Samriddh Gram Initiative of India Nominated for WSIS Prizes 2026 in Enabling Environment Category

• Samriddh Gram = Integrated Phygital Service Delivery Model of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, built on the BharatNet rural broadband backbone.
• Nominated for WSIS Prizes 2026 under Action Line C6 – Enabling Environment of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process.
• Examinable as a Digital India / rural connectivity / e-governance flagship and as an example of India's footprint in ITU/UN ICT-for-Development fora.