The Government has proposed to set up 5 lakh wi-fi hotspots to provide broadband access to five crore rural citizens, and has allocated ₹10,000 crore in 2018-19 for creation of telecom infrastructure.

Further, to harness the benefit of emerging new technologies, particularly Fifth Generation (5G) technologies and its adoption, the Department of Telecommunications will support setting up an indigenous 5G test bed at IIT, Chennai, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in his Budget speech.

The government will work towards connecting 1.5 lakh more villages under BharatNet initiative, he said.

The task of connecting one lakh gram panchayat through high speed optical fiber network has been completed under phase I of Bharatnet project. This has enabled broadband access to over 20 crore rural Indians in about 2.5 lakh villages.

The government also does not consider crypto-currencies a legal tender and will take all measures to eliminate use of these crypto-assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system. However, the Government will explore use of block chain technology proactively for ushering in digital economy, FM added.

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