Convergence draft goes back for redrafting

(posted on 7 December 9:30 am)

It's quite a quaint dance. One step forward, two step back. That's the path the government has decided to take for Convergence draft. The group of ministers (GoM) which met on Wednesday decided to send it back to jurist Fali Nariman who headed the sub-group which wrote the draft in the first place.

Apparently, the GoM appears to be in broad agreement on the bill, but would like some minor changes to be made. It would like certain issues to be clarified and words used in the draft to be changed. The sub-group will apparently have to look closer at Issues such as the post of the spectrum manager, the bill's name, who should have the right of way, the role of the regulator (content and carriage) etc and submit the redrafted draft to the GoM within a week.

The GoM is slated to meet once again on 21 December and send the redrafted draft to the Cabinet.

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