DIGITAL PSUs IN INDIA

India's zest towards self-reliance while being globally competitive seems not far. India's Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), which have been integral to nation building, are leading the way in digital transformation by undertaking numerous digital initiatives. With the announcement by the Government of a new public sector policy, there is a renewed focus on the need for PSUs to become more efficient. 

 

As a result, PSUs are increasingly embracing digital technologies to become more competitive in the marketplace by leveraging their massive reach and data. Considering the outstanding achievements of a number of Public Sector Undertakings, VARINDIA has planned this special section that will speak about the initiatives taken towards digitisation for better tranperency.

 

Digital India set the tone. COVID-19 helped accelerate its adoption. Privatisation will make it inevitable. Its time for India's government undertakings – Maharatnas, Navratnas, and Miniratnas – to make a switch. Switch to digital transformation, for the corporate to communicate, with purpose and precision through the orientation of people and induction of technology.

 

Aadhaar: The largest biometrics based identification system in the world

Unique Identification Authority of India
Head of the organization- Dr. Saurabh Garg - CEO

 

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory authority established under the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (“Aadhaar Act 2016”) on 12 July 2016 by the Government of India, UIDAI was created to issue Unique Identification numbers (UID), named as "Aadhaar", to all residents of India. The UID had to be (a) robust enough to eliminate duplicate and fake identities, and (b) verifiable and authenticable in an easy, cost-effective way. As on 31st October 2021, the Authority has issued 131.68 crore Aadhaar numbers to the residents of India.

 

Government of India has recently announced the rollout of Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) services by India Post Payments Bank (IPPB). The move is aimed at expanding access to financial services for millions of unbanked and underbanked customers.
Website- www.uidai.gov.in

 

BBNL empowering rural India digitally

Bharat Broadband Network (BBNL)
Head of the organization-   Sarvesh Singh- CMD

 

Formed under Administrative Ministry of Communication & IT, Department of Telecommunications by Government of India for the establishment, management and operation of National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN). Under this program, a total of around 2, 50,000 Gram Panchayats spread over 6,600 Blocks and 641 Districts are to be covered by laying incremental fiber. The aim is to improve telecommunications in India and reach the campaign goal of Digital India. BharatNet is the world’s largest rural broadband connectivity program, which is built under the Make in India initiative with no involvement of foreign companies. To provide access to bandwidth in a non discriminatory manner to all eligible service providers to enable them to provide services in rural areas.

 

Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), set up by the Government of India under the Administrative Ministry of Communication & IT, Department of Telecommunications for the establishment, management and operation of National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN). The last mile connectivity with a total of 700,000 wi-fi hotspots to cover all 625,000 villages of India have been created by connecting high-speed 4G base tower stations of commercial telecom operators to BharatNet. BBNL will add 2 to 5 wi-fi hotspots per gram panchayat and minimum one wi-fi hotspot per village, whereby commercially non-viable wi-fi hotspots will be subsidized by the union government grant of ₹36,000 million to sustain the operation. 
Website - http://www.bbnl.nic.in
 

 

 

BEL leveraging next generation technologies to keep the country ahead in Defense space

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
Head of the organization - Mrs Anandi Ramalingam- Director (Marketing) & Additional Charge- CMD 

 

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is an Indian Government-owned aerospace and defence electronics company. It primarily manufactures advanced electronic products for ground and aerospace applications. BEL is one of nine PSUs under the Ministry of Defence of India. It has been granted Navratna status by the Government of India. Owned by the Indian Government, BEL primarily manufactures advanced electronic products for the Indian Armed Forces.

