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The Government is finalizing a Rs.7000 crore scheme to give one Mobile Phone to every family living below the poverty line (BPL Family) with 200 minutes of local calls worth Rs.100 for free, as some media sources claims.
The scheme will be called as Har Hath Mein Phone is expected to be announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 15 during 65th Independence Day, this scheme will help 28 million poor people (6 million family) across India to have access to free connectivity.
Sources claims that 50% cost of “Har Hath Mein Phone” scheme will be funded from the Department of Telecommunication’s Universal Service Obligation (USO) funds and rest of 50% of the cost of the scheme is likely to come from the bidder who gets the right to provide mobile phone service (Prepaid SIM Card) and the remaining 50% from the USO fund. The USO fund is meant for providing access to phone services to people in rural and remote areas at affordable prices.
The PMO is directly involved with the Planning Commission, PM’s advisor Sam Pitroda and Telecom Ministry in giving a final shape to this scheme. The Planning Commission and DoT have been asked to submit a final workable solution for this scheme by August 10, so that the Prime Minister can announce the scheme on 65th Independence Day – August 15.
Do you think mobile phone is need of the hour for poor people when the country is heading towards drought? Do share your views via comments.
kailash September 10, 2012 at 8:07 pm
yes, congress government is taking the right step .tooo goood well done congress
Ganesh August 14, 2012 at 6:09 pm
I don’t have anything else to say! The above comments are awesome! It’s good to know that may think just like me! Govt = Brain Dead…
roshan327 August 14, 2012 at 3:51 pm
another ghotala…
go India go.
V.P.Guru August 12, 2012 at 8:23 pm
The government is concentrating more on how to be continue in power… They appoint Pranab as president. Giving free phones to voters… Try to loot money for 2014 election… The cog… is going to end up with another UP election result.
PD August 11, 2012 at 11:12 pm
….with BSNL/mtnl connection of course ! If bundled with these combinations surely the fate of continued usage is sealed…!
shrikant August 10, 2012 at 11:44 am
please sale this mobile and give fruits for poor. Governments are really foolish?
Abhay August 9, 2012 at 10:40 pm
Government always cheat the public , as UFO(from deduction of call transfer charges from all normal phone user) fund were basically created for raising telecom infrastructure in rural area through BSNL PSU. now government use this fund to pay back to the private player in huge amount as Rs 100/- per customer/per month for BPL user. even today not more than 30-50% APL customer talks 100 min a months. only money game boss nothing else………………
HIMANGSHU RAJ SAIKIA August 9, 2012 at 5:32 pm
See these shameless government of India, politics og Monumohon (PM of India)
As now days, petrol Has increase there price, no food, no cloths to were for the poorer, than why this cell for to use ???
Useless brain of Indian Government…
sreedhar August 9, 2012 at 3:25 pm
i think they will give CHINA Mobiles!
sreedhar August 9, 2012 at 3:22 pm
I can give a good IDEA for BPL people for earning money(atleast for few days of good living).
SELL THE PHONE AND GET MONEY. live happily for few days!
Nirakar Panda August 9, 2012 at 12:05 pm
Unfortunately most of us writing or reading the reviews even dont even take time to cast their Votes but each and every votes of BPL members really counts as maximum and winning votes comes from them. Hence the govt always thinks about such lucrative (but hazardous) schemes for the country make the BPL families Happy to cast their votes supporting such government.
Lets Pray God who may save the Country.
Sudhakar August 9, 2012 at 8:50 am
Please vote under 49-O to teach a lesson to these idiots.
abhijith August 9, 2012 at 8:35 am
These people thinking people getting free things ill vote for UPA GOVERNMENT . . next scam in India . . World no . 1 in scam country is India . .
Rupesh August 9, 2012 at 6:12 am
congress wale sathiya gaye h aur ul jalul harkate kar rahe h . They have no right to be in power any more.
Vikram August 8, 2012 at 11:53 pm
Yes, Another Scam. This government will never come in power again and hence they are coming up with new way to eat, drink and bath with peoples money. F**king Government.
yogesh wawge August 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm
It is really shame full for us when country is facing one of the biggest financial crices and government of India has made such kind of foolish plans.Why our government always doing such sence less work.
Ashish August 8, 2012 at 11:08 pm
I feel another scam is coming up..this is not a scheme by a scam by politicians to earn more black money
Ajesh August 8, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Really a F**king Govt.
Are you mad ministers going to face the upcoming drought and water scarcity by providing farmers mobile phones, why cant you fools use this money for giving subsidy to food items or oil products??
I think this is a good funding idea for their 2014 election activities as they did in First UPA…
sai August 8, 2012 at 9:35 pm
mr. kapil sibal your pocket is empty ?.
biswajeet August 8, 2012 at 8:59 pm
@sam
ab manmohan pore india lootne ka planing bana raha h
sen August 8, 2012 at 8:45 pm
another scam is brewing.
