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Why communications ministry may be forced to revise the draft telecom Bill
Episode 3
Published 3 years, 2 months ago
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The draft telecom Bill introduced by Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in September this year had a lot of hopes pinned on it. The telecom sector in India is governed by archaic laws. One of them even goes as far back as 1885.
But the draft bill left the industry divided.
Why? And what are the changes that the government might be forced to introduce to the new bill?
Tune in to find out.
For more on this, read this report by Pratap Vikram Singh: 900 comments on draft telecom Bill may force communications ministry to make three key U-turns
Also, listen to this brand new episode of First Principles with NoBroker's Amit Agarwal