India to host high-speed internet in 600 thousand villages in a thousand days

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the occasion of the country's 74th Independence Day and said that

Technology will play a big role in the development of the country and the digital education of every citizen.Modi noted that in the next 1,000 days, they will bring a fiber-optic connection to all villages in the country.

"This will help us develop India even more intensively, so we need to do it quickly.Our goal will be achieved in the next thousand days.In the next thousand days, every village in the country will beis connected to optical fiber," the Prime Minister said in his speechMaudie.

Until 2014, only about 50 large villageswere connected to high speed internet. In the next 6 years, the situation in the country remained practically unchanged - access to the Internet in this part of the country increased by only 7%.

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The Prime Minister also noted that this couldlead to a higher threat to cybersecurity and privacy. However, he noted that officials will soon publish new documents to help deal with the increased level of dependence on digital technologies.

Previously, Indian authorities blocked WeChat, TikTok anddozens more Chinese applications. The media associate this ban with the military clash that took place on the border of the two countries. Officials explained this by saying that the applications “are engaged in activities that are detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India, the defense of the country and the security of state and public order.” According to them, they have received many reports that citizens’ data is at risk and is being transferred into the wrong hands.

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