As per recommendations of the national task force on information technology, DoT was to set up Internet Access Nodes (IANS) in 327 telecom districts across the country by January 26 this year, to facilitate Internet access.

"DoT has informed us that it is planning to set up only five Internet access nodes by March 30 this year against the targeted 327 nodes covering the entire country," the Action Taken Report (ATR) of MIT says. DoT has instead informed the ministry that to compensate for the massive delay, it would levy local call charges in the remaining 322 telecom districts."To make up for the infrastructural delay, DoT has said it will levy local call charges in the remaining 322 telecom districts," the ATR says, adding this could at best be an interim measure besides leading to a revenue loss. Terming this as a mere interim measure, mit has asked DoT to speed up the process of laying IAN.