Agreement Signed between DBN (Digital Bharat Nidhi) - Department of Telecommunications; Government of Jharkhand; JDICL; BSNL & JCNL for Implementation of Amended BharatNet Program in Jharkhand

An agreement has been signed between Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) under the Department of Telecommunications, the Government of Jharkhand, Jharkhand Digital Infrastructure Corporation Limited (JDICL), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and Jharkhand Communication Network Limited (JCNL) to implement the Amended BharatNet Program in Jharkhand. The Central Government has provisioned financial support of ₹1,684 crore for the rollout. The program covers 4,395 Gram Panchayats—including the upgradation of 4,387 Gram Panchayats to ring topology and the inclusion of 8 newly created ones—and provides on-demand connectivity to 26,777 villages. The initiative aims to facilitate over four lakh rural home fibre connections and improve digital service delivery such as e-governance, online education, telemedicine, and digital payments in rural and remote regions.