Transcript Jt CCA USO

A.Gnanasekaran Jt.CCA USO
• Office of CCA Mumbai
USOF
 The universal service obligation fund (USOF) has assumed
its statutory status in 2003 with the amendment to IT Act
1885.
USOF is a non-lapsable fund with effect from 01.4.2002.
The Rules have been framed and notified on 26.3.2004.
vide IT (Amendment) Rules 2004 The Gazette of India
Extraordinary Part II-section 3-sub-section(i).
Definitions-ITR 523
• Fund means the Universal Service Obligation Fund established
under sub-section( I) of section 9A.
• Administrator means the Administrator of the Fund appointed by the
Central Government of India for the administration of the Fund.
• Capital cost means the capital expenditure incurred on providing
access as may be determined by the Administrator.
• Capital recovery means the aggregate of depreciation, interest on
debt and return on equity on the capital cost annualized over a
period of seven years.
• Net cost means operating expenses plus Capital Recovery minus
Revenue.
• Operating expenses means the annual op-cost incurred on o&m of
the specified facilities as may be determined by the Admin.
Contd
• Revenue means the annual charges including usage
charge and rental from the specified service, without
any deduction of any kind whatsoever except taxes
relating to the specified service, if any, paid to the
Government.
• USO means the obligation to provide access to basic
telegraph services to people in the rural and remote
areas at affordable reasonable prices.
• USP means the person who has entered into an
Agreement with the Administrator for the purpose of
implementation of USO.
• VPT means the first public telephone installed in a
village.
What are the powers of
Administrator
• Formulate bidding procedure/terms and
conditions
• Evaluate the bids called for,
• Enter into agreement with USP.
• Settle the claim of USP after due verification.
• Specify relevant formats, procedures and
records to be maintained and furnished by the
USP.
• Monitor the performance of the USP as per the
procedure specified by him from time to time.
Scope of support from USOF
• Financial support from the Fund shall be
provided to meet the NET COST of
providing the specified USO as per the
procedure specified by the Administrator
from time to time, and the period for which
such support shall be provided and the
services covered shall be governed by an
Agreement entered in to with the USP.
India USOF in Global Context
• The USOF of India is one the few
operational USO Funds in the world.
• The USOF of India has one the more
complex mandates of operational USO
Funds.
• The USOF of India is one of the largest
operational USO Fund in the world.
Nature of services supported by
USOF
• Stream I O&M of VPT in villages
identified as per Census 1991.and
• Installation of VPTs in the additional
villages identified as per Census 2001(
Capital recovery shall be taken to arrive
Net cost)
• Provision of additional RCP in villages
with population exceeding 2000 after
achieving the target of one VPT in every
village.
Status of implementation
• As a part of NTP-99 agreement signed
with BSNL for 19 service area so far and
six BSOs( basic service operator)
• Agreement signed with BSNL for
replacement of 140210 MARR PTs
installed prior to 1.4.2002
Date of effect(decentralisation)
• Date of effect is 1.10.2003
• O&m of VPTs for 2002-03 settled centrally
• Final settlement for 2002-03 and first
quarter of 2003-04 will be settled centrally
• Decentralisation shall be effective from QE
31.12.2003 in r/o VPTs
USO MH circle Mumbai
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There are three USP’s in MH circle.
M/S BSNL
M/S TTML
M/S RIL
Status of USP-M/s BSNL
• An agreement has been entered into with
BSNL for provision and maintenance of
VPTs,RCPs,Un-covered villages
andRHDELs.
• As on 31.3.2006 the CB in respect of
• VPTs--------------LL------WLL----- MARR----• RCPs
• Uncovered
• RHDELs
USP-M/s TTML
• Has been authorized to provide and
maintain VPTs and RHDELs
• As on 31.3.2006 the CB of
• VPTs-----------LL------WLL-----GSM------• RHDELs
Status of USP-M/s RIL
• Has been authorised to provide and
maintain RCPs and RDHELs.
• As on 31.3.2006 the CB of
• RCPs-------------LL----------CDMA---• RHDELs
What are the obligations on the
part of USPs
• To provide telephones at the revenue villages/Rural
areas as per Census 1991/2001 as the case may be as
per agreement.
• To maintain those telephones and provide fault free
service
• To submit claim on quarterly within 30 days from the date
of closure of quarter.
• To submit claim duly singed by authorized person along
with required documents.
• To certify that the claim has been submitted only for the
lines installed and maintained as per agreement
• Certify that claim has been prepared at the approved
rate after deducting for non-working period.
Check list for acceptance of claims
on submission
• The claim is received within time and in
the prescribed format
• An affidavit in the prescribed proforma and
a stamped pre-receipted bill are given
• Initials of authorized person are available
on all pages of claim and consolidation
sheet etc
• Hard copy and soft copy on CD (in read
only form)
Action to be taken for non-receipt
of claims
• The claim should be submitted within 30
days of the end of a particular quarter
• Write to USP for submission within 15
days along with valid reason for delay
• On receipt of claim within 45 days inform
USP that the final settlement is subject to
condonation of delay by the Administrator
Action on incomplete claims
• Claim statement including the Annex,
attachments are complete but supporting
documents not submitted—Accept the
claim and intimate USP that the settlement
will be subject to submission of missing
documents.
