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National Digital Communications Policy 2018 – Draft version
May 6 , 2018
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- The government released the draft of new telecom policy - National Digital Communications Policy 2018 - with an aim to provide access of broadband with 50 megabits per second to every citizen, attract $100 billion investment in the sector and create 40 lakh jobs by 2022.
- The policy Calls for Universal broadband coverage, creating four million additional jobs in the digital communications sector, enhancing the contribution of digital communications sector to 8% of India’s GDP from around 6% in 2017, enhancing India’s contribution to global value chains and ensuring digital sovereignty.
- It also aims to propel India’s rank in ICT development index (published by ITU) to top 50, from 134 in 2017.
- The policy further aims to pursue regulatory reforms to ensure that the regulatory structures and processes remain relevant, transparent, accountable and forward-looking. Additionally, the policy aims to remove regulatory barriers and reduce the regulatory burden that hampers investments, innovation and consumer interest
- The draft also proposes to address woes of debt-ridden telecom sector by reviewing license fees, spectrum usage charges, the universal service obligation fund levy for enhancing ease of doing business.
- The draft policy proposed to rationalize taxes and levies on digital communications equipment, infrastructure, and
- These objectives will be achieved by 2022.
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