Year-wise Status of Universal Service Obligation Funds (USOF) - Collected & Disbursed
Universal Service Obligation Funds was established in 2002 to fund the extension of telecom services to commercially unviable rural and remote areas of the country. Since then, the amount has been collected and disbursed for meeting the targets set under USOF.
Note: As per Ministry of Finance letter no F. 1 (20)-B (AC)/2007 dated 04.06.2008 the reimbursement of licence fees and spectrum charges to BSNL amounting to ₹6948.64 crore over the period 2002-03 to 2005-06 for fulfilling rural obligation is required to be taken into account for arriving at the available balance.
Year-wise Status of Universal Service Obligation Funds (USOF) - Collected & Disbursed
Universal Service Obligation Funds was established in 2002 to fund the extension of telecom services to commercially unviable rural and remote areas of the country. Since then, the amount has been collected and disbursed for meeting the targets set under USOF.
Note: As per Ministry of Finance letter no F. 1 (20)-B (AC)/2007 dated 04.06.2008 the reimbursement of licence fees and spectrum charges to BSNL amounting to ₹6948.64 crore over the period 2002-03 to 2005-06 for fulfilling rural obligation is required to be taken into account for arriving at the available balance.
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96
The units of measurement for the amount, specified as rupees crores.
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Citation
Department of Telecommunications. (2026). Year-wise Status of Universal Service Obligation Funds (USOF) - Collected & Disbursed [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/15146
