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Eye on China: Centre to vet telecom equipment vendors, create blacklist
A committee will be formed to identify India Trusted Sources for telecom equipment and may also blacklist certain vendors, with focus on national security, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed
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Central government will cherry-pick telecom equipment providers and will even blacklist certain sources, under a new security directive for the telecom sector. The directive will come into effect six months from today, announced Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad after the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
The Cabinet Committee on Security has formed a National Security Directive on telecommunication sector, announced Prasad, adding that it is a crucial step regarding national security. The move to vet telecom equipment suppliers comes on the same day that the Cabinet allowed spectrum auction in multiple. The decision assumes even
Cabinet okays Rs 3,500 crore sugar export subsidy, to help 5 crore farmers
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New Delhi, Dec 16: The government 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.
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Briefing media after the meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a subsidy of Rs 3,500 crore on exports of 60 lakh tonnes of sweetener and the subsidy amount will directly be given to farmers.
Telecom equipment from China to face curbs as Cabinet approves buying only from trusted source
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Briefing reporters after the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law, Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said a National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector has been framed keeping in mind the 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.Â
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