ARUN SHOURIE TAKES OVER AS COMMUNICATIONS&IT
MINISTER
Shri Arun Shourie
has taken over as Union Minister for Communications &IT today.
He had an extensive meeting with senior officials of the Department
of Communications, Post and Information Technology. The officials
apprised the Minister of the important thrust areas of the respective
Departments and briefed him on the policy initiatives undertaken
recently.
Outlining priorities,
Mr. Shourie said that the growth in telecom should continue. The
Government would play the role of an enabler in the telecom sector.
There should be many players to take advantage of the competitive
environment that was prevalent in the Communications sector. On
his part, the Minister said that no restriction would be imposed
by the Government to arrest the march of technology. On the IT
front, the Minister said that though India had achieved considerable
success in the software sector, the priority now would be to repeat
similar success in the hardware sector. The Minister also asked
the officials of the three Departments to prepare position papers
on key issues concerning their respective departments.
