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Centre announces National Security Directive on Telecom Sector for secure networks
In a bid to tighten security of communications network, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday announced the National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector, which will mandate service providers to purchase equipment from trusted sources.
Law and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the directive has been framed from the perspective of national security. Considering the need to ensure India s national security, the Cabinet has accorded approval for the National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector, Prasad said.
Under the provisions of this directive, the government will declare a list of trusted sources and trusted products for installation in the country s telecom network.
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Cabinet approves Rs 3,500 crore sugar export subsidy. See full list of decisions
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a subsidy of Rs 3,500 crore to sugar mills for the export of 60 lakh tonnes of sweetener during the ongoing marketing year 2020-21 as part of its efforts to help them clear outstanding dues to sugarcane farmers. Cabinet has taken the decision to help farmers directly by depositing money of subsidy into their accounts. The subsidy will be given on 60 lakh tonnes of sugar exports at the rate of Rs 6,000 per tonne, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said at a briefing today.Â
India will list trusted and not trusted sources of telecom vendors and devices based on national security, announcing a committee for the purpose as its border tension with China continues. There may even be a second list of designated sources from whom no procurement can be done, said union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at a press conference in Delhi. India has banned over 200 Chinese mobile apps and restricted certain investments from that country but earlier in December included Chinese telecom equipment company Huawei in working groups for the rollout of 5G networks in the country. The UK has banned its telecoms providers from installing Huawei equipment in the country over national security concerns.
Under a new directive from the government, telecom service providers (TSPs) have been mandated to purchase equipment only from “trusted sources”. The government will also create a list of sources from whom no procurement can be done. The Cabinet Committee on Security accorded approval to the National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector on Wednesday. The move to create a secured national network, many experts said, would extend the restrictions on the use of Chinese gear by private sector TSPs in future 5G networks. Till now, the government has neither rejected nor approved Chinese gear maker’s applications for 5G trials with Indian TSPs. Chinese telecom firms have said they have always been “open” for scrutiny.