Context:
Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched the National Broadband Mission (NBM) 2.0, with the primary objective of providing broadband connectivity to 170,000 villages across the country.
Key features of NBM 2.0
- Ministry
- Ministry of Communications.
- Objective
- Provide broadband connectivity to the remaining 170,000 villages of India.
- Target rural household to avail the service of 60% and have a download speed of minimum 100 Mbps.
- Background
- NBM 1.0 was launched in 2019 with the target of connecting all villages to broadband by 2022. However, it faced many challenges. As a result, only 800,000 towers were installed and full targets were not met.
- Objective for NBM 2.0
- Broadband for all remaining villages
- Increasing tower density and connectivity speed up to 100 Mbps in rural areas
- NBM launching Mobile App for fraud prevention.
- Sanchar Sathi App
- A mobile application was launched to enable users to raise complaints about suspected fraudulent connections directly from their call logs.
- It is part of the Sanchar Sathi Portal to prevent identity theft, forged KYC, and mobile phone theft.
- Fraud Detection and Action
- The portal can identify fraudulent connections and reverify. If re-verification fails, the connection will be disconnected.
