Take technology to villages, not just profitable cities: Bengal minister Dilip Ghosh

Kharagpur, Nov 14 (UNI) 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…