Animesh August 8, 2012 at 8:40 pm
@singh
100% True .Another scam coming soon 2013 in a televison channel near you
Animesh August 8, 2012 at 8:38 pm
The Govt should understand what is the need of the hour, The first thing the BPL families need is better living conditions and source of employment, this would automatically enable them to buy a mobile phone. This entire initiative seems to be another eye wash Rs7000 Crore scam
Aabid Hashmi August 8, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Dear Sushant,
I agreed with you that this money is from UNO.
But this money will be used for politicians and their relatives. The way is, Govt. will provide a contact for this scheme. The contractor will be any relative of politicians and they will provide a handset of Rs. 400-500 range to the public or may be less than this. But under the project they will provide a bill of handsets costing Rs. 1500 or more. So, ultimately corruption.
My opinion is, we should not to provide any phone to BPL but provide them some assistance monetarily.
sushant gupta August 8, 2012 at 7:01 pm
we need to understand one thing that this project is supposed to be funded from USO fund which is exclusively meant for investment in telecom projects,secondly this money is not fetched by taxing common people but telecom companies,practically i don’t think there is any need to get emotional as far as utilization of this money is concerned,funding is not the problem with social schemes in india,implementation is…..
jay August 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm
No Poor people realated work here…..
just for coming election 2014
ATUL August 8, 2012 at 5:40 pm
PEOPLE NEED FOOD, WATER AND SHELTER NO MOBILE? it is only the political stunt nothing else.
ATUL August 8, 2012 at 5:40 pm
PEOPLE NEED FOOD, WATER AND SHELTER NO MOBILE? it is not the political stunt nothing else.
singh August 8, 2012 at 5:13 pm
hello zeeshan, today i bought BSNL sim and
i got offer with full talktime and some free
calls. My hand set is nokia c2 which is dual
phone. Now i need one more sim card. Pls
guide me, i am bit confuse between
reliance, idea, airtel and vodafone or if any one. Pls suggest which one would be best
for second sim.
Jagadish August 8, 2012 at 5:03 pm
(india mei Free ka matlab gutala) indian congress party Naya naya Idea istemal kar raha hai..
magar kya hoga? (All indian’s)
congress party ko Vote dega?? Rs 7,00,00,000/- dika ke… kya Gothal karega???
.
Jago India Jagooo>>>>>>>>
Keshav Jha August 8, 2012 at 5:02 pm
With these kind of leaders India’s future is really in danger. It’s a serious issue for Indians now to save ourselves.
Wangsuk Dapru August 8, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Ridiculous decision…..these 7000 cr could have been used utilized to better the medical facilities and employability of BPL citizens..
chaitanya August 8, 2012 at 4:40 pm
IF GOVT CLOSE LOOKS THE CASE AS WHO HAVE MOBILE PHONE THEN CLEARLY SEE THAT EVERY FAMILY WHO HAVE TO MAKE CALLS OR EVEN WHO LIKES TO PLAY MUSIC ANY WHERE, THEY HAVE A MOBILE WITH CHIP.THEN ITS MUST FOR A NEW SCAM IDEA…
PD August 8, 2012 at 4:34 pm
By the way the what is the criteria to be under the BPL ? Spending capacity Rs.26/29/32 per day ? Wait there is one more catch – after the 200 min usage if the poor fellows recharge for Rs.10 or more the amount will be added to his spending capacity… So that if the “mobile” criteria is excluded while defining BPL, Monteq Ahuliwaliaji will be gladly exclude them permanently from BPL !
pramod August 8, 2012 at 4:31 pm
1 aur gothala…
Asit Paul August 8, 2012 at 4:30 pm
This is ridiculous.
Govt first try to control price rice, offer basic needs like habitation, food, health, education to BPL family. Mobile Phone is not so essential.
Wasting Tax Payers money to create another 2G Scam!
john August 8, 2012 at 4:01 pm
7k cr may be spent for some other purpose like education.. this is pure political propaganda for getting votes coming elections.. taxing us more and wasting for no cause..
Amit Deb Biswas August 8, 2012 at 4:01 pm
haaahaaaahaaa…. very nice plan to get some free vote… also bsnl will get 6M free customer ….
Vicky August 8, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Ya khuda muaaf karna jo is desh me paida ho gaya. Dene wale to be-gairat the hi, lene wale aur v besharm hai. Indian govt… Ek baat tumhare liye… Next year se main to tax nahi dene wala, jab mere diye tax ki is tarah watt lagaaoge to mil chuka tax… In se to angrej hi acche the…
biswajeet August 8, 2012 at 3:30 pm
its a f**k idea,every house like a 3000 earn,man has two mobile already.
sam August 8, 2012 at 3:27 pm
This is not a scheme, its a 7000 crore scam !!!
biswajeet August 8, 2012 at 3:17 pm
congress ki last sarkar hai,jate jate phir se ghotala ki tyari kar raha hai,
is liye phone bat kar 2g ghotala karega
sasi August 8, 2012 at 3:01 pm
how they get this bitch ideas
and the happy thing is that PUPPYMOHAN(P.M) involved directly in to government scheme
Amit Kumar August 8, 2012 at 2:59 pm
After having failed on every front, the govt has no option but to empty the coffer in quest to regain the power in 2014 and this is possible only by offering freebies in one or another form. Had the govt used all the resources in welfare of Indian public, the dream of our country being super economy power by 2020 would have come true. But all the trust and confidence has evaporated as brand India image has been ra##d.
