Parvada Block in Visakhapatnam District goes Live on BharatNet
e-Service(s) of Paravada Block in
Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh State through NOFN
The new name of NOFN is BharatNet. The
Union Cabinet on 25.10.2011 approved the
NOFN project.
Objectives of BharatNet:-
Objective 01) BharatNet is planned to connect all the
2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country for providing broadband connectivity in
the Gram Panchayats.
Objective 02) Non-discriminatory access to the network
will be provided to all the telecom service providers.
Objective 03) These access providers like mobile
operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable TV operators, content
providers can launch various services in rural areas. Various applications for
e-health, e-education, e-governance etc. will be provided.
The project is being executed by a Special
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) namely Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), which has
been incorporated on 25.02.2012 under Indian Companies Act 1956.
Andhra Pradesh is the first state to
execute the BharatNet on its own. It decided not to depend on the rollout plan
of BBNL.
Andhra Pradesh State Fibernet Ltd is the
Government’s Special Purpose Vehicle which will spearhead the Digital
Revolution in Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh has become the first state
to opt for executing the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) on its own and
the telecom department will reimburse the cost for the same, Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley said .
"Fibre network of 7.5 lakh kilometres
in 2.5 lakh villages is being further speeded up by allowing willing states to
undertake its execution on reimbursement of cost determined by the Department
of Telecommunications.
Andhra Pradesh is the first state to have
opted for this manner of implementation," Jaitley said while presenting
the Budget for 2015-16 in Parliament on 28 Feb 2018.
Andhra Pradesh had proposed to deliver
broadband connection with 10-15 mbps download speed to each 12 million households
for Rs 150/month that are planned to be covered under state designed project.
The state had proposed to execute the
project at a cost of Rs 4,913 crore in five years while Centre has earmarked Rs
1,940 crore for the NOFN project in the state.
For executing this project, the state will
create its own corporation to be named Andhra Pradesh Fibre Corporation which
would 100 per cent owned by state. This corporation will manage the network and
own the assets.
The state will create another entity in
name of 'Digital Andhra Corporation' using Public-Private-Partnership model
that will be responsible for creation of ecosystem for broadband adoption.
AP Fiber Grid Vision:
” To establish a highly scalable network
infrastructure, accessible on a nondiscriminatory basis, to provide on demand,
affordable and end-to-end broadband connectivity of 15 Mbps for ALL households
and 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps for institutions & Offices by 2018, to enable
realization of the Vision of Digital AP, in partnership with the Government of
India and the private sector.”
There are 16 Panchayats in PARAVADA Block, Visakhapatnam.
Parawada is a suburb and a Mandal in
Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India
eCommerce transactions have started to
flow through BharatNet. The below are the current statistics.
Status of BharatNet as on 16.09.2018
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