In the meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, it has been decided to launch the PM-WANI scheme. PM-WANI ie PM Wi-Fi access network interface. Government says that PM-WANI will bring Wi-Fi revolution in the country and Internet will be accessible to everyone. Every citizen of the country will be able to access internet from anywhere.
Describing the decisions taken in the meeting of the Union Cabinet, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the cabinet has decided to launch PM-Wi-Fi access network interface. This will provide a wide range of Wi-Fi networks in the country.
How will the scheme work
He told that under PM-WANI scheme there will be three important units. The first unit will be Public Data Office i.e. PDO. Public data offices will be opened in the country for PM-WANI and no license, fee or registration will be required for this. The second unit will be the public data aggregator, which will look into the accounting and authorization of the public data office. The third unit will be the app provider. They will make a special app, which the user will have to download, there will be a digital authentication of that. The government will show it on its websites apart from the App Store, its advertisement and link will be made public. After this, citizens will be able to access PM Wi-Fi from any public data office in the country.
Advantages of PM-WANI
Prasad said that in the direction of PM Wi-Fi, public data aggregator and app providers will be given registration within 7 days, but there will be no license for them either. While stating the benefits of PM-WANI, the Minister said that this step will be a big revolution in the country. With this, access to the Internet will be accessible everywhere in the country. In the village, children will be able to download books, skilling work can start, business work can start, etc. There will be many benefits. It is going to be a very big tool for digital change. However, he also said in response to a question that there will be a fix rate for using PM Wani’s service, which will depend on the amount of his use.
Source: www.financialexpress.com