 

To tackle the present ongoing pandemic, Coronavirus, BEL in partnership with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Rishikesh have developed a monitoring system to remotely assess the health of COVID-19 suspects/patients quarantined in homes and hospitals. This solution is helpful in reduction of the risk of exposure to healthcare workers and is also expected to reduce the increasing demand of PPE and other logistics. In another MoU with Tech Mahindra, BEL collaborated to design and build cutting edge Digital Solutions for Aerospace and Defense. They will jointly develop solutions in the field of Defence products and systems for the Armed Forces leveraging next generation technologies like Aerospace and Defence (A&D) Engineering Services, 5G and Cyber Security.
Website - http://www.bel-india.in/Default.aspx
 

 

 

BSE provides highly secure, efficient and transparent market for trading
 
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Head of the organization - Ashish kumar Chauhan (MD & CEO)

 

Incorporated in 1875, Asia’s first and fastest stock exchange in the world with the speed of six micro seconds, BSE, formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange is among the leading exchange groups. The organization provides an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, currencies, debt instruments, derivatives, mutual funds.  Following the vision of India’s Prime Minister BSE has come up with India INX, India's 1st international exchange, in Ahmedabad.

 

BSE understands the growing importance of data and guard against breaches of privacy. The organization endeavours to secure interests of stockbrokers with the help of cutting-edge technologies and security services. So for that BSE has inked a MoU with Si Consult to strengthen cyber security services and safeguard the interests of stockbrokers. The Bombay Stock Exchange is a popular and trusted exchange in the country. When a company lists its stocks on the BSE, the awareness of its upcoming stocks is spread across investors. This allows the company to attract investors and raise capital. On the other hand, investors prefer shares listed with exchanges like the BSE as they can encash their investment whenever needed.

Website -https://www.bseindia.com/

 

 

C-DAC keeps India ahead in IT & Electronics R&D space

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
Head of the organization - Mangesh Ethirajan - Director General

 

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) strengthens India’s position in R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas. It is a premier R&D organization which comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). C-DAC has been at the forefront of the IT revolution, constantly building capacities in emerging/enabling technologies and innovating and leveraging its expertise, caliber, skill sets to develop and deploy IT products and solutions for different sectors of the economy. Its wide range of products, services and solutions are designed to cater to a large market ranging from health care systems, datawarehousing, multimedia and multilingual technologies, networking solutions to technical consultancy, training and eGovernance solutions.

 

C-DAC provides several courses in the field of advanced computing and software development. Among these are the HPC certification course- C-DAC Certified HPC Professional Certification Programme (CCHPCP). C-DAC organises advanced computing diploma programs through the Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) located all over India.
Website -https://www.cdac.in/

 

 

C-DOT enabling India in indigenous design, development and production of telecom technologies 

Center of Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
Head of the organization - Dr Rajkumar Upadhyay- Executive Director

 

An autonomous telecom R&D centre of Government of India, Center of Development of Telematics (C-DOT)is a forerunner of indigenous telecom revolution in the country. For more than three decades, it is putting its relentless R&D efforts in the indigenous design, development and production of telecom technologies suited for Indian landscape. It has always contributed significantly to the Indian telecom network’s digitization.

 

As part of its development process, C-DOT spawned equipment manufacturers and component vendors. Research and development facilities are located at its Delhi and Bangalore campuses. Within a short time, telecom switching products suited to Indian conditions appeared in the form of small rural automatic exchanges (RAXs) and medium size switches as SBMs for towns. This was followed by higher capacity digital switches known as main automatic exchanges (MAXs). C-DOT technology spread across the country through its licensed manufacturers. Presently C-DOT is implementing Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) in India to send out early warnings to the public through mobiles. CAP enables dissemination of messages to the target population without the intervention of service providers.

Website -http://www.cdot.in/
 

 

CERT-IN protecting the cyber security space of India 
 
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN)
Head of the organization -  Sanjay Bahl - Director General

 

Formed to arm the Indian cyber space, CERT-In has been designated under the Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008. Its primary role is to raise awareness among India’s cyber community, to provide technical assistance and advice to help them recover from computer security incidents. It serves in the area of cyber security as a nodal agency to perform - Collecting, analysing and disseminating information on cyber incidents; Forecasting and alerting of cyber security incidents; issuing emergency measures for handling cyber security incidents; Coordination of cyber incident response activities and Issuing guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and whitepapers relating to information security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents.

