USO
USO Activities: At a glance (As on 30.06.2025)-
Sl. No. | Activity | Name of IP/USP | Effective Date | Expiry Date | Number Installed | Physical Verification done | Remarks |
1 | LWE Phase-1 O&M extended period |
BSNL | 30.09.2014 | 31.10.2023 | 78 | 36 | (i) Subsidy claim up to the Q.E. Sep-2023 has been settled. BSNL submitted claim for the QE Dec-23. Vide USOF HQ letter dated 21.02.2024 O&M payments for extended period kept on hold. |
2 | 354 uncovered villages mobile tower project |
RJIO | 28.04.2020 | 27.01.2031 | 6 | 4 |
1. All FLS claims have been settled and paid to the USP. 2. The EQS claims Up to QE June-2024 have been settled and subsidy paid to USP. Futher, USP has claimed the EQS for the QE Sep-24 and same has been settled. |
3 | 4G based Mobile Services in identified uncovered villages in Aspirational Districts-RJIO |
RJIO | 17.03.2021 | 16.03.2032 | 19 | 5 |
1. All FLS claims have been settled and paid to the USP. 2. The EQS claim for the QE June-2024 have been settled and subsidy paid to USP. Further, USP has claimed the EQS for the QE Sep24 and same has been settled. |
4 | Fiber Leasing and OLT space & Misc. Infra. charges of O & M, FLM BharatNet Phase-I & II- BSNL |
BSNL | 01.07.2022 | 30.06.2025 | xxx | xxx |
The advance EQS claim w.r.t. Fiber Leasing and OLT space & Misc. Infra. Charges for the QE Jun-2024 has been settled and paid to BSNL. All the mobilization advance has also been adjusted. Advance claim for the QE Sep-2024 has been received and same is under process |
5 | O&M Activity of O & M, FLM BharatNet Phase-I & II- BSNL | BSNL | 01.07.2022 | 30.12.2024 | xxx | xxx | O&M claims w.r.t. One time cost for repair of GP has been settled up to the QE Mar-2023. The claim w.r.t. AMC charges has settled up to QE Sep-23 The Mmobilization advance has also been adjusted. total 5 claims of Rs. 197046209/ has been received and the same is under process. |
6 | Saturation of 4G Mobile Tower Project |
BSNL | 06.02.2023 | 30.06.2030 | xxx | xxx | Project is under Rollout period. The Capex Claims w.r.t. 40M GB tower supply & erection and Supply of infra items have been settled and the report has been sent to USOF HQ. The claim in r/o supply of infra items of 25 sites (20% milestone) have been received and the same is under process |
7 | Physical Verification, Coverage Evaluation & EQS Verification | ITI | 10.07.2024 | xxx | xxx | xxx | Claim for the QE Dec-24 of two sites has been received through CSMS 2.0 and the same has been settled. |
Total | 103 | 45 |
Details of Subsidy claimed, disbursed and recovery as on 30.06.2025:
Sl. No. | Activity | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | Remarks | ||||||||||||
Claimed | Settled | Recovery | Claimed | Settled | Recovery | Claimed | Settled | Recovery | |||||||||
LD | Penalty | Other Recoveries | LD | Penalty | Other Recoveries | LD | Penalty | Other Recoveries | |||||||||
1 | LWE Phase-1 O&M extended period- BSNL | 56472000 | 45459960 | 0 | 24683482 | 6662726 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (i) Subsidy claim up to the Q.E. Sep-2023 has been settled. BSNL submitted claim for the QE Dec-23 (Month of Oct.-23). Vide DBN HQ letter dated 21.02.2024 O&M payments for extended period kept on hold. |
2 | 354 uncovered villages mobile tower by RJIO | 5929200 | 5929200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5929200 | 5929200 | 0 | 20869 | 0 | 1482300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1. All FLS claims have been settled and paid to the USP. 2. The EQS claims Up to QE Dec-2024 have been settled and subsidy paid to USP. Further, USP has claimed the EQS for the QE March-2025 and in pursuance of DBN letter dated 03.02.2025 same has been kept on hold till complition of NOC data verification of previous settled EQS claims by M/s ITI Ltd. |
3 | 4G based Mobile Services in identified 502 uncovered villages in Aspirational Districts -RJIO | 20814164 | 17860164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18835500 | 17147500 | 0 | 5981 | 342075 | 4708875 | 1688000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1. All FLS claims have been settled and paid to the USP. 2. The EQS claims Up to QE Dec-2024 have been settled and subsidy paid to USP. Further, USP has claimed the EQS for the QE March-2025 and in pursuance of DBN letter dated 03.02.2025 same has been kept on hold till complition of NOC data verification of previous settled EQS claims by M/s ITI Ltd. |
4 | Fiber Leasing and OLT space & Misc. Infra. of O & M, FLM BharatNet Phase-I & II- BSNL | 943531409 | 1148477343 | 0 | 110689581 | 246437546 | 1016166472 | 1016145290 | 0 | 24232525 | 0 | 273096209 | 248961381 | 0 | 12067414 | 0 | 1. All the Mobilization Advances has been adjusted from the claims. 2. The advance EQS claims up to the QE June-2025 has been settled. |
5 | O&M Activity of O & M, FLM BharatNet Phase-I & II- BSNL | 276951999 | 276951999 | 0 | 0 | 114608650 | 371436446 | 336648204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6308922 | 298344387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All the Mobilization Advances paid by DBN HQ have also been adjusted from the subsidy claims. All the claims w.r.t. One time repair of GP charge of O&M activity has been settled. The Claims of AMC charges up to the QE Dec-2023 has also been settle. The subsidy claims w.r.t. Planned Maintenance Cost have been settled up to June-2024. The claim in r/o Spares Item for the QE June-2024 has been received and the same is under process. |
6 | Saturation of 4G Mobile Tower Project- BSNL | 219329240 | 219329240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 291741653 | 291741653 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Project is under Rollout period. The Capex Claims w.r.t. 40M GB tower supply & erection and Supply of infra items have been settled and the report has been submitted to DBN HQ. In this regard, Rs. 14,53,67,213 has been adjusted against Mobilization Advance of Rs. 30,96,00,000 paid to BSNL UP East Circle under CNA model. |
7 | Physical Verification, Coverage Evaluation & EQS Verification- ITI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34213 | 34213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Claim for the QE Dec-24 of two sites has been received through CSMS 2.0 and the same has been settled. |
TOTAL | 1523028012 | 1714007906 | 0 | 135373063 | 367708922 | 1704109271 | 1667611847 | 0 | 24259375 | 342075 | 285630519 | 549027981 | 0 | 12067414 | 0 |