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Indian Parliament stands by Net Neutrality

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Sonal Desai
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Anurag Thakur

DELHI, INDIA: Following rigorous protests by angry netizens and articles by activists, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (PSCIT), has finally taken a stand in favor of Net Neutrality.

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An article in the Economic Times today quoted Anurag Thakur, Chairman, PSCIT, who said, "There should be independence for the customer in usage of the net once a data pack has been paid for," he told ET, adding that there "should not be a check to see if the person is visiting site 'A' or 'B' once he has paid the telecom operator for data."

Thakur told ET that a customer should be free to surf the Internet without any discrimination towards any website or service.

It must be noted that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has also set-up a committee to look into the issue. It will submit its report in the second week of May. Meanwhile, more than 3 lakh citizens have petitioned against the consultation paper TRAI released seeking suggestions for regulating the Internet.

"I am glad that this debate has come up during this time, especially when the government is also going for digital governance in a big way," Thakur told ET. "It is important that these issues are thrashed out and a consensus opinion be taken on board," he said.

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