The telecom sector is in a mess and while there are many focussed on the issues of culpability and responsibility for this mess, it is important to ensure there is a proper roadmap of actions to take the country out of this mess and rebuild its credibility. This article lays out a direction to take us forward.
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For several decades after Independence, my state Karnataka and my city Bangalore remained unaffected by the decline in Political values and Governance standards that were being witnessed in other parts of the country. But somewhere in the hazy mists of contemporary history, there was a point when value based politics and public service oriented Government changed and morphed into what we have been experiencing for the last several years – propelling our state into a morass of corruption, vested interests, exploitation and dysfunctional Governance.
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The telecom sector over the last few months and year, has seen many controversies - most of them a result of public policy ambiguities, failures of regulators and the Government’s administration of the sector. One year ago Mr. Kapil Sibal assumed office as Minister of Communications & Information Technology in the background of scams and controversies and had promised a rapid cleanup and restoring of a coherent policy framework and administration.
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Draft telecom policy is more Vision 2020 – strong on long term ideas and the sector’s future, weak on any deliveries on short to mid-term, and silent on DoT restructuring, strengthening or if independent operators can give investments a boost
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There a new mantra being chanted by the Delhi elite – Its called the Supremacy of the Parliament theory. It’s clear they don’t understand our democracy, republic or constitution. When Dr Ambedkar wrote our constitution - he prefaced it with ‘We the people’. It means that People are supreme. The concept of Parliamentary supremacy is only vis a vis the other arms of our democracy ie Executive and Judiciary. To suggest that Parliament is supreme over the People is to distort the fundamental DNA of our constitution.
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India is witnessing an unprecedented mobilization of people and minds on the issue of Governance and Corruption, and more specifically, about the Lokpal institution which is being discussed as a centerpiece of the architecture of a more transparent and accountable form of Government.
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