May 29: Broadband Internet service has reached all local level offices and 6,743 ward offices as of mid-March 2023. According to the economic survey of the current fiscal year presented in parliament by Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat on Sunday, broadband internet connection has been completed in 4,390 health centers and 5,318 community schools. 

Free Wi-Fi hotspots are available in religious and tourist places including Baraha Chettra, Annapurna Circuit, Muktinath Temple Complex, Janaki Temple Complex, Pathibhara Temple, Halesi Temple, Gadhimai Temple Complex in Bara.    

Similarly, the access to digital television has reached 72.0 per cent of households in the review period.    
The Economic Survey states that 7,944 newspapers have been registered in different languages until the same period with news/articles being published weekly in 38 different languages by the state-owned Gorkhapatra daily. -- RSS