Blocking, slowing down content on Internet should not be allowed: IT Minister

Tech News -  With over a million Internet users opposing TRAI's consultation paper on allowing telecom companies like Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance to charge consumers differently for using different websites and mobile applications, he said the government had powers to give directions to the regulator on public policy.
   
"Government agrees with the viewpoint that blocking and deliberate slowing down/speeding up of lawful content on Internet should not be allowed and customers should have unrestricted access to all lawful content on Internet," he said replying to a call attention notice on net neutality in Rajya Sabha.
   
He, however, said the implications of net neutrality would need detailed expert examination with regard to traffic management, national security, integrity of network and investment in infrastructure.
   
"This is what governments and regulators all over the world are grappling with," he said.
   
Prasad said as per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act, TRAI makes recommendations to Government on regulating various aspects of telecom sector.
   
TRAI's powers to regulate tariff and quality of service are subject to overall public policy of government and "the government has sufficient powers under the TRAI Act to invoke its national policy objectives to give directions to TRAI," he said.

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No decision on getting Facebook, Twitter servers to India: Government

Tech News - "The government has not decided to get servers of popular social networking sites, like hike, Facebook, Twitter etc established within the country," Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
  
He, however, said the government regularly interacts with all stakeholders including social media providers to resolve the issues arising from time to time, related to handling of unlawful content on the internet.

The Minister said security agencies face difficulty while dealing with encrypted communications provided by various service providers.
  
World over several service providers are providing services like WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat, Skype, Yahoo, Gmail for sharing audio, video, image, email, data and accessing other web services anytime and anywhere in a secure manner, Prasad said.
  
He added the security of these services is achieved through encryption technology and these services are mostly availed by the citizens across the world through internet.
  
"At times these services may also used by anti-national and criminal elements, which pose a security threat," the Minister said.
  
Prasad added the government has mandated all the telecom service providers including internet service providers to provide the lawful interception and monitoring facilities to the security agencies for all the services including WhatsApp, Viber etc.

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Government mulls scheme to promote BPOs across country

A policy on Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) operations in the country "is in the final stages of finalisation," Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in reply to a  supplementary during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha.

"The proposed scheme would lay down the appropriate guidelines in regard to eligibility, location, nature of support to the industry and other related aspects and would be operationalised after obtaining necessary approvals of the competent authority," he said.
   
Stating that the policy was aimed at creating employment opportunities and growth of the IT-ITES industry, Prasad said  the Centre and states must work together to make the scheme successful, as the success of BPO industries called for a lot of infrastructural support like land and electricity.
   
"BPO is going to generate employment in all small cities ... BPO is a game changer in small cities," he said appealing to all Members of Parliament and state governments to chip in with their support for the plan.

The minister said all states would have to participate actively to make the scheme a success, particularly on issues like land allocation for setting up BPOs and providing them with power connectivity.

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