Union Minister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia presents achievements of the Department of Telecommunications in providing connectivity to Gram Panchayats and vision for the coming years in Parliament

• Statement made in Parliament (29 Jan 2026) by Union Minister of Communications Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia on DoT's progress in connecting Gram Panchayats (GPs) via the Amended BharatNet Programme, branded the "world's largest CAPEX broadband programme".
• Relevant for UPSC across GS-II (Governance, Welfare Schemes) and GS-III (Infrastructure, Digital India, Rural Development); pairs with Digital India, PM-WANI, and Bharat 6G Vision.
• Core theme: Digital Highways across rural India via BharatNet → FTTH (Fibre-to-the-Home) using a BharatNet Udyami (BNU) last-mile model under Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) funding.