MAJOR PUSH: An Indian salesman giving a demonstration of a computer laptop to customers in a showroom in New Delhi. Some of India's biggest industrialists have pledged billions of dollars to back Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plan to provide Internet connection for all.
NEW DELHI: Some of India’s biggest industrialists pledged billions of dollars to back Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan to provide Internet connection for all.
After storming to power at a general election in May 2014, the Internet savvy prime minister promised to connect 250,000 villages by 2019 as part of his government’s bid to close India’s gaping digital divide.
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