Matribhumi Samachar English
Minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia along with Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Minister of State for Communications, today held separate meetings with the recently constituted Stakeholders Advisory Committee (SAC) on Telecom Sector Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and Tele-Electronic Eco-System.
Focus of meeting was on making India a hub of Telecom products manufacturing and ease of doing business. In this regard, he said, that all Industry segments, Telecom Service Providers, Telecom Industry Associations, Global & Local manufacturers should work together to make India a Telecom Manufacturing hub for the world. Ministry of Communications will provide all the requisite support and work together with industry to realise the setting up of ‘Telecom Manufacturing Zone’. The Minister pointed out that there are already several schemes and incentives by the government including the PLI, to encourage indigenous manufacturing of telecom products in the country. He said, all these efforts aim at making “Bharat, a product manufacturing nation’ and giving a spur to “Make in India, Make for the World for Telecom products” vision.
The meetings also reviewed progress on issues taken up previously. In the meeting with TSPs, Minister Scindia emphasised that they must maintain the standards that align with the global standards. He also made it clear that any “inconvenience” to the customers is not acceptable by telemarketing or bulk messages, adding that option for acceptance or not must be provide to the users. He insisting upon TSPs to providing top quality service to consumers.
Shri Scindia exhorted the TSPs to encourage companies whose telecom products they use, to set up manufacturing the same in India. The Minister also suggested them to take an initiative to design an architecture of security related regulations and compliance with the law enforcement agencies for a more secure telecommunication environment.
Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia assured representatives of all the three SACs meeting today, of full end-to-end government support for initiatives towards creating an eco-system of indigenous Telecom equipment manufacturing for selling to the world.
The SAC on Telecom Electronics Ecosystem in its meeting discussed creating global manufacturing super giants having own R&D and IP creating eco-system in India. Others topics including access to market for Products made in India; One Nation – One Standard for Testing and Certification in India and resolving policy issues on PPP – MII scheme (Public Procurement Preference – Make in India), also were taken up.
Industry leaders in the Advisory Committees expressed their thanks to the Minister for his continuing support and encouragement and the Department of Telecommunications for foster a productive and innovative environment for the growth of the telecom sector.
Minister Scindia had constituted six distinct Stakeholders Advisory Committees (SACs) to provide valuable insights to the DoT on various matters pertaining to it. Industry thought leaders, top CEOs, academicians, researchers, entrepreneurs and start-ups are members of six advisory committees (SACs).
