from a central point directly to individual buildings such as residences, apartment buildings and businesses to provide high-speed Internet access.
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