The government is planning to spend around Rs.33,000 crore in the next three years on its broadband projects, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg said here Tuesday.
The projects are National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN) and Government Users Network (GUN).
"Government will spend Rs.33,000 crore in the next three years in these projects," Garg said.
He was speaking at the 10th national summit on "E-governance & Digital India: Minimum Government, Maximum Governance", organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
The government has already approved Rs.21,000 crore for the NOFN programme that aims to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats by 2017 through broadband connectivity.
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