Schemes

As per the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 2004 which came into effect on 26.03.04, (and were subsequently amended in November 2006 and July 2008) the following services shall be supported by the Fund, namely:-

Stream-1: Provision of Public Access Service:

(a) Operation and Maintenance of Village Public Telephones (VPT) in the revenue villages identified as per Census 1991 and Installation of VPTs in the additional revenue villages as per Census 2001

• O&M of VPTs
• New VPTs Phase I
• New VPTs PhaseII

(b) Provision of Rural Community Phones (RCPs) after achieving the target of one VPT in every revenue village where in a village the population is more than 2000 and no public call office (PCO) exists, a second public phone shall be installed

• Rural Community Phones (RCPs).

(c) Replacement of Multi Access Radio Relay Technology (MARR) VPTs installed before the 1st day of April 2002

• MARR VPTs (1.4.O2 to 3.6.O3)
• MARR VPTs (w.e.f 1.7.03)

Stream-II: Provision of Household Telephones in Rural and Remote Areas as may be Determined by the Central Government from Time to Time:

(a) For rural household DELs (RDELs) installed prior to 1st day of April, 2002, support towards the difference in rental actually charged from rural subscribers and rent prescribed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for such subscribers shall be reimbursed until such time the ADC prescribed by TRAI from time to time takes into account this difference. Also following the phasing out of the ADC Regime, support for a limited duration of three years for rural wire line RDELs installed prior to 01.04.02.

• RDELs PRIOR TO 1.4.O2

(b) Support for RDELs installed after the 1st day of April, 2002

• RDELs (1.4.O2 to 31.3.05)
• RDELs (w.e.f 1.4.O5)

Stream-III:

Creation of Infrastructure for provision of Mobile Services in Rural and Remote Areas. The assets constituting the infrastructure for provision of mobile services shall be determined by the Central Government from time to time

• Mobile Infrastructure (Phase-I)
• Left Wing Extremist Area (LWE)
• Amarnath

Stream-IV:

Provision of Broadband Connectivity to rural & remote areas in a phased manner

• Wire Line Broadband

Stream-V:

Creation of General Infrastructure in Rural and Remote Areas for Development of Telecommunication facilities. The items of general infrastructure to be taken up for development shall be determined by the Central Government from time to time

• CSC-WiFi choupal
• Optical Fiber Cable(OFC) for Assam
• Optical Fiber Cable(OFC) for NE I
• Optical Fiber Cable(OFC) for NE II
• National Optical Fiber Network(NOFN)with BBNL

Stream-VI:

Induction of new technological developments in the telecom sector in Rural and Remote Areas: Pilot projects to establish new technological developments in the telecom sector, which can be deployed in the Rural and Remote Areas, may be supported with the approval of the Central Government

• Solar Mobile Charging Facility (SMCF).
• Sanchar Shakti