{"id":28470,"date":"2001-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-08-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/introduction-of-the-communication-convergence-bill-2001-on-31-august-2001"},"modified":"2018-12-11T15:46:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T10:16:01","slug":"introduction-of-the-communication-convergence-bill-2001-on-31-august-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/introduction-of-the-communication-convergence-bill-2001-on-31-august-2001","title":{"rendered":"Introduction Of The Communication Convergence Bill, 2001. on 31 August, 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Lok Sabha Debates<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Introduction Of The Communication Convergence Bill, 2001. on 31 August, 2001<\/div>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>Title: Introduction of the Communication Convergence Bill, 2001.\n<\/p>\n<p>MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Now, we will take up item No. 21. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan.\n<\/p>\n<p>THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN): I beg to move for leave to introduce a Bill to promote, facilitate and develop in an orderly manner the carriage and content of communications (including broadcasting, telecommunications and multimedia), for the establishment of an autonomous Commission to regulate carriage of all forms of communications, and for establishment of an Appellate Tribunal and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.\n<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=MR.%20DEPUTY-SPEAKER%3A%20The%20question%20is\">MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: The question is<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That leave be granted to introduce a Bill to promote, facilitate and develop in an orderly manner the carriage and content of communications (including broadcasting, telecommunications and multimedia), for the establishment of an autonomous Commission to regulate carriage of all forms of communications, and for establishment of an Appellate Tribunal and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.&#8221;The motion was adopted.\n<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=SHRI%20RAM%20VILAS%20PASWAN\">SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN<\/a>: I introduce** the Bill.\n<\/p>\n<p>________ <\/p>\n<p>*Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinarly , Part-II Section-2, dt. 31.8.2001 <\/p>\n<p>** Introduced with the recommendation of the President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lok Sabha Debates Introduction Of The Communication Convergence Bill, 2001. on 31 August, 2001 Title: Introduction of the Communication Convergence Bill, 2001. MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Now, we will take up item No. 21. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan. 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