 

It is the nodal agency to deal with cyber security threats like hacking and phishing. It strengthens security-related defence of the Indian Internet domain. According to the agency, India faced 11.5 million cyberattack incidents in 2021 including corporate attacks, and attacks on critical infrastructure and government agencies. CERT-IN has overlapping on responsibilities with other agencies such as National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) which is under the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) that comes under Prime Minister's Office and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) which is under Ministry of Home Affairs.

Website - https://www.cert-in.org.in/

 

 

CSCs enabling rural India digitally empowered 

Common Service Centres (CSC)
Head of the organization- Dr. Dinesh Tyagi -CEO 

 

The Common Service Centres (CSCs) are the facilities which deliver Government of India’s e-Services to rural and remote locations. This comes under Digital India and the Programme of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The centres are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country. It is a pan-India network enabling the Government’s mandate of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive society. After assessing CSC scheme, the government has come up with CSC 2.0 scheme in 2015. 

 

It focuses on creating a self-sustaining network of 2.5 lakh CSC centres at Gram Panchayat (GP) level under Digital India and deliver various citizen centric services. It is envisaged as a transaction-based and service delivery-based model, delivering a large bouquet of e-services through a single delivery platform, which would increase the sustainability of the CSCs across the Country. The project proposes to strengthen the CSC network across the country. CSCs are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services, apart from host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country.
Website - https://csc.gov.in/

 

 

ECIL continues to keep India ahead in the growth of Information Technology and Electronics

Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL)
Head of the organization - Rear Admiral Sanjay Chaubey (Retd.) - CMD

 
To generate indigenous capability in the field of professional grade electronics with its focus on indigenous Nuclear energy, space and Defence sectors, Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) was formed under Department of Atomic Energy. It has a strong presence in indigenous Electronic Security, Communications, Networking and e-governance domains. The company played a very significant role in the training and growth of high caliber technical and managerial manpower especially in the fields of Computers and Information Technology.

 

ECIL has committed partnerships with nuclear energy establishments of India, particularly Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR). ECIL also actively supports other strategic sectors such as indigenous Defence Indian Ordnance Factories, (Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)), Space (Department of Space (India))Civil Aviation, Information and Broadcasting, Telecommunications, Insurance, Banking, Police and Para-military Forces, Oil and Gas, Power, Space Education, Health, Agriculture, Steel and Coal.

Website - http://www.ecil.co.in/
 

 

 

EESL encouraging e-mobility adoption across India
 
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)
Head of the organization - K Sreekant- Chairman

 

EESL empowers consumers, industries and governments to effectively manage their energy needs through energy efficient technologies. It is a joint venture of four National PSEs – NTPC Limited, Power Finance Corporation, REC and POWERGRID, and was set up under the Ministry of Power. EESL is implementing the world’s largest non-subsidised energy efficiency portfolio across sectors like lighting, buildings, e-mobility, smart metering and agriculture at a scale which no organization has been able to achieve. To boost e-mobility adoption across India, EESL has joined hands with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for the installation of public charging stations. EESL will set up public charging stations in 1000 BSNL sites in a phased manner on a pan India basis.

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) is the organisation responsible for implementation of Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) or the UJALA scheme. In another effort to save energy, over 1.03 crore smart LED streetlights have been installed till date, enabling an estimated energy savings of 6.97 billion kWh per year by EESL under the Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) programme. LED streetlights have been installed in various states across the country. EESL’s energy efficiency solutions have saved India over 47 billion kWh energy annually while reducing 36.5 million tones of carbon emission.
Website - www.eeslindia.org

 

 

GeM maintains transparency in online procurement of goods & services

Government eMarketplace (GeM)
Head of the organization- Prashant Kumar Singh - CEO

 

Created in a record time of five months, Government eMarketplace is a dedicated e-market for different goods & services procured by Government organisations/departments/PSUs. It eases the procurement process. It also enhances transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement, the platform provides the tools of e-bidding, reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to facilitate the government users, achieve the best value for their money. The digital platform enables economies of scale, efficient price discovery and dissemination of best practices.

