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India Needs Product Focus, Reduce Mobile Tarrifs Says New MoS, IT & Communication

By Cerius Shah - Thu 10 Apr 2008 10:45 PM PST

Jyotiraditya Scindia, the 37 year old Stanford educated Scindia family scion has been appointed Ministry of State for Communications and Information Technology. Besides favouring a further reduction in mobile telecom tariffs, he wants to focus on technology research and product development as well as a new role for post offices, envisioning it as a multipurpose communication center. HT quotes him saying “There is no reason why there cannot be semi-conductor and fab units in India.”

Scindia runs his own investment firm in Mumbai called Scindia Investments Ltd and has his own website at http://www.jyotiraditya.com/.

On a related note, Intel (NSDQ: INTC) had in 2007 deferred a decision to make India its destination for semiconductor manufacturing. Craig Barrett blamed the government for being slow on semiconductor manufacturing proposals. Scindia will be working with A Raja, hopefully Scindia’s past technology affiliations will help provide an impetus to a broadband and 3G rollout. 

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2 Responses:
  • From balu Fri 11 Apr 2008 05:09 AM

    Hopefully, Scindia will have enough freedom to create this difference… it is also the year of elections.......hopefully keeping those in mind....things should change soon.

  • From Awani Kasana Gwalior Mon 05 May 2008 10:31 AM

    we are waiting Implementation E GUMTI in M.P. specially at Gwalior , Guna , Shivpuri We Also want to see you in the Front Cover of Time Magazine I think the articles must be “ The IT Man “ Who controlled price increases ( high Prizes ) in India.
    It is true , now a days country needs to a person who is really observation the economics situation in India . You are trying to prove your and I hope god will help you because your object and intention is cleared and fair. So as for as my opinion , we should concentrate to Rural Area to control High Prices. Well it is quite good start to launch E GUMTI in rural area.
    It is true , now a days country needs to a person who is really observation the economics situation in India . You are trying to prove your and I hope god will help you because your object and intention is cleared and fair. So as for as my opinion , we should concentrate to Rural Area to control High Prices. Well it is quite good start to launch E GUMTI in rural area.
    We can Start E haat Villagers Market) concept also with E Gumti. Where villagers are directly selling their crops & milk , eggs , fish , vegetable also. It can reduce the basic cost of crops and other things also.  The seeds can be available easy cost for farmer. the govt. can control high prizes for the farmer by the help of e rationing concept. You can say the villagers which live in much far as city can easily get cast certificate, income certificate, birth certificate, death certificate very easily. In spite of these rural citizen can get important information in his villages. Weather report, schooling information are get in their E GUMTI very easily.
    It is much easy to operate E GUMTI like you operate a mobile

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