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News From the Chamber - ASSOCHAM
ASSOCHAM urges the govt.
to reject TRAI’s proposal
T
RAI’s
recommendation
to permit sale
of internet services
without a licence and
other statutory levies
is highly disruptive in
nature and would wreck
a huge investment in the
telecom sector.
ASSOCHAM
Secretary General Mr.
D S Rawat said ” TRAI’s
recommendation that
the Internet Services
should be sold under a
registration, instead
of a licence via Public
Wi-Fi networks, would
mean there would
be no liability on the
service provider to
pay statutory charge,
license fee and
compliance with any
security conditions”.
This recommendation
is completely
unjustifiable and
unwarranted as this
would lead to a serious
non-level playing field
between licensed and
unlicensed stakeholders.
Doing so will disrupt
the entire licensing
framework and affect
the huge amount of
investment already
made in the telecom
infrastructure. This
will widely impact the
telecom sector.
Industry players with
a valid license duly pay
regulatory levies and
follow all regulatory and
security compliance.
If an unlicensed entity
starts providing these
services, it would lead
to a massive impact on
the revenue of licensed
operators who are
dutifully following all the
norms and guidelines of
the licensing framework.
India’s e-commerce section at its top
T
he total retail
sales in India will
likely increase
from $717.73 billion
to $1,244.58 billion
as it’s growing at an
impressive rate of about
15% according to an
ASSOCHAM-Resurgent
India latest study.
About 100 million
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August 2018
consumers purchased
online and the number is
expected to cross 120
million by 2020 with the
rise of digital natives.
Better infrastructure
in terms of logistics,
broadband and Internet-
ready devices to fuel the
demand in e-Commerce.
In cities like
Bangalore, its
population
chose to buy daily
routine products
through e-shopping
which will go to 75%
this year for apparel,
gift articles, magazines,
home tools, toys,
jewellery, beauty
products & sporting
goods categories.
Likewise, Mumbai
share was 68% which
might go up to 72%
for electronic
gadgets,
accessories,
apparel,
gifts,
computer
peripherals,
movies, hotel
booking, home
appliances, movie
tickets, health &
fitness products
and apparel gift
certificates etc.
whereas in Delhi,
65% of its population
chose to buy daily
routine products online
which will go to 68%
soon.
E-commerce is big
business and getting
bigger day by day. Online
shopping has been
embraced by Indians
with close to 25-30
million adults making
a purchase via the
internet.
The year 2018 will
see large scale growth
in the Indian e-commerce
sector with increased
participation from people
across the country. This
industry will continue to
drive more employment
opportunities and
contribute towards
creating more
entrepreneurs through
e-commerce.