Worrying and fearing that the internet will be shut down is not a reason not to obey the law. Communication and Information Technology Minister Rekha Sharma has said that it cannot be a matter of disobeying the law because of the worry and fear that internet service providers will shut down the internet. In a brief conversation with Tekpana, Minister Sharma gave this response when Indian upstream service providers warned that they would not be able to provide internet bandwidth after this 15th of Poush if they did not receive payment.
Let’s find a solution; instead of making a commitment to pay, they say that the audit committee does not have to pay.” Minister Sharma said, “The audit committee said that for a certain year, not forever. How can we do what is mentioned in the Telecommunication Regulations?
Upstream providers such as Tata, Airtel, Siffi, etc. have sent letters to Nepal’s internet providers with a warning to stop the service due to non-payment for a long time.
Similarly, the Supreme Court has also issued an interim order not to collect royalties due to the fact that the maintenance charges are included in non-telecommunications services.
The Office of the Auditor General has also made the unreasonable extension pointed out under this title for the financial year 2074/075 in accordance with the instructions of the Public Accounts Committee. The committee has already given instructions to remove the badges for 2075/76 and 2076/077.
We asked them to come after paying the royalty revenue that they have to pay,” argued Minister Sharma. “Either the authority has confirmed that all the royalty revenue has been paid, and then it should be said that it has been paid. They should also say that they have not paid for it and recommend it.
Mentioning that efforts are being made to resolve the dispute on behalf of the ministry, she has also requested that the service providers make it easy.
According to Minister Sharma, even if the internet is shut down, it will be said that it was shut down because of non-payment of royalty revenue. But he said that there is no situation to shut down the internet.
Minister Sharma said that after completing the law and procedure, we are ready to recommend the foreign currency rate for bandwidth today. She said that the then secretary of the ministry recommended foreign currency for the last time in the run-up to the election.
But there is a dispute between the internet service provider and the government on whether or not royalty revenue should be paid under the title of maintenance,” says Minister Sharma.
Minister Sharma was told good things to do while using the internet to brandwidth. If the government will be close to those who have been not making internet payments on a year-to-year basis or agreements on a long-term-to-year basis,
The telecommunications industry might make rules and regulations under the internet service that don’t make clear payments and aren’t used to make runs of internet into their own homes and other purpose to do.