The Cabinet has approved the National Digital Communications Policy-2018 and re-designation of the Telecom Commission as the Digital Communications Commission.

The Policy aims to

• Provide universal broadband connectivity at 50Mbps to every citizen;
• Create 4 mn additional jobs in the sector;
• Enhance contribution of the sector to 8% of India’s GDP from  6% in 2017;
• Propel India to Top 50 Nations in ICT Development Index of ITU from 134 in 2017;
• Provide 1 Gbps connectivity to all Gram Panchayats of India by 2020 and 10 Gbps by 2022;
• Attract investments of $100 bn;
• Expand IoT ecosystem to 5 bn connected devices;
• Establish a comprehensive data protection regime for digital communications

For more: http://www.dot.gov.in/sites/default/files/EnglishPolicy-NDCP_0.pdf?download=1