 

GeM is planning to come up with its 4.0 version where over 100 new features will be added in the existing portal to make it more transparent. It will be implemented by September 2020. The portal has transformed public procurement in India by driving its three pillars, namely, inclusion, usability and transparency and efficiency and cost savings. According to an independent assessment made by the World Bank, average savings for buyers in Government eMarketplace portal is about 9.75% on the median price.The Government of India has made it mandatory for sellers to display the 'country of origin' on products to be sold on GeM portal. 

Website - https://gem.gov.in/

 

 

GSTN aims to integrate indirect tax ecosystem on a shared IT infrastructure

Goods and Services Tax Network- GSTN
Head of the organization-  Prakash Kumar - CEO 

 

To establish a uniform interface for the tax payer and a common and shared IT infrastructure between the Centre and States, the GST System Project has been set up. Earlier, the indirect tax administrations of Centre and State has worked under different laws, regulations, procedures and formats and the IT systems work as independent sites. Goods and Services Tax Network provides GST related IT infrastructure and services. It plays a crucial role in the search for GST taxpayers. Integrating them for GST implementation would involve integrating the entire indirect tax ecosystem so as to bring all the tax administrations (Centre, State and Union Territories) to the same level of IT maturity with uniform formats and interfaces for taxpayers and other external stakeholders.

 

A robust settlement mechanism amongst the States and the Centre is required for GSTN and this is possible only when there is a strong IT Infrastructure and Service backbone which enables capture, processing and exchange of information amongst the stakeholders (including tax payers, States and Central Governments, Accounting Offices, Banks and RBI). The services of GSTN includes processing and forwarding the returns to both the central and state tax authorities. The best and the unique thing about GSTN is, there is a unified common return filing for all types of GST i.e. SGST (State GST), CGST (Central GST), IGST (Integrated GST). 

Website - https://www.gstn.org.in/

 

 

ITI Limited widening its focus area
 
ITI Limited
Head of the organization - D Venkateswarlu- CMD

 

Established as a departmental factory in 1948, ITI Limited is the premier telecom company and multi-unit central public sector undertaking in the telecommunications segment. It offers telecom turnkey solutions and customized support. It has manufacturing facilities in Bengaluru, Naini, Rae Bareli, Mankapur and Palakkad along with an R&D centre in Bengaluru and 25 Marketing, Services & Projects (MSP) centers in India, which are located at Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi and 17 other places spread across the country. The company is manufacturing a diverse range of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products/solutions to hone its competitive edge in the convergence market by deploying its rich telecom expertise and vast infrastructure.

The company has a diverse suite of products including manufactured products like Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON), Managed Leased Line Network (MLLN) products, Stand Alone Signaling Transfer Point(SSTP), Wi-Fi Access Point, Radio Modem, SMPS, Set Top Box, Defence products like multi-capacity encryption units, Bulk encryption Units (BEU), Terminal End Secrecy Devices (TESD), Passive infrastructure products such as Optical Fiber Cable, HDPE duct, Antenna, diversified products such as smart energy meters, smart cards, solar panels, mini personal computers. 

Website -    http://www.itiltd-india.com/

 

 

 

NIC bridging the digital divide and supporting government in eGovernance

National Informatics Centre (NIC)
Head of the organization - Shri Rajesh Gera - Director General

 

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an Indian government department under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The NIC provides infrastructure, IT Consultancy, IT Services including but not limited to architecting, design, development and implementation of IT Systems to Central Government Departments and State Governments thus enabling delivery of government services to Citizens and pioneering the initiatives of Digital India. 

