Department of Posts and TRAI Join Hands to Conduct India's Largest Village-Level Telecom Network Performance Survey
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📌 Summary:
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Department of Posts (DoP) and TRAI signed an MoU in New Delhi for a nationwide app-based survey of mobile network performance of TSPs — Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and BSNL — across 5.68 lakh+ villages
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Survey to be conducted by Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDSs) during routine delivery rounds using a TRAI-developed Android app, leveraging DoP's network of 1.40 lakh+ rural Branch Post Offices
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Will generate field-level data to identify rural connectivity gaps, improve telecom infrastructure and support evidence-based policy and regulatory decisions
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Division of roles: DoP conducts field operations; TRAI provides the app, technical support, training and centralized monitoring; partnership duration one year
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Positioned as a Digital India initiative to bridge the rural digital divide and improve quality of service
🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS2 Governance — innovative inter-agency collaboration for citizen-centric service delivery and evidence-based policymaking; GS3 rural digital infrastructure
📝 Prelims Facts:
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Survey covers 5.68 lakh+ villages across all States/UTs — India's largest village-level telecom survey
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India has 1.40 lakh+ rural Branch Post Offices; data collected by Gramin Dak Sevaks
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MoU partners: Department of Posts (Ministry of Communications) and TRAI
🔑 Key Term: Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) — rural postal workforce of India Post manning Branch Post Offices, here doubling as field data collectors
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