Tharun George August 8, 2012 at 2:38 pm
How do they charge their mobile without electricity? Over 70% of BPL family don’t have electricity or a toilet.
May be India is in hurry to beat china in terms of Mobile subscribers and population. We very close to achieving both.
Raj August 8, 2012 at 2:31 pm
IS IT 3G ENABLED ?
“Har Haath Mein Phone (a phone in every hand)” will be implemented at a cost of Rs 7,000 crore.
Means in India everyone have food, shelter, education, electricity etc,..
Why not good food to everyone or employment for everyone. First, electricity should be provided to people in villages.
I think Govt have lot of plan to lift them above the BPL. Now they have started from mobile Z to A… I hope
Sougata Dhar Chowdhury August 8, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Another big scam on making. How many handsets of which make will be bought at which price?
Jhupoo August 8, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Go to hell upa gov………
Today masoor dal 75 per kilo and sugar 45 per kilo.
Nikhil August 8, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Wastage of money. This money should utilise in public health services.
Manu Sahni August 8, 2012 at 1:59 pm
as rightly said already, this is yet another gimmick to get the much needed political mileage. But i guess we all as responsible citizens are to be blammed for electing such a useless, in effective and spineless government. I second the thought given by Harsh Saini, India needs a strong leader such a Modi. Look at what a turn around Gujrat is having. He is the best CM and about time we see a charismatic leader at the helm.
Jagannath August 8, 2012 at 1:47 pm
No basic necessities, but free mobile talktime, what an idea sirji… Indian Politics ka kuch nai ho sakta
Harsh Saini August 8, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Ye sab 2014 me election ke tyaari hai..
Garib illiterate janta ko behkane ke koshish hai aur kuch nai..
2014 = MODI,
santosh August 8, 2012 at 1:02 pm
our govt can go beyond anyone’s imagination to seek new way to loot public money and fill their pocket. Haramkhor, 1st control price rise and give relief to whole india. this type of scheme is just a gimmick.
jai August 8, 2012 at 1:01 pm
garib aadmi phone leke karega kya kise call karega? manmohan singh ko ki ghar me aata nai hai bejhba do.
Ha ha ha flop idea.
ravi August 8, 2012 at 12:48 pm
very well said puneet. every indian knows the truth .
J Singh August 8, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Either Vote Bank or another ghotala. We all know what actually these schemes are all about – transferring the tax money to swiss bank accounts.
Good luck Sonia Gandhi.
Anthony George August 8, 2012 at 12:31 pm
@suma
Well said suma, Indian government works for unwanted schemes
Puneet August 8, 2012 at 12:25 pm
By giving the phone to poors, they will remove them from BPL list by showing that the family who can afford cellular connection is no more poor and hence these families won’t be able to get any schemes under BPL section
Praveen August 8, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Once side govt is screwing telecom compnaies in form of huge fees for specturm and on another side it is blowing money on these vote bank schemes
VB August 8, 2012 at 12:05 pm
Another method to loot ppl in the name of scheme. Lets wait and watch how many crores out of this Rs7000Cr goes in pockets of looteras!
YAMUNANAGAR August 8, 2012 at 12:01 pm
JUST FOR POLITICAL GAIN
instead of phone give them EMPLOYMENT
suma August 8, 2012 at 12:01 pm
No FOOD to EAT, no CLOTH for DRESS, no MONEY for MEDICINE everywhere no no no but need a Mobile for call what kind of decisions is it 200 free mint for BPL ?? INCREDIBLE INDIA……………….
YAMUNANAGAR August 8, 2012 at 12:01 pm
JUST FOR POLITICAL GAIN
Riju August 8, 2012 at 12:00 pm
AMAZING…..
TODAY ONWARDS PEOPLE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT MOBILE ..CAN LIVE WITHOUT FOOOOOOD…
WHAT AN IDEA MANMOHANJI……
guru August 8, 2012 at 11:59 am
where will they get votes if they dont do schemes like this!
assholes everyone can afford a mobile!
its not the need some villages dont have electricity!
and water to drink!
like they give tv’s intamailnadu like that only this shit is
Amit.G August 8, 2012 at 11:59 am
Last time it was color TV & this time its cell phone.. Congress is good at these tricks. Shame on Manmohan singh, rated as under performer by Time
Arun Babu B August 8, 2012 at 11:55 am
Good Initiative….Finally BSNL will get more subscribers…..