Wednesday, 12 July 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
To embrace the transformative role of the internet the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in collaboration with MYGOV, is celebrating “Bharat Internet Utsav”, wherein citizens can share their videos of upto two minutes on how internet has transformed lives of the people on any of the social media handles with #Bharat InternetUtsav or upload in drive link, and the same link can be submitted on MYGOV at https://innovateindia.mygov.in/bharat-internet- utsav/. The best stories will be rewarded with prizes of upto Rs 15,000. The contest will be conducted on MYGOV till August 21.
The internet has emerged as an indispensable tool for connectivity, knowledge-sharing and socio-economic development. The DoT has taken various steps to ensure affordable and high-quality internet in various parts of the country, especially in remote and commercially unviable areas to the citizens through Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). Various procedural, structural and legal reforms have resulted in faster rollouts resulting over 2.7 lakh 5G sites installed in nine months, almost at the rate of one site per minute, making India among the top three 5G ecosystems in the world. The data cost has been reduced to about Rs.10/GB enabling affordable access to the internet. Departmental officials stated that human stories have the power to inspire and empower others to enable people to embrace digital technology and seek similar
