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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) last evening approved the proposal to establish State Wide Area Networks (SWAN) across the country in 29 States / 6 UTs in a phased manner, which will enable seamless delivery of G2G and G2C converged services (voice, data, video) for the citizens.
The total estimated outlay for the SWAN Scheme for the entire country will be Rs. 3334 crore, out of which Rs. 2005 crore would be provided as Grant-in-aid, to be expended over 5 years from the date of sanction of individual project by the Department of Information Technology, starting from current financial year 2004-05.
CCEA has also given its approval for the constitution and composition of the Empowered Committee with the delegation of administrative and financial powers to approve individual SWAN project of the States within the provisions laid down in the SWAN Policy Guidelines by the Department of Information Technology.
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