Google's Internet Saathi programme reaches 100,000 villages
‘Internet Saathi’, a digital literacy initiative aimed at empowering women in rural India, Google India announced that it has now reached 100,000 villages in the country. American Internet giant, Google India said that it has reached a milestone of 100,000 villages with its Internet Saathi programme which was launched as a pilot in Rajasthan in July 2015 along with Tata Trusts. Live in ten states in India, 25,000 fully trained Internet Saathis are working everyday across these villages to help women and children learn about the internet.