Chief guest on the occasion, Minister of State for Communications (independent charge) Manoj Sinha presented the vision of the government in the direction.
For India, home to second largest population of cell phone users, connectivity and digitalisation is an important tool. As the Centre advances on its Digital India campaign to tap the potential of cell phone connectivity, 'New India 2017' conclave of Zee Hindustan held in Jaipur explored the scenario and possibilities of progress ahead.
Chief guest on the occasion, Minister of State for Communications (independent charge) Manoj Sinha presented the vision of the government in the direction.
"This is the 75th year of August Kranti, where our freedom fighters resolved for Independence. We resolve to turn India into the country that the great freedom fighters envisaged," he said.
He expressed delight at the increase in India's communication density — from less than 2 per cent when BJP government came to power, to 75 per cent today. He mentioned initiatives taken by the present Modi government at the Centre and assured that tele infrastructure in the future will boost the development of the country.
The conclave was presented by India's state owned telecommunication company BSNL, and policy makers, experts and industry representatives from state and outside took part in it. BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava discussed the ups and downs of the company in connecting India, especially the rural and remote areas to the mainstream digital revolution.
"We have overcome the infrastructure shortcomings that the company faced a few years earlier, and improved our ranking among the top four service providers of the country," said Shrivastava. "We our advancing towards introducing our 4G Volte services soon and continue on plan to connect panchayats with optical fibre," he added.
Speaking at the conclave eminent businessman, CMD of Kent RO systems Mahesh Gupta stressed on the scope of telecom services, "The mobile phone is a necessity. As an industry dealing in water purification, we find the telecom sector providing better services to people with us," said Mahesh Gupta.
BJP state president Ashok Parnami, UDH minister Rajasthan Shrichand Kriplani, Agriculture minister of Rajasthan, Prabhulal Saini, MP Jaipur Ramcharan Bohra, Jaipur mayor Ashok Lahoti and other senior officials and industrialists were present.
" The BJP government holds development of the telecommunication sector as its priority," said Ashok Parnami.
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