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Introduction

Any citizen of India seeking any information relating to the Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund, an attached office of the Department of Telecom (DoT), may address his or her application to officers designated as Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) in pursuance of section 5(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.

In respect of Finance and Technical wings of USO Fund

In respect of Finance and Technical wings of USO Fund, the following officers have been designated Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) under the RTI Act 2005:

S.no	Details of CPIO	Subject Matter	Details of FAAs
1	Shri Sita Ram Meena, Director (T-2) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1007, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: director-t2-usof@gov.in tel no. 23372088, ext 6003	354 uncovered villages project, 502 aspirational districts project Left Wing Extreamism -Phase I and Left Wing Extremism Phase II BOP/BIP, CSC – Bihar	Shri Deepak Chanduka, DDG (SP), USOF Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1101, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: deepak.chanduka@gov.in tel no. 23723575, ext 6396
2	Shri B P Vishwakarma, Director (T-3) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1419, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: bp.vishwakarma@gov.in tel no. 23724623, ext 6916	7287 aspirational districts 4G saturation, 10 selected districts 2G-4G
3	Shri Ram Singh, Director (T-4) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.< >, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: ramias.2008@gov.in	BharatNet PPP, ROWs, PMG Portal of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) (Nodal for USO Fund)
4	Shri Arun Gupta, Director (BB-1) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1418, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: dirbb2usof-dot@gov.in tel no. 23310287, ext 6156	CTDP (NER for six states), BharatNet utilisation (Government institutions Nodal for Ministry Of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, PM Gati Shakti), New IT Act modification NDCP and TRAI inputs Last mile PPP, Special assistance scheme for states (coordination with JST wing), etc	Shri Sunil Kumar Verma, DDG – I, USOF Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications 3rd floor, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: jsa-dot@nic.in
5	Shri Vilas Burde, Director (BB-2) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.719, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: dirusof2-dot@gov.in tel no. 23372088, ext 6409	Parliament questions model, Parliament assurances (Nodal for USOF) Inputs for parliamentary committee meetings RailTel, OFC projects in NER, Meghalaya project, 4G Arunachal Pradesh, Two districts of Assam project, etc
6	Shri Akhil Saxena, Director (IS-1) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1309, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: Akhil.saxena@gov.in tel no. 23723532	Kochi-Lakshadweep-Island (KLI) project, 4G for Andaman project Pilot projects, Chennai-Andaman and Nicobar-Island (CANI) project issues BharatNet for Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Shri Sanjay Varshney, DDG – II, USOF Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.706, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: sanjay.varshney@gov.in tel no. 23372364, ext 6740
7	Shri Mukesh Kumar, Director (IS-2) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1015, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: mukesh.kumar72@gov.in	Satellite (Digital Satellite Phone Terminals or DSPTs and V-SAT projects) Old closed schemes like Rural Community Phones and Rural Household Direct Exchange Lines, etc) Research and Development projects
8	Shri Sanjay Kumar (DA T-1) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1121-A, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: dirbb2.hq-dot@nic.in tel no. 23372377, ext 6838	Daily, weekly and monthly reports Annual reports, E-samika, OOMF, Data Governance Quality Index (DGQI) reports Hiring of manpower, other administrative and coordination works Social media outreach (Nodal for USOF)	Shri Rajesh Gupta, Joint Administrator (T and A), USOF Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.405, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 e-mail: jatusof.hq-dot@nic.in tel no. 23372364, ext 6740
9	Shri Ashi Kapoor (DA T-II) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.413, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 e-mail: dat2usof-dot@gov.in tel no. 23036132, ext 6132	BharatNet Phase I (Except NER, including Memorandum of Understandings) BharatNet Phase II (BSNL- Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh-East and West and Sikkim) Operations and Maintenance for Phase I, CSC agreement Wi-fi project (BSNL, CSC, RailTel), Audit and court cases
10	Shri Sheel P Gautam (DA T-III) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1418, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 e-mail: dat3usof-dot@gov.in tel no. 23310261, ext 6111	State-led-model progress, reviewing and dealing with parliament questions and other matters (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Telangana
11	Sh. Sahil Garg Dy. Administrator (F-I) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, Room No.1111, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 e-mail: dyadmnfin1.hq-dot@gov.in tel no. 23036913	Comprehensive Telecom Development Project for NER, Village Public Telephones, Digital Satellite Phone Terminals, Comprehensive Telecom Development Project for Islands, SMCF(TERI) Wi-fi Schemes (other than under BharatNet). Telecom Plan for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas Uncovered Areas Schemes Empanelment of financial consultants Administrative and Establishment works (Finance) including RTI Payments and outsourcing related to USOF and Finance wing Delegation of financial powers Subsidy disbursement and settlement Claim Settlement and Management Software (CSMS)	Sh. Yashashri Shukla Joint Administrator (Finance), USOF Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, No.1101, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 e-mail: y.shukla@gov.in tel no. 23372190, ext 6886
12	Shri Sathish Kumar M C, Dy. Administrator (Finance - II) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, No.1401, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: mc.satish@gov.in tel no. 23372162, ext. 6712	Matters related to BharatNet (State led and PPP model) Parliament questions and USO Fund status Matters related to Budget Social Impact Assessment, VIP, PMO references
13	Shri Ankit Verma, Dy. Administrator (Finance - III) Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, No.1401, Sanchar Bhawan New Delhi-110001 e-mail: verma.ankit@gov.in tel no. 23372162, ext. 6712	All matters related to BharatNet Phase-I All matters pertaining to CSC projects (Wi-Fi, LMC, Operations and Maintenance, etc) Matters related to Parliamentary Standing Committee, Estimate Committee matters All reports and coordination matters pertaining to USOF Finance Preparation of Audit paras, ATN, DAP reports All closed schemes

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