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There has been a wide gap between the rural and urban areas in terms of opportunities, facilities, and services. In case of telecommunication, rural areas are not considered viable for the telecom business. The recent growth in the tele-density, mobile connectivity and internet provision in urban areas has widened the digital gap between rural and urban areas, therefore, in order to uplift the rural areas digitally, they need to be provided with mobile telephony and wireless broadband access, by connecting remote areas to the broadband core networks and by choosing efficient, cost-effective and fast-deployment technologies, wired or wireless networks. This will help in the improvement of internet accessibility. Due to the ongoing pandemic (Covid-19) the world is facing major changes in every sphere of life. Specifically, in case of India, the socio-economic conditions are getting worse day by day. Many of the economic sectors which are dependent on database, continue to try to keep them afloat through Work from Home, which has led to increased dependence on the �internet�. Internet has become a very crucial part of everybody�s life currently but there are people who lack these digital facilities and are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the need of the circumstances. Currently, people living in rural areas are the ones who are facing major difficulties due to lack of internet. An initiative had been taken by the government and various private firms, for providing internet to the rural areas in order to uplift the rural societies of our country but due to the pandemic the work in progress slowed down as the country experienced phases of lockdown. The research is influenced by a firm, called M2M CYBERNECTICS PRIVATE LIMITED where I interned under the supply chain management and finance department. The company is an IT based start-up which provides solution for Power, Telecom, and ICT sector. One of the major roles of the company is to provide internet connection and solar systems to the rural areas. This study will be examining the major trends and changes in the supply chain management of the firms which deal with the telecom sector, and will be comparing them to the pre-pandemic situation. The research will be based on the data provided by different companies, and will majorly determine the pre and post Covid-19 trends of internet accessibility provided by ICT firms in rural areas.