Net neutrality: Deadline to submit views ends today

Meanwhile, more than a million mails have been sent to TRAI over the  net neutrality petition, reports said.

The issued was even raised in the Parliament with Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi pulling up the matter in the Lok Sabha.

Gandhi on Wednesday raised the issue of net neutrality in the Lok Sabha and attacked the Centre over the matter as he said that it was trying to distribute the internet among big industrialists.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi said: "The youth needs internet freedom. This government trying to appease corporates in this too.They want to distribute the internet among big industrialists."

Demanding for a law on the issue, he said: "We want that consultation with TRAI be stopped, and there should be a law on Net Neutrality."

"Net Neutrality is an important issue - it means everyone should have Net Ka Adhikaar," he said.

Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Centre believes that every person should have access to internet.

"We want to tell the house that our government supports the youth's right to internet..We believe that the internet should belong to everyone," Prasad said.

"Our PM has said that everyone should have access to the internet," he said.

Debate over the issue of net neutrality gained momentum in past few days after standup comedy group All India Bakchod (AIB) pulled up the matter over their new video where they are urging people to 'Save The Internet'.

The video is dealing over the issue of net neutrality.

According to netneutrality.in, the net neutrality is 'the idea that internet service providers give their customers equal access to all lawful websites and services on the internet, without giving priority to any website over another'.