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About National Digital Communications Policy 2018: Details, Objectives, Highlights
About National Digital Communications Policy 2018: Details, Features, Objectives, Strategy, Highlights
National Digital Communications Policy 2018 envisage to supporting India’s transition to digitally empowered economy and society by fulfilling information and communications needs of citizens and enterprises.
National Digital Communications Policy 2018 wants to achieve this by establishing ubiquitous, resilient and affordable digital communications infrastructure and services. It is customer focused and application driven and for the launch of advanced technology such as 5G, IOT, M2M, etc.
National Digital Communications Policy 2018-Key Objectives
Broadband for all.
Creating four million additional jobs in the Digital Communications sector.
Enhancing the contribution of Digital Communications sector to 8% of India’s GDP from ~ 6% in 2017.
Propelling India to Top 50 Nations in ICT Development Index of ITU from 134 in 2017.
Enhancing India’s contribution to Global Value Chains and
Ensuring Digital Sovereignty.
These objectives are to be achieved by 2022.
National Digital Communications Policy 2018- Aim & Features
NDCP 2018 aims to
Provide universal broadband connectivity at 50 Mbps to every citizen.
Provide 1 Gbps connectivity to all Gram Panchayats by 2020 and 10 Gbps by 2022.
Ensure internet connectivity to all uncovered areas.
Attract investments of US $100 billion in Digital Communications Sector.
Train 1 million manpower for building New Age Skill.
Expand the IoT ecosystem to 5 billion connected devices.
Establish a comprehensive data protection regime for digital communications that safeguards privacy, autonomy, and choice of individuals
Facilitate India’s effective participation in the global digital economy;
Enforce accountability through appropriate institutional mechanisms to assure citizens of safe and
Secure digital communications infrastructure and services.
National Digital Communications Policy 2018 Strategies
Establish a National Digital Grid by creating National Fibre Authority.
Establish Common Service Ducts and utility corridors in all new city and highway road projects.
Create a collaborative institutional mechanism between Centre, States and Local Bodies for Common Rights of Way, standardization of costs and timelines;
Remove barriers to approvals.
