Deploy broadband in every village (National Optical Fibre Network to village level)
“set up a National Optical-Fibre Network up to the village level; and Wi-Fi zones in public areas.”
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept
The verdict
BharatNet aims to connect about 2.5 lakh gram panchayats. Phase I (about 1 lakh panchayats) was completed by December 2017; Phase II for the remaining ~1.45 lakh was due by March 2023, so full coverage was not reached by 2019.
Rule applied: Partially kept: 50–74% of the target met → 5
Implied deadline (end of term): 26 May 2019Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
5/10
Evidence timeline
- Other1 Jul 2021· WikipediasupportsBharatNet ↗
“Phase-I aimed to connect 100,000 gram panchayats; Phase-II targeted the remaining nearly 145,000; Phase-I completed by December 2017; Phase-II to be completed by 31-March-2023.”
Promise ID bjp-ls-2014-020 · drafted 4 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON