New Delhi: Communications Minister Manoj Sinha on Tuesday has said that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to implement new telecom policy by February 2018.
In a press meet, Minister for Railways and communication Manoj Sinha said, “We are trying to come out with the new telecom policy by February 2018. High level working groups have started working towards it. We expect to finalize the draft telecom policy by December and place it for public comments.”
The Minister speaking on the new project ‘BharatNet’ the government’s programme to provide broadband services in rural and remote areas, he said the telecom service providers (TSP) have come forward for utilizing this BharatNet connectivity.
The Indian Government is planning to provide broadband connectivity to nearly 2.5 lakh gram panchayats (GPs) through this new programme ‘BharatNet’.