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The Uttar Pradesh authorities connected Monday (March 9, 2026) signed an archetypal pact with a subsidiary of the Hinduja Group, OneOTT Intertainment Ltd, to grow high-speed broadband connectivity crossed the authorities nether 'Project Ganga'.
The memorandum of knowing (MoU) was signed betwixt the State Transformation Commission and OneOTT intertainment Ltd with a people to supply high-speed net connectivity to implicit 20 lakh households successful the adjacent 2 to 3 years.
According to officials, the inaugural volition besides make much than 1 lakh nonstop and indirect employment opportunities.
Around 8,000 to 10,000 section youths volition beryllium trained arsenic integer work providers astatine the Nyaya Panchayat level, with astir 50% information reserved for women.
Uttar Pradesh Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said the statement marks an important measurement towards strengthening integer infrastructure successful the authorities portion generating large-scale employment.
"Under Project Ganga (Government Assisted Network for Growth and Advancement), high-speed broadband volition scope astir 20 lakh households, benefiting astir 1 crore people," Mr. Khanna said, adding that the authorities is focusing connected technology-driven employment opportunities for youth.
Chief Executive Officer of the State Transformation Commission, Manoj Kumar Singh, said integer infrastructure has go arsenic captious arsenic carnal infrastructure successful driving development.
He said the inaugural would assistance span the integer disagreement and guarantee broadband connectivity, OTT services and high-speed net scope villages, opening up caller opportunities for agrarian younker done online platforms, telemedicine, e-commerce, integer skilling and contented creation.
Mr. Singh added that broadband enlargement successful borderline districts specified arsenic Shravasti, Bahraich and Balrampur would peculiarly assistance make caller economical opportunities successful underserved regions.
Director of Hinduja Global Solutions, Vynsley Fernandes, said the task has been named 'Project Ganga', drafting inspiration from the life-sustaining relation of the stream for millions of people.
Chief Business Officer of OneOTT Intertainment Ltd, Satya Prakash Singh, said the task seeks to widen integer connectivity to underserved and distant agrarian areas, enabling maturation successful telemedicine, online education, integer skilling, e-commerce and integer contented services.
Senior officials of the State Transformation Commission, the labour section and representatives of the Hinduja Group attended the event.
