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- Modi cabinet approves Rs 1.64 lakh crore revival package for BSNL
- BSNL and BBNL. also approved the merger of
- The government also approved the project for saturation of 4G mobile services in all the untouched villages.
BSNL Revival: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the revival of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and the merger of Bharat Broadband Network (BBNL) and BSNL, informed Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the Modi cabinet approved Rs 1.64 lakh crore revival package for BSNL.
Vaishnav further said that the Union Cabinet has also approved a project for saturation of 4G mobile services in all the untouched villages of the country through Universal Service Obligation Fund at an estimated cost of Rs 26,316 crore.
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