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The National Broadband Mission (NBM) was launched by Government of India on 17 December 2019 with a vision to enable fast-track growth of digital communications infrastructure, bridge the digital divide for digital empowerment and inclusion; and to provide affordable and universal access to broadband for all.

Vision of the NBM

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To enable fast track growth of digital communications infrastructure, bridge the digital divide for digital empowerment and inclusion, provide affordable and universal access of broadband for all.

Objectives of the NBM

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  1. Universality: Ubiquitous availability of broadband services to bridge digital divide
  2. Affordability: Availability of affordable broadband services to every citizen of India to bridge the socio-economic divide
  3. Quality: Availability of high speed and highly reliable broadband access to all

The Mission has been structured with strong emphasis on the above principles and promotes policies and activities to help the sector achieve its true potential.

To achieve the vision of National Broadband Mission in the next five years, the main objectives are:

  • To facilitate universal and equitable access to broadband services for growth and development throughout the country and especially in rural and remote areas
  • To address policy and regulatory changes required to accelerate the expansion and creation of digital infrastructure and services
  • Creation of a digital fiber map of the Digital Communications network and infrastructure, including Optical Fiber Cables and Towers, across the country
  • Work with all stakeholders including the concerned Ministries/ Departments/ Agencies, and Ministry of Finance, for enabling investments for the Mission
  • Work with the Department of Space, to make available adequate resources required for extending connectivity to far flung areas of country through satellite media
  • To encourage and promote adoption of innovative technologies for proliferation of broadband especially by the domestic industry
  • Seek cooperation from concerned stakeholders by developing innovative implementation models for Right of Way (RoW)
  • To work with States/UTs for having consistent policies pertaining for RoW approvals required for laying of OFC o expansion of digital infrastructure including
  • To work with States/UTs for having consistent policies pertaining to expansion of digital infrastructure including for RoW approvals required for laying of OFC
  • To develop a Broadband Readiness Index (BRI) to measure the availability of digital communications infrastructure and conducive policy ecosystem within a State/UT
  • Promote direct and indirect employment as a result of development of Digital Communications infrastructure across the country and through the digital economy

Deliverables and Outcomes

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  • All villages to have access to broadband by 2022
  • Availability of high broadband speed
  • Accelerate Fiberization
  • To enhance connectivity and improve Quality of Service by increasing tower density
  • Increase fiberization of telecom towers
  • Mapping of Fiber
  • Facilitate rollout of 5G network and strengthening of 4G network
  • Promote Make in India

Progress Under the NBM since 2019 (as of Dec 2023)

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  • No.of broadband subscribers increased from 66 crore to 94 crore.
  • Per capita average monthly wireless data consumption increased from 10GB to 21.10 GB.
  • The median mobile broadband download speed witnessed a substantial increase, rising from 10.71 Mbps in 2019 to an impressive 100.78 Mbps in November 2024. Similarly, the median fixed broadband download speed increased from 29.25 Mbps in 2019 to 63.55 Mbps in November 2024, according to Ookla's Speedtest Global Index.
  • Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) length increased from 19.35 lakh route km to 41.91 lakh route km.
  • Mobile towers increased from 5.37 lakh to 8.17 lakh.
  • Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) increased from 21.80 lakh to 29.59 lakhs including 4.65 lakh 5G BTSs.
  • Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands provided broadband through an undersea cable.
  • The "GatiShakti Sanchar" Portal launched on May 14, 2022 to facilitate RoW (Right of Way) application submission at one common portal, which helped reduce Right of Way (RoW) applications pendency significantly from a high of 71,000+ on Dec 15, 2021.
  • All 36 States/UTs have notified Right of Way (RoW) policy in line with Central ITROW Rules 2016.
  • The experience of working with different stakeholders during NBM 1.0 helped shape the new RoW rules under the Telecommunications Act 2023.
  • An addendum to the Model Building Bye-laws 2016 was issued by MoHUA and many States/UTs adopted the same.
  • 3 Governing Council for Broadband (GC), 4 Broadband Steering Committee (BSC) and 203 State Broadband Committee (SBC) meetings were held for the effective implementation of the mission and proliferation of broadband across the country.
  • Capacity-building conferences for 5G use cases were held in the majority of States/UTs focusing on various sectors viz. health, education, Industry 4.0 and public safety domains.
  • The Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the "Call Before u Dig" (CBuD) Mobile App on March 22, 2023, to prevent damage to underground utilities.
  • Under PM-GatiShakti National Master Plan Platform, various telecom assets such as 13 lakh route km of OFC, 8.11 lakh telecom towers with ~29.42 lakh BTSs, planned mobile towers of DBN projects have been mapped with GIS details and the Platform was used to support planning of 4G saturation project.

References

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https://www.theweek.in/news/biz-tech/2019/12/17/national-broadband-mission-launched-fast-internet-in-all-villages-by-2022.html https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/govt-launches-national-broadband-mission/72843402 https://x.com/NBM_DoT https://gatishaktisanchar.gov.in/vision-mission https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1909105

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