 

Digital Office, a solution by NIC, has been adopted by 345 organizations which covers around 18 state governments. Another initiative, eCourts, has connected 20,000 courts in India. NIC is closely associated with the government in different aspects of governance by establishing a nationwide state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure and services for Central Government, State Governments, UT Administrations, Districts and other Government bodies. It offers a wide range of services which includes multi gigabit nationwide networks NICNET, NKN, National Data Centres, National Cloud, pan India VC infrastructure, Command and Control Centre, multi-layered GIS based platform, Domain Registration and Webcast. This plays a significant role in delivering citizen centric e-services.

Website - www.nic.in 

 

 

 

NSE a forerunner in electronic trading system

National Stock Exchange (NSE)
Head of the organization – Vikram Limaye (MD & CEO) 

 

Established in 1992, National Stock Exchange (NSE) is recognized as a stock exchange by SEBI in 1993 and started its operations in 1994 with the launch of the wholesale debt market, followed shortly after by the launch of the cash market segment. Located in Mumbai, NSE is the first organization to dematerialized electronic exchange in the country. NSE was the first exchange in the country to provide a modern, fully automated screen-based electronic trading system which offered easy trading facility to the investors spread across the length and breadth of the country. 

 

In order to keep its customers ahead of IT security challenges, NSEIT, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Stock Exchange of India, has acquired cybersecurity company Aujas Networks. For almost two decades, NSEIT provides IT services to the exchange ecosystem, banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI). NSE operates on the 'National Exchange for Automated Trading' (NEAT+) system, a fully automated screen based trading system, which adopts the principle of an order driven market. NSE consciously opted in favour of an order driven system as opposed to a quote driven system. This has helped reduce jobbing spreads not only on NSE but in other exchanges as well, thus reducing transaction costs. 

Website -https://www.nseindia.com/

 

 

 

NPCI leading India towards Digital payments
 
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
Head of the organization –   DilipAsbe- MD & CEO

To create a robust Payment & Settlement Infrastructure in India, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has been set up. It is an initiative of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.  In its journey till date, it has made a significant impact on the retail payment systems in the country. The Company is focused on bringing innovations in the retail payment systems through the use of technology for achieving greater efficiency in operations and widening the reach of payment systems. NPCI products include National Financial Switch (NFS) and Cheque Truncation System (CTS), which are the flagship products. 

Apart from these Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) have been termed as two most revolutionary products in the Indian payment system. The other products include RuPay Credit Card, National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) and National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC). Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is a mobile payment App developed by NPCI that makes payment transactions simple, easy and quick using Unified Payments Interface (UPI). NPCI has created a separate subsidiary to take its product to the global market. The organization is getting offers from nations around Asia, Africa and the Middle East to improve their payment infrastructure. Internationalization of RuPay and Unified Payment Interface (UPI) are the primary focus of the NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL).

Website - https://www.npci.org.in/
 

 

 

PGCIL transforming India with its wide power transmission network

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID)
Head of the organization - K. Sreekant- CMD

 

Engaged in power transmission, POWERGRID or PGCIL is a stated owned Indian PSU. A “Maharatna” Central Public Sector Enterprise. India’s largest Electric Power Transmission Utility . The Indian Power system for planning and operational purposes is divided into five regional grids. The integration of regional grids, and thereby establishment of National Grid, was conceptualised in early nineties. The integration of regional grids which began with asynchronous HVDC back-to-back inter-regional links facilitating limited exchange of regulated power was subsequently graduated to high capacity synchronous links between the regions.

 

The initial inter-regional links were planned for exchange of operational surpluses amongst the regions. However, later on when the planning philosophy had graduated from Regional self-sufficiency to National basis, the Inter-regional links were planned associated with the generation projects that had beneficiaries across the regional boundaries. Presently, the country has total inter-regional transmission capacity of about 1,12,250 MW which is expected to be enhanced to about 1,18,740 MW by 2022.

