On which date did the Union Cabinet approve the Amended BharatNet Programme?
- A.4 August 2021
- B.15 August 2022
- C.4 August 2023
- D.1 April 2019
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Explanation
The correct answer is 4 August 2023. The Union Cabinet approved the Amended BharatNet Programme on that day, with the stated aim of upgrading, consolidating and expanding the BharatNet network already laid, so that every gram panchayat and, on a demand basis, every village gets robust and future-ready broadband. The Tamil Nadu agreement is an instance of that programme being carried out through the state-led model, with central subsidy approved for using the network. Option A moves the approval two years earlier and option B shifts both the day and the year, while option D borrows a date associated with the universal service fund becoming effective rather than with any Cabinet decision on broadband. Candidates who confuse the fund date with the programme date lose the mark, so the two should be learnt as a pair: the fund came first by many years, and the amended programme is the recent approval.
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Practice Questions
Under the utilisation agreement signed for Tamil Nadu, how many villages are to be given connectivity on a demand basis?
- A.2,767 villages
- B.4,767 villages
- C.5,767 villages
- D.3,476 villages
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The utilisation agreement signed at Sanchar Bhawan in New Delhi carries two separate commitments for Tamil Nadu: subsidy support for more than five lakh fibre connections reaching rural homes, and connectivity on a demand basis for 4,767 villages so that the remaining last-mile gaps in the state are closed.
Read the full explanation →Digital Bharat Nidhi, one of the parties to the Tamil Nadu BharatNet agreement, is the renamed form of which fund?
- A.Universal Service Obligation Fund
- B.National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
- C.Telecom Technology Development Fund
- D.National Broadband Mission Fund
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Digital Bharat Nidhi is that fund under a new name. It was set up under the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Act of 2003, and the Telecommunications Act of 2023 rechristened it Digital Bharat Nidhi.
Read the full explanation →Which state corporation signed the BharatNet utilisation agreement along with Digital Bharat Nidhi and the state government?
- A.Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corporation
- B.Bharat Broadband Network Limited
- C.RailTel Corporation of India
- D.Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation
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The agreement at Sanchar Bhawan was a three-way one: Digital Bharat Nidhi under the Department of Telecommunications, the Government of Tamil Nadu, and TANFINET, which is the state agency that will carry the work on the ground under the state-led model.
Read the full explanation →What financial outlay has been approved for continuing the PM-KISAN scheme from 2026-27 to 2030-31?
- A.Rs 3.15 lakh crore
- B.Rs 4.64 lakh crore
- C.Rs 60,000 crore
- D.Rs 2.40 lakh crore
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The Union Cabinet approved the continuation of the scheme from 2026-27 to 2030-31 in July 2026 with that outlay, which secures assured income support for landholding farmer families for a further five-year stretch.
Read the full explanation →How much money was transferred to farmers under the 24th instalment of PM-KISAN?
- A.About Rs 11,200 crore
- B.About Rs 18,690 crore
- C.About Rs 25,400 crore
- D.About Rs 31,500 crore
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That amount was credited in the twenty-fourth instalment to more than 9.34 crore eligible farmer families, all of it routed through the Direct Benefit Transfer system into Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts.
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