State of India’s digital economy report 2023
The State of India’s Digital Economy (SIDE) Report measures and analyses India’s digital transformation using data, information and evidence that are specifically relevant to the Indian context. In this,
Telecommunication
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Draft recommendations of the working group on development of North Eastern region
North-Eastern Region of the country is primarily disadvantaged on account of lack of physical infrastructure, viz. road, rail and air connectivity. Even the telecom revolution that is changing the lives
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Meet to check ill effects of tower radiation
Environment Minister S Shivanna has said that an experts’ meeting will be convened soon to discuss measures the Environment Department or Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) can take up to contain adverse effects of radiation of cellphone towers. The Minister, in a statement issued here, said a meeting of officials of the departments of health, medical education, urban development, telecommunications, the KSPCB, Visvesvaraya Technological University and Indian Institute of Science will be held in a week’s time. This would help in preparing a legislation to check the health hazards caused by cellphone tower radiation.
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Union secretary's order on mobile towers tantamount to contempt of court: High court
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court on Friday took a strong note of the Union telecom secretary's letter directing the state chief secretary not to order removal of mobile phone towers from hospitals. As the high court had earlier ordered that the towers be instantly removed from the school and hospital buildings, the division bench headed by chief justice Arun Kumar Mishra said the Union secretary's letter was tantamount to contempt of court.
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HC rule on cellular tower radiation
The High Court directed the Atomic Energy Commission to measure the intensity and biological effect of radiation emitted from the country's cell phone towers. An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud
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Action Hour Govt leaving no stone unturned to bring in efficiencies and transparency in resources allocation
Timelines Soon as Ministries Fail to Act on Reforms Only three ministries set targets for implementing recommendations of the Ashok Chawla Committee on Allocation of Natural Resources VIKAS DHOOT & RAJEEV
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World Bank cuts India's FY13 growth forecast to 6%
Points to power, infra issues, graft scams, higher investor uncertainty The World Bank on Wednesday cut India's economic growth projection to six per cent for the current financial year from the earlier 6.9 per cent estimate, blaming the slowdown on corruption scandals and a host of policy issues, including uncertainty in tax policies. However, the Bank expects that the reform measures announced by India recently will push growth in the second half of the current financial year, albeit slowly.
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Remove cell towers from schools by October 12: HC
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court has given the state government till October 12 to remove all mobile towers from schools. An HC division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice S S Kothari
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Enabling clean talking
In this new report Greenpeace outlines the roadmap for complete diesel elimination from the Indian telecom sector by the year 2020 through progressive action of massive renewable energy deployment and enhanced energy efficiency measures in its telecom network infrastructure.
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Parekh panel pushes for hike in power, gas prices, wants 100% FDI in telecom
New Delhi Brace for another dose of price hikes. A high-level committee on Wednesday recommended a slew of measures to encourage investments in the infrastructure sector, including hikes in electricity, gas prices and rail fares besides deregulation of port tariffs. While the rationalisation behind the suggestion is to make the respective businesses remunerative, the committee has also pitched for other measures such as hiking the FDI limit in the telecom sector from 74% to 100%, removal of regulatory uncertainties and easier M&A rules to ease flow of funds into the sector.
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Radiation risk to be cut
AHMEDABAD: With the harmful effects of mobile tower microwave radiations becoming a concern in major cities, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) over the past week has been feverishly counting the number of cell towers installed in the city-and looking for their proximity to schools, residential areas and hospitals. The AMC , the Cellular Operators Association of India (CAOI) and an agency, Indus towers, are toying with the idea of introducing cellular street furniture-which are high masts that will be installed along main streets at close proximity, to cut down on radiation intensity.