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With reference to Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), consider the following statements
USOF has statutory status in India.
It provides an effective and powerful linkage to the hinterland thereby mainstreaming the population of rural and remote parts of the country.
BharatNet project is entirely funded by USOF.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
1 and 3 only
3 only
1, 2 and 3
The genesis of USOF is almost 200 years old, with the concept of Universal Service Obligation having been introduced by Rowland Hill in 1837 with his postal reforms. The postal reforms included uniform rates across the United Kingdoms (UK) and prepayment by sender via postage stamps. Universal Service was the key objective of the Universal Postal Union.
In India, the Universal Service Obligation (USO) Fund was established initially with the fundamental objective of providing access to "Basic" telegraph services to people in remote and rural areas at affordable and reasonable prices. Subsequently, the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Act, 2006 was notified on 29.12.2006 to repeal the term "Basic" wherein the scope of USO Fund was widened to provide access to telegraph services (including mobile services, broadband connectivity and ICT infrastructure creation) in rural and remote areas.
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