Maharashtra government demands additional funds from Centre for BharatNet-2 project

Maharashtra Minister for Information Technology Satej Patil on Tuesday has asked for additional funds from the Centre in order to complete BharatNet-2 project for providing digital connectivity in remote areas of the state.

The demand was put forward by the minister while participating in a digital interaction with Union Minister for Electronics & Information and Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad along with his counterparts from other states.

Patil said, Maharashtra is doing extremely well in implementing BharatNet-2 programme but we need financial help and guidance from the Centre. I would like to request the Centre to release funds for the same on priority.

The project aims to connect 1.25 lakh gram panchayats with fibre-network driven Internet services.