• G/TBT/N/IND/201 & G/TBT/N/IND/203: Thermoplastic materials.

• G/TBT/N/IND/202: Halogenated hydrocarbons.

• G/TBT/N/IND/204: Plastics in general.

• G/TBT/N/IND/205 & G/TBT/N/IND/206: Organic chemicals

G/TBT/N/IND/44/Add.10: Telecommunications.

The DoT, approved, permissions to Telecom Service Providers for conducting trials for use and applications of 5G technology.  These TSPs have tied up with original equipment manufacturers and technology providers which are Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and C-DOT.  In addition, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. will also be conducting trials using its own indigenous technology. The duration of the trials, at present, is for a period of 6 months. Each TSP will have to conduct trials in rural and semi-urban settings also in addition to urban settings so that the benefit of 5G Technology proliferates across the country and is not confined only to urban areas. The TSPs are encouraged to conduct trials using 5Gi technology in addition to the already known 5G Technology.

The DoT, approved, permissions to Telecom Service Providers for conducting trials for use and applications of 5G technology.  These TSPs have tied up with original equipment manufacturers and technology providers which are Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and C-DOT.  In addition, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. will also be conducting trials using its own indigenous technology. The duration of the trials, at present, is for a period of 6 months. Each TSP will have to conduct trials in rural and semi-urban settings also in addition to urban settings so that the benefit of 5G Technology proliferates across the country and is not confined only to urban areas. The TSPs are encouraged to conduct trials using 5Gi technology in addition to the already known 5G Technology.

The government has launched an online portal for telecom service providers (TSPs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to procure gear from “trusted sources” as identified by India’s highest cybersecurity office. The beta portal, though, was expected to launch on April 15. It is currently accessible to only a few TSPs and OEMs.

Meity had released the draft data centre policy which proposed to designate data centres as infrastructure and to group centres under the essential services category among other measures. The government is formulating a scheme to incentivise investments to set-up hyperscale data centres in India and boost the capacity of the existing data centre ecosystem, besides working on new segments like drones and robotics to develop their manufacturing ecosystem in India. “The current scale of hyperscale data centres in India compared in terms of power consumed is 200 MegaWatts and our effort will be to come out with a policy and scheme that aims for a tenfold growth in this, in a very short time,” Secretary - MEITY, said in a virtual session.

Indian telecom standards body TSDSI has submitted a vision for 6G to UN body ITU Radiocommunication sector that finalises global standard for wireless communications. Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) in its submission said it should be a technology that aids the development of a ubiquitous intelligent mobile connected society, bridge the digital divide with affordability, support technologies for personalisation and localisation of services as well as focus on data protection management. In a document 'TSDSI submits 6G Vision to ITU-R', the body said that TSDSI is contributing towards the above IMT 2030 work. TSDSI said that as part of its 6G journey, it will 'steer research in India to serve the above goals' and 'continue engagement with global standard bodies for harmonisation of efforts'.

• MEITY has released guidelines for the Operation of Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for IT Hardware. Read more>>

• Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) has released technical report titled “IoT/ICT Enablement in Smart Village and Agriculture”. Read more/Download>>

Supplementary Consultation Paper on Roadmap to Promote Broadband Connectivity and Enhanced Broadband Speed.

India is offering more than $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,340 crores) in cash to each semiconductor company that sets up manufacturing units in the country as it seeks to build on its smartphone assembly industry and strengthen its electronics supply chain, two officials said. It is time for chip companies to set up in the country. Governments across the world are subsidising the construction of semiconductor plants as chip shortages hobble the auto and electronics industries and highlight the world's dependence on Taiwan for supplies. India also wants to establish reliable suppliers for its electronics and telecom industry to cut dependence on China following border skirmishes last year.

Minister lauded C-DAC's contribution under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) enabling manufacturing of systems and components for high performance computing in India, according to a statement. The minister said the role of research organisations like C-DAC is significant for realisation of the vision of self-reliant India. C-DAC on one hand is deeply engaged in core research in high performance computing, artificial intelligence, 5G, blockchain, augmented /virtual reality, cybersecurity, Indian language computing etc., while on the other hand, it has successfully transformed the lab outcome to benefit the grassroots, creating societal impact.