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Citizens fight for net neutrality on mygov.in

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: There is widespread support for net neutrality on the government's citizen engagement platform mygov.in where a majority of people have voiced their concerns against zero-rated plans. There are nearly 70,000 comments on the website with just a day to go before the end of the participative process and most of these seek unfettered and non-discriminatory access to the internet. "Telecom should not define policy. Net neutrality...

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Over 50,000 recommend full net neutrality on government portal

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A huge surge in public response has pushed the number of comments on the telecom department panel's net neutrality recommendations well past the 50,000 mark, with almost all seeking free and equal access to the web. At last count on Sunday, the responses to the report on the mygov.in portal were 52,172, a far cry from around 700 comments posted on August 14, and increasing by...

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What constitutes Net Neutrality? -Yuthika Bhargava & Sanjay Vijayakumar

-The Hindu In Net Neutrality, differentiation is fine, discrimination is not. You can differentiate based on what kind of content it is, but if you discriminate based on who the content is for that is not fine. Amid the ongoing debate over net neutrality, Vishal Misra, Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University, said while all telecom service providers and companies such as Facebook say they support Net...

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DoT releases net neutrality report, upholds key principles

-The Times of India Tech The Department of Telecom has released its report on net neutrality in India. The report, which runs in over 100 pages, upholds the key principles of of net neutrality. Below are the key recommendations of the report. 1) The Committee unhesitatingly recommends that "the core principles of Net Neutrality must be adhered to." 2) The international best practices along with core principles of Net Neutrality will help in...

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The weakest link - Ashok Gulati

-The Indian Express Among the Modi government’s many hits was one crucial miss — agriculture. The Narendra Modi sarkar’s performance in the first year has at least five major achievements and one major miss. To ensure that this neglect does not become its Achilles’ heel, the Modi sarkar will have to focus on and initiate reforms in this weakest link in the chain — agriculture. Else, it will not let the Indian...

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