CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who inaugurated the free wifi service at Maharashtra railway station recently?
A
Shri Arun Jaitley
B
Shri Shweta Menon
C
Shri Suresh Prabhu
D
Shri Kannan Devan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mumbai, May 22: Giving a major fillip to government’s Digital India Initiative, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday inaugurated free Wi-Fi facility at 28 railway stations on Konkan Railway .

Detailed explanation-2: -This initiative first began in the year 2016 at the Mumbai Railway station.

Detailed explanation-3: -This will help all the rail passengers and also promote digital literacy in the country. Here’s how you can access Wi-Fi at various railway stations for free: Step 1: Open the Wi-Fi settings in your smartphone and select RailWire network. Step 2: Open the internet browser and type railwire.co.in in the web address bar.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Railways began the service of providing free WiFi at its stations from January 2016 from Mumbai Central station, and in a span of 46 months RailTel has extended the service to 5, 500 stations across the country. “The mission is to provide WiFi at all railway stations (except the halt ones).

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