Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate over 97,500 mobile 4G towers worth ₹37,000 crore on Saturday, marking the commercial launch of BSNL’s Swadeshi 4G network and the 4G Saturation Project under the Bharat Nidhi scheme. The initiative positions India alongside countries such as Denmark, Sweden, South Korea, and China in producing and manufacturing telecom equipment.

Union minister of communications Jyotiraditya Scindia announced the twin initiatives on Friday, calling them a “historic step towards Viksit Bharat” and a reaffirmation of India’s capability to build advanced telecom networks indigenously.

The rollout positions India as the fifth country in the world—after Denmark, Sweden, South Korea and China—to design and manufacture its own telecom equipment, with BSNL becom

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