The Universal Service Fund (USF) Policy Committee has endorsed a yearly spending plan of Rs. 11.376 billion for the budgetary year 2020-21 for the Fund to do distinctive network ventures in un-served and underserved zones of the nation.
Government Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque led the 39th gathering of the Universal Service Fund (USF) Policy Committee meeting.
Government Secretary Ministry of IT Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui was likewise present in the gathering. The gathering endorsed the minutes of the 38th gathering of the Universal Service Fund Policy Committee.
The gathering likewise gave endorsement for the USF yearly spending plan of Rs. 11.376 billion for the monetary year 2020-21.
As indicated by archives, the USF has spent around Rs. 66.044 billion to expand cell, broadband web, fiber optics and other media transmission administrations to un-served or underserved zones however a few regions in Balochistan just as South Waziristan and Kurram areas of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa still need access to fundamental communication and versatile broadband administrations.
The USF was made in 2007 to extend cell, broadband web, fiber optics and other media transmission administrations to un-served or underserved territories. All telecom organizations have been contributing 1.5 percent of their incomes to the USF
