Ravi Shankar Prasad

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22 March, 2017

How slow really is India's judicial system?

Earlier this week, British telecom giant Vodafone Group Plc decided to merge its India operations with Idea Cellular Ltd. The ......

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18 January, 2017

India to consider Apple's request for investment incentives

India will consider Apple Inc.'s request for incentives to invest in the country with an "open mind", Information Technology Minister ......

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30 August, 2016

Just how many Internet users does India have?

Lies, damned lies, and statistics, Mark Twain had said about the way numbers are used to win arguments. Twain died ......

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06 July, 2016

Narendra Modi shuffles his pack; Irani gets textiles, HRD goes to Javadekar

The NDA government's high-profile minister Smriti Irani was tonight shifted from the key HRD ministry and given a less significant ......

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01 March, 2016

Budget supports Digital India plan, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

A day after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government presented its Union budget for Bharat, union minister for communications and ......

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06 February, 2016

India sitting on cusp of digital revolution: Prasad

Asserting that India is sitting on the cusp of a digital revolution, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has exhorted senior ......

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09 September, 2015

Cabinet clears spectrum trading norms

The Cabinet on Wednesday cleared spectrum trading guidelines under which telecom operators will be able to sell radiowaves to other ......

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14 April, 2015

Government panel to come with report on net neutrality in a month

Amid a raging debate over equal Internet access, the government of India on Monday said an expert panel is looking ......

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12 August, 2014

Top telcos including Airtel & Vodafone get govt notice for underreporting revenue

Government has issued show cause notices to leading telecom companies--Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Aircel, Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices-- for under ......

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04 August, 2014

Govt plans Telecom Finance Corp by 2017

The government proposes to set up a Telecom Finance Corporation (TFC) in the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-17) which ......