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Article

14 Apr 2015

Author:
Pavan Duggal, Economic Times

10 guiding principles on net neutrality in India

We need the Internet to further contribute to the growth of human mankind in society and not leading to divisions within society...Internet needs to be protected as Internet is the common paradigm platform which allows the hosting of creative, innovative approaches of communication, dissemination and transmission of thought processes as also data and information in the electronic form whether in the form of audio, video, image or text...Initiatives violating Net neutrality should not create an ecosystem of digital haves and digital have-nots, where the digital haves, by might of their money power can access better quality of services on the Internet at the expense of the digital have-nots, who stand disenfranchised by differential payments for various services and schemes....The complicated legal, policy and regulatory issues concerning net neutrality need to be examined in great detail, more so given the fact that the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules and regulations made thereunder are completely silent on the issue of net neutrality...Net Neutrality, if not handled properly, could prejudicially impact the Digital India Programme of the Indian Government. 

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