GST to be distinct advantage for media, broadcasting

New Delhi, May 4: The GST Bill, among other new changes, will turn out to be a distinct advantage for the media and media outlet, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said here on Thursday.

"Crusades like Make in India, Skill India and Digital India were obviously positive signs for new change including GST which would turn out to be a distinct advantage for Indian media and excitement area, particularly the telecom segment," Information and Broadcasting Minister Naidu said.

He was tending to a social event at the introduction of a two-day workshop composed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on its fruition of two decades.

"Broadcasting area in India is as at the limit of going into new period of advanced telecom, which would open bunches of chances to utilize most recent mechanical developments to upgrade reach as well as improve the nature of the scope.

"The recovery of radio, the digitisation of link and the allowed to-air DTH gathering of people development indicate the inactive interest for broadcasting in the Indian market when broadcasting in cutting edge showcases in the West is missing out critical space to advanced on-request media stages," he said.

The priest additionally said that the push towards Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) comes at a basic point as open telecaster Doordarshan hopes to extend its DTT impression from the present 16 urban areas to another 44.