Telecom

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. Rajiv Gandhi, 31 Oct 1984 to 2 Dec 1989

   INC INC government

   • ImplementedINC25 Aug 1984

     Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) 1984

     The government set up C-DOT in August 1984 as an autonomous R&D centre with a 36-month, Rs 36 crore goal to develop digital switching systems, including rural exchanges, in India.

     Evidence points +11.5 (range +11.0 to +12.0)

2. H. D. Deve Gowda, 1 Jun 1996 to 21 Apr 1997

   JD United Front government

   • ImplementedJD20 Feb 1997

     Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) established

     An independent regulator was set up from 20 February 1997 to take over telecom tariff regulation from the Central Government; a dispute tribunal (TDSAT) was split off from it in January 2000.

     Evidence points +15.0 (range +14.0 to +16.0)