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INCLok Sabha 2009Digital & techmeasurable

Connect every village to a broadband network within three years

“It also pledges to connect every village to a broadband network within three years.”
— Lok Sabha Election 2009 Manifesto - Indian National Congress, page 16
AADHA ADHURAPartially kept

The verdict

The national optical fibre network for 250,000 gram panchayats was approved in October 2011, but only about 350 km of fibre had been laid by 2014 against about 300,000 km needed for Phase I.

Rule applied: Partially kept: under 25% of the target met → 3

Stated deadline: 22 May 2012Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
3/10

Evidence timeline

  1. Other25 Oct 2011· Wikipediasupports
    National Optical Fibre Network (BharatNet) ↗

    “Between 2011 and 2014, only 350 kilometers of optical fiber infrastructure was deployed, compared to the 300,000 kilometers required for Phase-I.”

Promise ID inc-ls-2009-007 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON