Kerala becomes country’s first digital state

Kerala achieved the distinction of being the first digital state in the country on Saturday having linked all villages in the state with broadband connectivity under the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) project. President Pranab Mukherjee formally declared Kerala as the first digital state by launching a digital empowerment campaign in Kozhikode aimed at bridging the digital divide by 2020. The campaign for e-literacy will use 40,000 student police cadets to train 10 lakh people in panchaya