Three of these villages, Aari and Banskhedi, are from Madhya Pradesh.

This news has come 10 days after Scindia took over as Union Communications Minister.

Scindia, who contested his sixth Lok Sabha election this year but first on a BJP ticket from his family stronghold Guna, won against Congress's Rao Yadvendra Singh Yadav by a margin of over 5 lakh votes.

According to the official statement of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the '5G Intelligent Village' initiative aims to enable effective use of ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) and massive machine type communication (mMTC) aspects of 5G in selected villages. To do. ,

"The proposals may also include plans to establish 5G connectivity in areas without existing coverage. The initiative aims to unite telecom service providers, sensor manufacturers, CCTV suppliers and IoT providers on a single platform to harness the potential benefits of 5G. "As a center for research and development in this area," it said.

DoT has invited participants from industry, small businesses, startups, academia and government departments involved in technology design, development and commercialization of telecom products and solutions.