TRAI Recommends Time Lines and Online Procedures for Type Approvals

<TRAI EoDB Recommendation>

TRAI has favourably recommended on the following:

1. Equipment Type Approval (ETA) from WPC should be made online and time-bound. A definite timeline should be prescribed for the approval and the provision of deemed approval should be enabled.

2. Acceptance to International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) reports from ILAC signatories, till sufficient labs are established in India under MTCTE regime.

3. To avoid duplicity in testing of telecommunications products, DoT should constitute a standing committee comprising two senior level officers of Joint Secretary level each from:

i. MeitY

ii. DoT WPC

iii. TEC

iv. BIS

v. Two representatives from product manufacturers

The committee should clearly identify a single testing scheme under which the product needs to be tested.

4. On Compulsory Registration Scheme MeitY in consultation with BIS should define stagewise timelines for registration under Compulsory Registration Scheme in respect of product certification.

The Authority recommends that each Ministry and its department should establish an Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Committee to regularly review, simplify and update the existing processes and to ensure ease of doing business in the sector as an on-going activity. The Committee should consist of the following officers:

a. A senior level officer of Additional Secretary (AS)/ Joint Secretary (JS) level from the concerned Ministry/ Department

b. Two officers from field/ regional offices

c. Two members from among the service providers

d. Two members from the industry associations

The members of the standing committee from service providers and industry associations should be nominated on a rotational basis to cover all the services and processes, with each member having a specific tenure. The committee should periodically take inputs from all the stakeholders/ associations.