Kharagpur, Nov. 14 -- Warning that India's technological progress would remain incomplete unless its benefits reached the remotest villages, West Bengal Cabinet Minister Dilip Ghosh on Saturday called for a mission-mode initiative to bridge the digital divide, urging IIT Kharagpur, industry leaders and government agencies to take modern communication technology to rural communities.
Addressing the inaugural session of RuralConnect 2026, a two-day national workshop on rural communication innovations, Ghosh said private technology companies could not be allowed to view rural connectivity merely through the prism of commercial profitability, while a large section of the population remained deprived of reliable digital infrastructure.
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