Fadnavis mentioned that the companies will likely be used for presidency establishments, rural communities, and significant public infrastructure throughout distant and underserved areas and aspirational districts in Maharashtra corresponding to Gadchiroli, Nandurbar, Dharashiv, and Washim.

“Elon Musk’s Starlink is among the largest firms within the ICT business holding the biggest variety of communication satellites on the planet, the CM. It’s our honour that the corporate is arriving in India and partnering with Maharashtra,” the Maharashtra CM mentioned

The Maharashtra–Starlink collaboration helps the state’s flagship Digital Maharashtra mission and integrates with its EV, Coastal Growth, and Catastrophe Resilience applications, his submit mentioned.

“With this landmark choice, Maharashtra will lead India in satellite-enabled digital infrastructure. It is a large leap in the direction of future-ready Maharashtra and setting the benchmark for Hon PM Narendra Modi Ji’s Digital India mission on the grassroots,” Fadnavis mentioned.

He additional mentioned that this will likely be topic to Starlink’s regulatory and compliance clearances from the Division of Telecommunication. The corporate additionally plans to arrange 9 gateway stations in India in cities like Mumbai, Noida and Lucknow.