At a CSEP seminar, former telecom secretary says ‘no governance is best governance’; former MeitY secretary argues issues too complex for one unified ministry.
Employees’ union says the move came as a 'huge surprise', and in its letter to Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, writes that 'failure is on part of management'.
Highest number of SIMs were culled in Bengal (over 12 L), followed by Haryana (over 5 L). A person had taken 5,300 connections using same image with different names, says minister.
After demanding $3 bn each from Vodafone and Airtel, and a reported $24 bn from GAIL India, now the govt has sought $2 bn from a fertiliser maker in Gujarat.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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