𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 📊𝗚𝗦𝗧 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 📞 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 🏢𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 💼 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. ✨

The Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (Dipa) sought a flexible regulatory and policy regime including goods and service tax (GST) in a run up to the Union Budget 2024.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘚𝘛 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 to aid in the development of the telecom infrastructure industry,” TR Dua, Director-General, Dipa said.

The Delhi-based group has also written to the Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking support for the telecom infrastructure industry in the upcoming budget.

Dipa represents Pratap Technocrats, Crest Digitel American Tower Corporation, Indus Towers, Ascend Telecom, Summit Digitel, iBUS Networks and Suyog Telematics.Telecom infrastructure companies, represented by Dipa sought Centre’s support for

the availability of input tax-credit on telecom towers, increase in tax depreciation rate from 15% to 65% on batteries for industrial or commercial use to ensure cost recovery and rationalization of TDS provisions on purchase of electricity and fuel for operating telecom sites.

Measures to facilitate the ease of doing business will increase investment and contribute to the telecom industry's long-term growth, Dua added.

Over the years, telecom infrastructure providers deployed more than 7.7 lakh towers hosting 27 lakh base transceiver stations in the country.