The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (ASSOCHAM), the oldest, largest and Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India and The Dialogue, a New Delhi based independent think-tank, held an Industry Roundtable Discussion and the launch of the Study ‘Enabling a Trillion Dollar Digital Economy: Independent, Interconnected and Digital’ on Friday, 26 February, 2021. Hon’ble Dr. Amar Patnaik, Minister of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, was the keynote speaker and other speakers included a host of officials from the Department of Telecommunications and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, as well as industry experts.
The Digital Economy report by The Dialogue and ASSOCHAM is a comprehensive overview of the challenges faced by the telecom sector in India, and its impact on other areas of the digital economy, as well as the opportunities towards enabling the goal of a trillion dollar digital economy. The report is an attempt to consolidate the challenges of privacy, security, intermediary liability, competition and economic loss with the telecom sectors.
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There are unique solutions which the report offers. Apart from reducing regulatory levies, addressing the AGR issue and reducing GST burden – it draws attention towards light touch regulation for progressive digital policies, an online portal for right of way approvals and the need to focus on new generation microwave technologies. Overall, the digital economy report provides the reader with linkages to contemporary privacy, security and regulatory issues due to problems in the governance of the underlying telecom sector.
