Govt launches grievance redressal portal for people from Scheduled Castes
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Last Updated: Apr 14, 2021, 09:06 PM IST
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The government on Wednesday launched a portal for people belonging to Scheduled Castes to file complaints in case they have any grievances. The mechanism has been developed by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC).
The government on Wednesday launched a portal for people belonging to Scheduled Castes to file complaints in case they have any grievances. The mechanism has been developed by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC). It was launched by Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on the birth anniversary of father of Indian Constitution Dr B R Ambedkar.
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‘Soft-touch regulatory architecture’ to help the government monitor and regulate OTT content more closely
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New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has amended the Unified Access Services (UAS) Licence agreement for the procurement of telecom equipment to incorporate guidelines for the National Security Directive on Telecommunication sector, which provides for the government declaring a list of trusted sources and trusted products for the benefit of telecom service providers to maintain the integrity of the supply chain security.
Sources said the DoT has amended the Unified License Agreement by adding a sub-clause in security conditions.
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