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· The Department of Telecommunications ( DoT ) is implementing the BharatNet project for providing the last mile connectivity to all Gram Panchayats ( GPs ) of the country . · CSC e - Governance Services India Limited - a Special Purpose Vehicle ( CSC - SPV ) had been assigned to provide the last mile connectivity, through 1Wi - Fi Access Point and 5 FTTH in about 77,115 GPs . · As of now, 85717Wi - Fi Access Points and 126301 FTTH connections have been installed in these GPs . About CSC - SPV · CSC - SPV were primarily set up to manage the ecosystem of CSCs for their execution / operations and functioning for extending governance in public services viz Aadhaar Card registration, PAN Card registration, booking for train and air tickets, bank - related information / Financial Inclusion Services, Educational Services, G2C / B2C services, Healthcare services etc, to every citizen . · CSC - SPV was assigned a pilot project for laying overhead optical fiber from GPs to villages in Bihar only under BharatNet project in October; 2020 . About Ministry of Communication Ministers responsible : Ashwini Vaishnaw, Cabinet Minister; Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State About BharatNet Project : · BharatNet Project was originally launched in 2011 as the National Optical Fibre Network ( NOFN ) and renamed as Bharat - Net in 2015 . · It seeks to provide connectivity to 2 . 5 lakh Gram Panchayats ( GPs ) through optical fibre . It is a flagship mission implemented by Bharat Broadband Network Ltd . ( BBNL ).