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PM launches revamp of 508 Amrit Bharat railway stations
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country at a cost of over 24,470 crore.
- The 508 stations are spread across 27 States and Union Territories – 55 each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan 49 in Bihar, 44 in Maharashtra, 37 in West Bengal, 34 in Madhya Pradesh, 32 in Assam, 25 in Odisha, 22 in Punjab, 21 each in Gujarat and Telangana, 20 in Jharkhand, 18 each in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, 15 in Haryana, 13 in Karnataka and others.
- The work was part of the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, under which 1,300 prime railway stations in the country would be redeveloped.
- These stations will have better seating on platforms, upgraded waiting rooms, free Wi-Fi and other conveniences.
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- By 2030, India will be a country whose railway network will run on net-zero emissions.
Cabinet clears 1.39-lakh-cr. funding to scale up BharatNet
- The Union Cabinet approved an outlay of 1.39-lakh crore for BharatNet, a project to provide. Last-mile connectivity across 6.4 lakh villages.
- BharatNet is one of the biggest rural telecom projects in the world, implemented in a phased manner in all 2.5 lakh gram panchayats (GPS) in the country for last-mile broadband connectivity.
- The project was first approved by the Cabinet in October 2011 and executed by Bharat Broadband Network Ltd. (BBNL).
- BBNL, which is an arm of state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), will be partnering village level entrepreneurs (VLES) to provide the connectivity.
