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    The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) is a fund created by the Department of Telecommunications and Information Technology in India to promote universal access to telecommunication services. The USOF supports activities like installing public telephones in villages, providing rural community phones, expanding telephone and broadband infrastructure to remote rural areas. It funds these activities by collecting a 5% levy on the adjusted gross revenue of all telecom service providers. The USOF is a non-lapsable fund whose unspent resources can be carried over, and all credits require parliamentary approval.

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    The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) is a fund created by the Department of Telecommunications and Information Technology in India to promote universal access to telecommunication services. The USOF supports activities like installing public telephones in villages, providing rural community phones, expanding telephone and broadband infrastructure to remote rural areas. It funds these activities by collecting a 5% levy on the adjusted gross revenue of all telecom service providers. The USOF is a non-lapsable fund whose unspent resources can be carried over, and all credits require parliamentary approval.

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    [Yearbook] Universal Service Obligation Fund


    A guest article by Mr.Manikandan 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What is it? What are the activities undertaken? Resources- where from? Timeline Why is it news? Universal Service Obligation Fund

    What is i

    There is a Universal associated so obviousl inclusive development strategies of the government. Here the idea is to provide universal access to telecom services, i.e., focus on providing remote areas at affordable and reasonable prices. A fund exclusively for meeting the above objectives, created under department of teleco communication and information technology. It is a non-lapsable fund i.e., unspent amount under target financial year does not lapse, a All credits to the fund require parliamentary approval and it has a statutory support act 2003.

    What are the activities undertaken?

    Installation of village public telephones in every revenue village of 1991 census and addit census. Provision of rural community telephones at next stage. Provision of household telephones in rural areas. Creation of Infrastructure for mobile services in remote, rural areas. Provision of broadband in villages in a phased manner. Induction of new technologies like national optic fibre network in rural areas. For all the above activities a service provider gets grants from the USOF like a subsidy. The service provider is usually chosen through a bidding process on least quoted sub maximum service).

    Resources- where from?

    Through a Universal service levy- at 5% of adjusted gross revenue of all telecom servic Exception- pure value added service providers like internet, voice mail, e-mail no n Also some quantum of funds to come thru central govt. grants. Specialty in this scheme is that it also does some allocation under gender budgeting,
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