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DELHI: An allocation of Rs 200 million – the same as
last year – has been made in the 2008-09 budget for the
convergence, communication and strategic electronic programme
aimed at research and development to help the growth of broadband
and convergence technologies.
The
allocation for the communication and information technology
ministry also includes Rs 7.19 billion for e-governance which
helps to make all government services accessible to the common
man through newer technologies. The allocation for cyber security
is Rs 270 million.
The
new National Knowledge Network, initiated to connect knowledge
institutions in the country through multiple gigabit bandwidth,
has been allocated a sum of Rs 910 million.
The
total allocation for the communication and information technology
ministry is Rs 17.16 billion in 2008-09 as compared to Rs
14.45 billion in the revised estimates for 2007-2008.
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