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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued recommendations for improving telecom infrastructure in the North East region. TRAI suggests harmonizing the right of way policies of state governments with Central rules and prioritizing the provision of electricity to telecom sites. The region currently faces a digital divide due to inadequate transmission bandwidth and other challenges.
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In the list of recommendations on ‘Promoting Networking and Telecom Equipment Manufacturing in India released by the sector regulator on Saturday, it has also suggested the introduction of local value addition norms in performance linked incentives scheme (PLI scheme), tax relief as part of fiscal incentives, and setting up a dedicated master fund towards to address the relative cost disability faced by the industry, among others.
Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India: “It has been recommended that Government should follow a nudge approach and Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) should be incentivised to deploy indigenously manufactured equipment by reducing their Applicable Gross Revenues on annual net basis, by an amount equivalent to the aggregate certified value of indigenous NATE deployed in respective telecom networks during a financial year,” Trai said.