India's Gram Panchayats To Get 100 Mbps Internet Speeds In The Next 2 Years

The NOFN project is being executed with an investment of about Rs. 20,000 crore and has been financed by Universal Service Obligation Fund. Sibal informed that about 5000 Gram Panchayats are likely to be connected to the central network by the end of this year. He further said that the network will enable service providers to launch broadband Internet and other communication services.
The 100 Mbps networks are still not available in many cities in India. The government's plan looks ambitious and while we think it's a good step in ensuring increased Internet penetration, we wonder how will the Gram Panchayats will utilize the service. Education and video conferencing is all fine - but that needs an ecosystem to be created around it. The Indian Government doesn't seem to have any plans for that yet.
What do you think?
Source: <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/gram-panchayats-to-get-broadband-speed-of-up-to-100-mbps-kapil-sibal/articleshow/22162512.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gram panchayats to get broadband speed of up to 100 mbps: Kapil Sibal - The Economic Times</a>