What next
• Intimate H.Q about receipt of claim
furnishing all details as per proforma-USP
wise
Check list for settlement of claims
• Condition 18.2 subsidy be disbursed within 30 days of
the commencement of the following quarter for vpts
subject to--• Condition 18.3 USP submit claim in the format
prescribed along with Affidavit
• Condition 18.4 USP statement be audited by their
auditor
• Condition 18.5 deduction for non working period
• Condition 18.6 stamped pre-receipted bill
• Condition 18.10 MARR VPTs on replacement shall not
eligible for subsidy from the date of replacement.
Verification of claims
• Hard copy and soft copy of the claims matches.
otherwise hard copy be taken as authentic
• Representative rates of the SSAs and SDCAs as
the case may be
• Names of SSAs matched as per claims and
agreement
• No:of days taken correctly ie 90/91/92 as the
case may be
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• Consolidation sheet:
• Total no:of VPTs/RCPs/Rural DELs preferred
and new installation under different tech.tallies
with the figure shown
• OB tallies with CB of previous quarter
• Deduction for fault period (VPTs) ie
proportionate deduction for >7 days to <45days
and beyond 45 days no subsidy—effective from
quarter beginning 01.10.2003(includes both
days ie from and to)
Contd
• No incremental metering and DNP shown
for entire quarter – not eligible for subsidy
• Date of installation /replacement should be
shown in DD/MM/YYYY
• In case of replacement of VPTs other than
MARR ie LL to WLL – the representative
rate of the existing or new tech whichever
lower is payable
Disbursement of subsidy
• Payable in arrears by cheque (quarterly) after adj; if any
• Head of account :FY 2004-05 onwards minor head
103—Compensation to service provider for USO
• Eg:
• Dr 3275-00-103 (TACT Code)---Rs XX
Cr 8670
(Cheques and Bills)---------Rs XX
• After disbursement the corresponding aomunt will also
be booked as deduct entry under the head 3275 00
902—Deduct amount met from USOF by debiting the
Head 8235 00 902—USOF as follows
• (-) Dr 3275-00-902 (TACT code 1508) (–Rs XX)
• Dr 8235-00-118 (TACT code 2821)-------Rs XX
• Refer Proforma C, Enclosure I of chapter VII
Action on transactions relating to
USOF
• Payments are made within a week of
receipt of Authorization from USOF
• In case of short payment, the balance
amount is surrendered to H.Q
• Payments made are not in excess of
allotment
• USO subsidy are booked correctly under
the concerned accounting Heads
Maintenance of records
• The following records needs to be
maintained at CCA office
• 1.Claim submission register
• 2.Subsidy disbursement register
• 3.Subsidy booking register
• Refer proforma A,B & C of Enclosure I to
chapter 7
Submission of returns to USOF HQ
• Intimation of claim receipt
• Requisition of fund
• Refer enclosure I of chapter 6
Electronic submission of claimsVPT
• Refer
http://demotemp.24.nic.in/opex/welcome.htm
• Name of village –part of master data which can
not be altered in due course by the USP
• Unique numeric code in SSA will be generated
by the system administrator
• Dynamic data relating to period of fault,
technology updates and field new installation is
required to be keyed in quarterly by USP
• Once the claim is submitted changes can not be
carried out here
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The list of report available to CCA
Claim submission status
Consolidation sheet for individual SSA
Consolidation sheet for service area
VPT status at the end of quarter for service
Detailed claim statement of individual SSA
For more details refer chapter 5 of instruction
manual
Check list for monitoring of VPTs
• Technology used: subsidy rates differ –match
with tech
• Installation date: after 1.4.2002—date of
installation as per records should tally with claim
statement
• Date of replacement of MAAR VPTs: upto one
day prior to replacement at the rep rate of MARR
and thereafter as per technology
• Duration of fault: upto 7 days no deduction,
more than 7 days but less than 45 days
proportionate and more than 45 days no subsidy
for the quarter
contd
• Sample size for monitoring: 5% of the numbers
claimed SSA wise for all the SDCAs in the SSA --during the year
• Each SSA should be visited for the purpose of
sample check at least once a year
• The claim may be disallowed if the
discrepancies are not rectified within a
reasonable period
• Report on monitoring: as per format prescribed
refer—enclosure I&II to chapter 8 of mannual
Powers of CCA vis-à-vis USPs
• No action like suspension, revocation
termination or extension of agreement as
specified in part I, general condition shall
be initiated by the o/o CCA against the
USPs in terms of the conditions of the
agreement and its amendments thereof.
Ref: VPT related
• 1.File no .30-101/2002-USF(Vol-IV) dated 10.7.2003 @
inclusion of Aurangabad SSA& rep rate of MH circle.
(MARR,LL,CDOT-PMP)
• 1A. File no 30-15/2002-USF dated 12.9.2003 @transfer
of work relating to disbursement
• 2.File no:30-14/2002-USF dated 21.11.2003 @Outer
limit for submission of claims
• 3.File no:30-111/2003-USF dated 24.11.2003 @rep
rate for Wardha on GSM Tech
• 4.File no 30-107/2002-USF(Vol.IV) dated 25.11.2003
@on modification of condition no 18.6,part IV,Financial
conditions—MARR replacement
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• 5.File no:30-101/2002-USF(Vol.IV) dated
27.11.2003@ no subsidy for a VPT remaining
non functional for any reason
• 6. File no 30-111/2003-USF dated 30.12.2003
@for subsidy support towards O&M---M/s TATA
• 7.same subject dt 12.3.2004 Inclusion of Latur
• 7A.file no 30-15/2002-USF (vol.II) dated
5.2.2004 @transfer of work related
• 8.File no 30-107/2002-USF Dated 21.10.2004
@Extension of time limit for replacement of
MARR VPTs