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Business EconomyPosted at: Jul 16 2019 5:28PM


DoT inks pact for Broadband Readiness Index for states, UTs

New Delhi, Jul 16 (UNI) The Department of Telecom (DoT) and the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a Broadband Readiness Index (BRI) for states and union territories (UT).
The first estimate will be made in 2019 and subsequently every year until 2022.
Union Minister of State for Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, Digital Communications Commission chairman and DoT Secretary Aruna Sundararajan, Joint Secretary Amit Yadav, ICRIER Director and Chief Executive Rajat Kathuria and Secretary Geetha Nair were present at the signing ceremony.
The National Digital Communication Policy (NDCP) 2018 acknowledged the need for building a robust digital communications infrastructure leveraging existing assets of the broadcasting and power sectors including collaborative models involving state, local bodies and the private sector.
Accordingly, the policy recommended that a BRI for States and UTs be developed to attract investments and address Right of Way (RoW) challenges across India.
This index will appraise the condition of the underlying digital infrastructure and related factors at the State/UT level. Such an exercise will provide useful insights into strategic choices made by states for investment allocations in ICT programmes.
In the spirit of competitive federalism, the index will encourage states to cross learn and jointly participate in achieving the overall objective of digital inclusion and development in India, an official statement said here.
The framework will not only evaluate a state’s relative development but will also allow for better understanding of a state’s strengths and weaknesses that can feed into evidence-based policy making.
The methodology developed as a part of this research will be adapted and used on an annual basis for systematic evaluation of state-performance on metrics set out as the goals for 2022 under the new policy. As a result, ranking and understanding State/UT performance over time will be an important part of the exercise.
The development of BRI will be a collaborative exercise with stakeholders including state governments and industry associations like the Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) and the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). This will be a first of its kind exercise that will comprehensively measure the development of telecom infrastructure at the sub national level.
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