Draft telecom policy aims at $100 bn investment; 4 mn jobs on the cards

To achieve the targets by 2022, the policy envisages three missions - Connect India, Propel India and Secure India

The government on Tuesday came out with the draft of the New Telecom Policy — National Digital Communications Policy 2018 —to create 4 million jobs by 2022, attract $100 billion investment in the sector and ensure broadband coverage at 50 mbps for every citizen.

The draft also proposes to address the woes of the debt-ridden telecom sector by reviewing licence fees, spectrum usage charges, universal service obligation fund levy, all of which add to the cost of telecom services, under the new policy for enhancing ease of doing business in the sector.

The policy also looks to increase the contribution of digital