Tuesday, November 17, 1998
New telecom policy set to end DoT long-distance monopoly
The new telecom policy is likely to remove the restriction on the number of players in basic and cellular circles, end the department of telecommunications' monopoly on long-distance telephony in 2 months and scrap Videsh Sanchar Nigam's monopoly on other services by 2004.
Power ministry to discuss bid papers with mega project promoters
The high-powered standing independent group (SIG) has, along with the power ministry, decided to convene a meeting with the developers of the mega power projects before finalising the request for proposal (RFP) and other bid documents for these projects.
Centre to stoke utility vehicles' sales via higher depreciation sop
Union Finance minister Yashwant Sinha is contemplating a wide swathe of incentives for the commercial-vehicles sector. The sops are contained in an incentive plan submitted by the working group on commercial vehicles formed by Sinha.
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