Date: 2025-10-08Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Notification of extension of time for submitting suggestions/ objections in r/o draft Telecommunications (Authorisation for Provision of Main Telecommunication Services) Rules, 2025.
The Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications) has issued a notification dated October 8, 2025, regarding the Telecommunications (Authorisation for Provision of Main Telecommunication Services) Rules, 2025. This notification extends the deadline for submitting objections or suggestions on the draft rules up to October 21, 2025. The initial draft was published on September 5, 2025, in the Gazette of India, inviting feedback within 30 days. The extension considers requests from stakeholders and the broader implications of the rules. The reference number for the notification is F.No. 24-07/2025-UBB. The notification is issued by Devendra Kumar Rai, Joint Secretary. The original draft was published under G.S.R. 606(E). The act to which this refers is The Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023), section 56(1). The notification is marked as G.S.R. 741(E).
Key Entities Referenced
Telecommunications Act, 2023: The act under which the Telecommunications (Authorisation for Provision of Main Telecommunication Services) Rules, 2025 are being drafted.
Telecommunications (Authorisation for Provision of Main Telecommunication Services) Rules, 2025: Draft rules regarding authorization for main telecommunication services, subject to public comment and revision.
Ministry of Communications: The ministry responsible for drafting the telecommunication services rules.
New Delhi: Location where the notification is issued.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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No. 657] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2025/ASVINA 16, 1947 1947
दरू सचं ार मत्रं ालय
(दरू सचं ार विभाग)
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 8 अक् तूबर, 2025
सा.का.जन.741(अ).–– दरू संचार (मुख्य दरू संचार सेिाओं के प्रािधान के वलए प्रावधकरण) वनयम, 2025 का
मसौदा, विस े केन्द्रीय सरकार, दरू संचार अवधवनयम, 2023 (2023 का 44) की धारा 56 की उपधारा (1) की अपक्षे ानुसार
भारत सरकार के संचार मंत्रालय की अवधसूचना संख््याक सा.का.वन. 606(अ), तारीख 05 वसतंबर, 2025 द्वारा भारत के
रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खंड 3, उपखडं (i) म ें प्रकावित ककया गया था, विसम ें इसस े प्रभावित होने की संभािना िाल े
व््यवियों स,े उक्त् अवधसूचना अंतर्ििष्ट् करन े िाल े रािपत्र की प्रवतयां िनसाधारण को उपलब््ध कराए िान े की तारीख स े
तीस कदन की अिवध समाप््त होने स े पूि,ि आपवियां और सुझाि आमंवत्रत ककए गए थ;े
और उक्त् मसौदा वनयम तारीख 08 वसतंबर, 2025 को िनसाधारण को उपलब््ध करा कदए गए थ;े
और उि मसौदा वनयमों पर टटप्पवणयां भेिने की समय-सीमा बढाने के वलए वहतधारकों स े प्राप्त अनुरोधों और
उि वनयमों के व्यापक वनवहताथों पर विचार करत े हुए, केन्द्रीय सरकार एतद्द्वारा मसौदा वनयमों पर आपवियां या सुझाि
भेिने की समय-सीमा 21 अक्टूबर, 2025 तक बढाती ह।ै
[फा.स.ं 24-07/2025-यूबीबी]
देिेन्दर कुमार राय, संयुि सवचि
6767 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(Department of Telecommunications)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th October, 2025
G.S.R. 741(E).––– Whereas, the draft of the Telecommunications (Authorisation for Provision of
Main Telecommunication Services) Rules, 2025 was published, as required by section 56(1) of the
Telecommunications Act, 2023 (44 of 2023), in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry
of Communications, vide number G.S.R. 606(E), dated the 5th September, 2025, in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), inviting objections and suggestions from all persons
likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which the
copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas, the said draft rules were made available to the public on the 8th September, 2025;
And whereas, considering the requests received from the stakeholders for extending the timeline
of sending comments on the said draft rules and larger implications of the said rules, the Central
Government hereby extends the timeline of sending objections or suggestions on the draft rules upto
21.10.2025.
[F.No. 24-07/2025-UBB]
DEVENDRA KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.
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