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Free WiFi to all villages connected via Bharat Net till March 2020: Prasad Currently, 48,000 villages connected under the BharatNet project have WiFi access Current Affairs :WiFi administrations being given through BharatNet in towns crosswise over India will be for nothing out of pocket till March 2020, Telecom and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday. “We have just associated 1.3 lakh gram panchayats through BharatNet optical fiber organize… Our objective is to take this to 2.5 lakh gram panchayats. To advance usage of BharatNet administrations, we will give WiFi free in all towns associated through BharatNet till March 2020,” the clergyman said. Right now, 48,000 towns associated under the BharatNet venture have WiFi get to. The priest said all normal help focuses (CSCs) will offer financial administrations. In that capacity, CSCs go about as passageways for conveyance of advanced administrations and the quantity of these focuses has...

US business group raises concern over provisions in Data Protection Bill USIBC also suggested the bill be revised to provide ample time to establish a new Data Protection Authority Current Affairs   :The US India Business Council has communicated worry over the arrangements of Personal Data Protection Bill presented in the Indian parliament, saying that a portion of its arrangements raise genuine worry for the private area. “The bill contains a few new arrangements outside the center issue of information security that raise genuine worries for the private division, especially the consideration of prerequisites around non-individual information and internet based life go-between liabilities, USIBC president Nisha Desai Biswal said in an announcement on Wednesday. The PDPB was on Wednesday alluded to a joint select panel of the two Houses of Parliament. A goals moved by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was passed by Lok Sabha by a voice vote. Biswal said that th...

Will revive BSNL, make it profitable: Telecom Minister Prasad in Lok Sabha Last month, the government approved a Rs 69,000 crore revival package for BSNL and MTNL Current Affairs :Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday guaranteed the Lok Sabha that state-claimed telecom player BSNL will be resuscitated soon. While BSNL is announcing misfortunes since 2010, another telecom PSU MTNL has been in the red in nine of the previous 10 years. The all out obligation on the two firms is around Rs 40,000 crore. “We will resuscitate BSNL and make it gainful,” he told the Lower House during the Question Hour. A month ago, the administration affirmed a Rs 69,000 crore recovery bundle for BSNL and MTNL that included consolidating the two misfortune making firms, monetising their benefits and offering VRS to representatives so that the joined substance turns productive in two years. The bundle incorporates implantation of Rs 20,140 crore for acquisition of 4G range and Rs ...

Amid disagreements, standing committee debates data privacy for hours Officials from Home and IT Ministries made presentations on WhatsApp breach and data privacy in the meeting Current Affairs :The gathering of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology headed by Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday was set apart by contrasts among individuals as they were not ready to arrive at an agreement whether the issue of information security ought to be talked about or not. At long last, the individuals picked casting a ballot, which prompted a tie. At last, previous Union Minister Tharoor set the ball moving for discourse subsequent to utilizing his vote. As indicated by sources, the individuals from the administration’s side restricted to a discourse on the issue of information security. There was a warmed contention, after which the democratic occurred. “The vote finished in a tie. Executive Tharoor utilized his vote, which was agreeable to a talk, which at long last o...

Spectrum price reform in the works: Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Telecom operators, battling financial stress, have for long voiced their protest against high base price of 5G spectrum Current Affairs :Introducing the yearly India Mobile Congress on Monday, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Center was thinking about “evaluating changes in the division”, perhaps indicating making the up and coming range sell off, particularly in the 5G band, progressively appealing to the business. Telecom administrators, fighting money related pressure, have for since quite a while ago voiced their dissent against the high base cost of 5G range. Most telcos are arranging not to offer for 5G except if the administration surveys the cost. The three-day telecom summit, which got off to a moderate beginning, was set apart by the nonappearance of industry majors including Bharti’s Sunil Mittal and Reliance’s Mukesh Ambani. The two business opponents had shared the dais at th...

Over 200 former MPs yet to vacate their official bungalows allotted in 2014 According to the rules, former MPs have to vacate their respective bungalows within one month of dissolution of the previous Lok Sabha C urrent Affairs :- In excess of 200 previous MPs have still not emptied their official homes in Lutyens’ Delhi, more than two months after the disintegration of the sixteenth Lok Sabha, sources said. As indicated by the guidelines, previous MPs need to abandon their separate cabins inside one month of disintegration of the past Lok Sabha. President Ram Nath Kovind had on May 25 broken down the sixteenth Lok Sabha with quick impact on the suggestion of the Union Cabinet after the Modi government was framed for a subsequent term. “In excess of 200 previous Lok Sabha MPs have still not cleared their official cottages, which had been designated to them in 2014,” a source told PTI. The sources said as these previous MPs have not abandoned their cabins situated in ...

Lok Sabha passes bill to scrap 58 laws mostly dating back to British era Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that efforts of the government were laudable but expressed concern that “sometimes this government passes a bill in haste and then repeals it” Current Affairs :- Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill to cancel 58 old laws which the administration said are a wellspring of bother to individuals. Moving The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that after the BJP-drove government came to control “we have canceled 1,428 old and antiquated Acts”. “Today we are (going to revoke) 58 old Acts,” the pastor said and noticed that from 1950 to 2004, just 1,929 old laws were canceled. A large portion of these laws, he stated, go back to the British period. Taking an interest in the exchange, Congress pioneer Shashi Tharoor said that endeavors of the administration were commendable however communicated worry that “occasionally this administrat...

400 flats to be built for MPs in Lutyens’ Delhi using construction waste The swanky low-rise buildings will have solar power panels and designated car parking spots, among a host of other facilities, the official said Current Affairs :-The legislature has chosen to devastate 400 old pads and build new ones in their place in Lutyens’ Delhi for Members of Parliament utilizing development squander. The pads which will come up in North Avenue and South Avenue, situated on either sides of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, will supplant the old ones fabricated about 60 years prior, authorities of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) said. “All old MP pads, which were worked in North and South Avenues after Independence, will be destroyed,” CPWD’s Director General Prabhakar Singh told PTI. “We will utilize development and pulverization (C&D) squander in structure the new pads for MPs in North and South Avenues, a territory which has numerous old pads,” he included. The loss...

Ravi Shankar Prasad warns social media firms on misuse of their platforms He asked social media companies to maintain constitutional sanctity Current Affair :-Association Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, in the wake of assuming responsibility at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Monday, asked web based life organizations to keep up sacred sacredness and prepare for abuse of their stages for demonstrations of fear based oppression and communalism. “While we as a whole regard the right to speak freely and articulation that is holy for us and part of the established assurance, however that is likewise subject to sensible limitation.” Continue Reading

BJP slams Opposition for doubting EVMs, asks it to accept defeat with grace A Commission official said the dissent notes and minority views would remain part of records of the poll panel LokSabha Elections 2019 : The BJP Tuesday censured resistance groups for scrutinizing the believability of Electronic Voting Machines and requested that they acknowledge their thrashing with elegance if the general population vote Prime Minister Narendra Modi to control once more. Gathering pioneer and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad ripped into the restriction, saying EVMs were fine when its pioneers like Mamata Banerjee, N Chandrababu Naidu and Amarinder Singh win decisions and come to control, yet the machines turn questionable when it shows up Modi will return to control. “EVM is great when Mamata Banerjee turned out to be West Bengal boss pastor twice and Amarinder Singh moved toward becoming Punjab boss priest. In the event that they win, EVM is great. In any case, when there is...