ForumIAS announcing GS Foundation Program for UPSC CSE 2025-26 from 19 April. Click Here for more information.
ForumIAS Answer Writing Focus Group (AWFG) for Mains 2024 commencing from 24th June 2024. The Entrance Test for the program will be held on 28th April 2024 at 9 AM. To know more about the program visit: https://forumias.com/blog/awfg2024
What is the News?
The Union Minister of Communications, Electronics and IT has launched Gatishakti Sanchar Portal for Centralized Right of Way(RoW) approvals.
What is GatiShakti Sanchar Portal?
GatiShakti Sanchar Portal is a collaborative institutional mechanism between all stakeholders including Central and State/UT Government(s), Local bodies and Service Providers to facilitate the Right of Way(RoW) Application Process through a single interface.
Purpose: The portal will enable applicants from various Telecom Service providers (TSPs) as well as Infrastructure providers (IPs) to apply for Right of Way permissions to lay down Optical Fiber Cable. Also for erecting mobile towers for State/UT Governments and local bodies.
Developed by: MP state Electronics Development Corporation on behalf of the Department of Telecommunications(DoT).
Advantages of this portal
– Fast laying of more Optical Fiber Cable thus will accelerate fiberization.
– Increased tower density will enhance connectivity and improve the quality of various telecom services.
– Increased fiberization of telecom towers, thus ensuring better Broadband speed, across the country.
Significance of this portal: The portal shall act as an enabler to the objective of “Ease of doing business” for telecommunications infrastructure.
It would also provide a robust mechanism to achieve our goal of “Broadband to All” as envisaged in the National Digital Communication Policy-2018.
Source: The post is based on the article “Union Minister launches Gatishakti Sanchar Portal says it will help in rollout of 5G network across the country” published in PIB on 14th May 2022.
