Pre-consultation on broadcasting policy: TRAI extends deadline for comments to Nov 7
The earlier deadline was Oct 31
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has further extended the last date of receiving comments from the stakeholders on its pre-consultation paper ‘National Broadcasting Policy’ to November 7, 2023. The pre-consultation paper on Inputs for Formulation of the Policy was released on September 21, 2023.
Earlier, the last date of receiving comments was initially fixed as October 10, 2023. Due to requests received from stakeholders for extension of time for submission of comments, the last date for receiving written comments was extended to October 31, 2023.
Furthermore, the last date of receiving comments from the stakeholders on the issues raised in a consultation paper on ‘Review of Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting and Cable services’ was also extended to November 1, 2023 due to requests received from the stakeholders for extension of time. The last date was initially fixed as September 5, 2023 and for counter-comments as September 19, 2023. This was later extended up to October 10, 2023 and October 25, 2023 respectively.
According to the regulatory body, no request for any further extension of time for submission of comments will be entertained for both the consultation papers.
