{"id":273984,"date":"2025-11-05T23:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/273984\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T23:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:33:07","slug":"first-indian-state-to-welcome-elon-musks-starlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/273984\/","title":{"rendered":"First Indian State To Welcome Elon Musk&#8217;s Starlink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/starlink11762370067.jpeg\" align=\"absmiddle\" alt=\"First Indian State To Welcome Elon Musk's Starlink\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to join hands with Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink Satellite Communications for launching satellite-based internet services.<\/p>\n<p>The state government signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Starlink to bring high-speed connectivity to government offices, public institutions and rural areas in remote districts like Gadchiroli, Nandurbar, Dharashiv and Washim.<\/p>\n<p>The signing ceremony took place in Mumbai, attended by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and IT Minister Ashish Shelar.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Fadnavis said the collaboration supports the state\u2019s Digital Maharashtra mission and aligns with programs for electric vehicles, coastal development and disaster resilience.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed pride that Maharashtra will now lead India in satellite-enabled digital infrastructure, helping realize Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Digital India goals at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement follows Maharashtra\u2019s new vision document for Viksit Maharashtra 2047, aiming to transform the state into a $5 trillion economy through inclusive, sustainable and technology-driven growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to join hands with Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink Satellite Communications for launching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[11,2344,146167,79,193,5408],"class_list":["post-273984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-elon-musk","tag-india","tag-maharasthra","tag-science","tag-space","tag-starlink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}