DoT not awarded work to CSC Wifi Chaupal Services directly under BharatNet: MoS telecom

New Delhi: The telecom department has not awarded directly any work to CSC Wifi Chaupal Services India under the BharatNet project, Parliament was informed on Thursday. Minister of state for communications Devusinh Chauhan in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha said CSC eGovernance Services India Limited (CSC-SPV) has been awarded the maintenance work of the BharatNet phase-1 project.

The work includes the operation and maintenance of incremental optical fibre cable network, first-line maintenance of equipment and supporting infrastructure of the BharatNet Phase-I.

CSC-SPV is a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), with MeitY Secretary as its Chairman.