Forecasting a lead role for India in framing policies for 6G technology, Union Minister of communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia, spoke about the country’s forward strides in the sector of telecommunications on the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on May 17.
“The rollout of 5G technology has taken place, and in just 22 months, the information revolution has reached 82 per cent of the population of 99 per cent districts in the country. India will take the lead in shaping the upcoming 6G technology regulations,” he said.
Placing India at the forefront of a telecommunication revolution that is rapidly unfolding across the globe, Scindia said that new services were being introduced in the postal system. India Post is one of the largest logistics and distribution networks in the world having 1.64 lakh (164,000) post offices and 2.5 lakh (250,000) postal workers, he informed.
“In 2008, I designed the logo for the Department of Posts, with the slogan ‘Postal Service is Public Service.’ Every postal worker operates with this spirit. India will continue to lead the telecom revolution,” added Scindia, who was also union minister of state for communications in the first term of the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government.
May 17 is observed as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day with the aim of raising global awareness of social changes brought about by the internet and new technologies and reducing the digital divide.
On the nation-wide boycott of Turkiye and Azerbaijan goods and tourism in the wake of the two countries’ support to Pakistan during the recent India-Pakistan discord, Scindia endorsed the boycott, saying “it is the will of the people”.
“The boycott is an emotional decision taken by the people of the nation. Citizens have made this decision voluntarily. The nation comes first, and no citizen will compromise when it comes to national interest and security,” he said.
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