New Telecom Policy

The government is working on a new version of data protection bill and proposed Digital India law to make the online world more accountable, IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. During the launch of the second batch of Cytrain Setu, Vaishnaw said the government will float a New Telecom Bill within a week. The minister said that a new version of the Data Protection Bill and proposed Digital India law is in the works. "What we are looking at is making the online world more accountable for what is published there. The people who are part of the law enforcement agencies and the policymakers, all of us, have a role. But, we also need to put a greater sense of accountability within the social media, internet, technology world itself," Vaishnaw said. The government has withdrawn the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019, to replace it with a new bill with a 'comprehensive framework' and 'contemporary digital privacy laws'. The bill, aimed at regulating how an ...

The need for a new telecom policy was felt in the wake of global transformation in the sector

Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha has said NDCP 2018 will be implemented within a year of being tabled in Parliament, but reforms could get side-tracked in the run-up to Lok Sabha elections

The Union Cabinet approved National Digital Communications Policy 2018, which aims to attract $100 billion investment

NDCP is focused on increasing high-speed broadband penetration, with use of modern technologies like 5G and optical fibres across the country at affordable rates

The proposed new telecom policy seeks to provide broadband access to all with 50 mbps speed, 5G services and create 4 million new jobs by 2022

The department released the draft of the proposed telecom policy, branded as National Digital Communications Policy 2018

Sinha said that till date no work of such scale has taken place in the country for to expand connectivity in the country

To achieve the targets by 2022, the policy envisages three missions - Connect India, Propel India and Secure India

Telecos will have an "option" to either go for the new payment schedule for spectrum or continue under the existing arrangement

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) hasrecommended roadmap for NTP 2018

Trai will be sharing important issues that require attention in NTP

The government plans to provide broadband connectivity to 2.5 lakh gram panchayats

A sound NTP-2018 requires sustainable, integrated policies that address our realities

DoT plans to go for a wide consultation and outreach before finalising the new policy