Website- http://www.powergridindia.com/ 

 

 

RailTel connecting every corners of India

RailTel Corporation of India Limited
Headof the organization – Ms. Aruna Singh - Chairman & Managing Director (Addl Charge) 

 

A "Mini Ratna (Category-I)" PSU, RailTel Corporation is a provider of neutral telecom infrastructure in India owning a Pan-India optic fiber network on exclusive Right of Way (ROW) along Railway track. RailTel is focusing on providing broadband and VPN services. RailTel was formed in September 2000 with the objective of creating a nationwide broadband, telecom and multimedia network, and to modernise train control operation and safety system of Indian Railways. It is under the ownership of Indian Railways, Ministry of Railways, Government of India. RailTel's network passes through around 5,000 stations across the country, covering all major commercial centres. 

RailTel has a strategic relationship with the Indian Railways and it undertakes a wide variety of projects including provision of mission critical connectivity services like IP based video surveillance system at stations, ‘e-Office’ services and implementing short haul connectivity between stations and long haul connectivity to support various organizations within the Indian Railways. RailTel also provide various passenger services including content on demand services and Wi-Fi across major railway stations in India. 

Website- https://www.railtelindia.com/

 

 

STPI encouraging software exports from India
 
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
Head of the organization-  Arvind Kumar- Director General

 

To encourage, promote and boost the Software Exports from India, Software Technology Parks of India is set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in 1991. STPI Headquarters is located in New Delhi with 61 Centres spread across the country.To encourage Digital India program SPTI has come up with the India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) which seeks to incentivize the establishment of 48,300 seats in respect to BPO/ITES operations across the country. STPI envisioned setting up 21 Centres of Excellence in emerging technology across India to provide proper handholding to the startup ecosystem for building indigenous products and IPR creation.

 

This is expected to help in capacity building in smaller cities in terms of infrastructure and manpower and would be the basis for the next wave of IT/ITES led growth. This scheme has potential to create employment opportunities of around 1.5 lakh direct jobs, while also creating a good number of indirect jobs. In a joint venture with the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), STPI has set up an 'Electropreneur Park'. This will support 50 start-ups working on electronics product designing and development over the next five years. STPI provides infrastructure, skilling, mentoring, market connect and supports startups. Besides regulating the STP scheme, STPI centers provide a variety of services including high-speed data communication, incubation facilities, consultancy, network monitoring, data centers and data hosting. STPI provides physical hosting for the National Internet Exchange of India.
Website - https://ibps.stpi.in

 

 

 

TCIL continues to strengthen India with its technology expertise

Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL)
Head of the organization- Sanjeev Kumar - CMD & Director Projects

 

Incorporated in 1978, TCIL is owned by Government of India Public Sector Enterprise under the administrative control of the Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Ministry of Communications, Government of India. It was set up for providing Indian telecom expertise in all fields of telecom, Civil and IT to developing countries around the world. It is a Miniratna company under Ministry of Communications & IT. TCIL has won Government of India’s ambitious project BharatNet worth Rs 1490 crore in two states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The program aims to provide fibre-based broadband connectivity to more than 6 lakh villages through 2.5 lakh gram panchayats or village blocks.

 

TCIL is also supplying, deploying and commissioning a mega VSAT (very small aperture terminal) initiative in the Ku frequency band. It is providing satellite-based bandwidth in several states including Northeast, Jammu & Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh. Out of 4,800 VSAT terminals, TCIL has installed more than 1,000 terminals and has already established gateways at Ahmedabad and Ranchi. TCIL has been executing Telecommunication Works in Various parts of the world which include Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Mauritius, Nepal, Afghanistan and Bhutan. TCIL is diversifying its field in IT sector also with many projects running in African Countries namely Senegal and Nigeria.

Website -    https://www.tcil-india.com/