With a view to promoting spread of high-speed network connectivity for government-to-government communication up to the block level, the Government announced a State-wide area network (SWAN) policy, entailing an investment of Rs 1,000 crore. "This would bring benefits of modern information and communications technologies and services to the vast majority of people, particularly those in remote and rural areas," the Communications and IT Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, said here.