To overcome this in the North Eastern states, the Reserve Bank had launched the Satellite Connectivity Scheme in 2009 to provide  10  BIS central bankers’ speeches  100% subsidy to bank branches in the North-East Region (NER) subject to a maximum of ₹ per month or the actual expenditure incurred by the bank, whichever is less, subject to the condition that the branches would offer services of electronic funds transfer free of charge to their customers.
Of the total 1756 branches in the North-East region, 762 branches (43.4 per cent) had taken satellite connectivity after the launch of the scheme. The scheme has since been extended by another year and Sikkim has also been brought under the ambit of the Scheme. Multiplicity of models Multiple technologies and delivery models could be used based on the geographical peculiarities, infrastructure availabilities, etc.