Committee to look at levies, telecom pain points: Ravi Shankar Prasad

NEW DELHI: Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the department has set up a panel to rationalise levies such as spectrum usage charges (SUC) as well as the universal service obligation fee (USOF) and other issues plaguing the sector in order to alleviate the financial distress facing companies.

“The whole idea is to give some output which can destress the sector and is also forwardlooking,” he said. The process will be fast-tracked and the committee is expected to submit a report in two weeks.