Net neutrality in India

The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on Thursday issued their report on Net Neutrality in India. After a lot of protests and discussions against the Net Neutrality all over the internet, the result is in favor!

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The Net Neutrality Committee said that the user rights on the Internet need to be ensured so that Telecom Service Providers/Internet Service Providers (TSPs/ISPs) do not restrict the ability of the user to send, receive, display, use, post any legal content, application or service on the Internet, or restrict any kind of lawful Internet activity or use. 
In Their report they said that net neutrality is very important for the good internet experience and also stressed in their report on inheriting  some core principals of net neutrality.
DoT will be working with the TRAI (telecom regulatory of India) for incorporating some of the important principles of net neutrality and safeguarding of net neutrality.
The DoT report consist of more than 100 pages and is the clear notification from the government on net neutrality.

The international best practices along with core principles of net neutrality will help in formulating India specific net neutrality approach. India should take a rational approach and initiate action in making an objective policy, specific to the needs of our country. The timing for this is apt, taking into consideration the exponential growth of content and applications on the internet," noted the report.

More significantly, it addresses the question of over the top (OTT) services like WhatsApp that telecom operators allege have an unfair advantage because they are not licenced. But the report says "specific OTT communication services dealing with messaging should not be interfered with through regulatory instruments."

This debate on net neutrality in India was started in April this year. Thousands of web users posted against this on social media to show their displeasure at this idea of going away from net neutrality.

You can read full net neutrality report by DoT here.