The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure has approved the enhancement of budget by Rs 5,236 crore for laying of alternate communication network for defense services for release of spectrum over and above Rs 8,098 crore already approved by the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure.
The objective of this financial approval is to get the Defense Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) network implemented for which the cost estimate has escalated by Rs 5,236 crore due to change in specifications and other requirements emanating from the user. This includes the network for Army, Navy and Tri-services backbone. This network will be implemented by Bharat Sanchar Nigam in 36 months.