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DoT and ICRIER to develop Broadband Readiness Index, recommended by DoT in National Digital Communications Policy 2018

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) signed an MoU on July 16 to develop a Broadband Readiness Index (BRI) for all states and UTs; this index was recommended in the National Digital Communication Policy 2018 (appended below) by the DoT. It will appraise the status of digital infrastructure in all states so they can better invest in technology. The NDCP 2018 had recommended “creating a Broadband Readiness Index for States/UTs to attract investments and address RoW [right of way] challenges”. The first BRI will be released in 2019, and subsequently every year until 2022. 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. Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, Union Minister of State for HRD, Communications, and Electronics and IT; Aruna Sundarajan, Chairperson Digital Communications Commission, and Secretary, DoT; Amit Yadav, Joint Secretary, DoT; and Rajat Kathuria and Geetha Nair from ICRIER were present at the signing. BRI will be carried out by state governments and industry associations such as Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI), and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). Components of the BRI BRI consists of two parts: Part I: focus on infrastructure based on measurement of…

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