Govt forms Committee of Secretaries to suggest measures to mitigate financial stress in telecom sector; Head- Rajiv Gauba

The government has constituted a Committee of Secretaries to work out a financial bailout package that may include lowering of spectrum charges as well as ending the era of free mobile phone calls and dirt cheap data.
The committee will be headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba.
The panel will comprise of secretaries to the ministries of finance, law, and telecom. The panel has been asked to look at the demands of telecom service providers (TSPs) for deferment of payments they had promised for the spectrum won through auction as well as consider lowering airwave usage charge.