(a) The number of equipments purchased by the Department of Telecommunications alongwith the quantum of purchase made from telecom factory and private factory during the last two years; and
(b) The reasons for purchasing the equipments from private factory besides the telecom factory while such equipments are also manufactured in telecom factory?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)
a) Yes, Sir. During 1998-99, Department of Telecommunications (HQ) has purchased 33 items worth Rs.3986.17 Crores (Annex-A) from private factories and Rs.237.11 crores worth material is purchased from Telecom Factory.. During 1999-2000, 51 items amounting to Rs.6368.495 crores were purchased from private factories and Rs.278.5 crores worth material was purchased from Telecom Factory (Annexure-B).
b) Telecom Factories are making low cost items like DP Boxes, CT Boxes, Line Jack Units etc. Though their production is increasing year after year they cannot meet the total requirement of the Department. It is to mention that for most of the items manufactured by Telecom Factories, full capacity utilization has been done(Annexure-C)
Annexure - A
S.No Item 1998-99 Tendered Amount Quantity (In Rs.Crs) 1 400 Watt HPA 36 5 2 6F OFC 13,000 Kms 61.5 3 12 F OFC 18,000 Kmss 108.31 4 24 F OFC 4,000 Kms 36.58 5 8 Mb/s OLTE 5,390 Nos 63.5 6 2-34 Mb/s OPTIMUX 2,310 Sys 23.98 7 EPBT 24.20 Lac 103 8 SSU 15 Nos 3 9 Boss Secretary System 38,000 Model I 12.4 12,000 Model II 10 7 GHz 34 Mb/s 350 Trs 18 11 10 Ch. Digital UHF System 29 12 Protocol Analyser 12 13 NIB 85 14 Appraisal of Qlty of Telecom 0.13 Services 15 C-DOT MAX-L 3.705 Lac Lines 153 16 2 GHz 8 Mb/s Dig M/W 292 Trs 25 17 DTA 572 21.7 18 2-140 Mb/s OPTIMUX 770 30.7 19 DDF 2,100 10 20 Multi Path Simulator 25 1.25 21 C-DOT 256 P RAX 85 22 GPS Receiver 1 0.12 23 SBM Exchange 290 24 PIJF U/G Cable 288 LCKM 1978.5 25 40 M Narrow Base Tower 28 26 STM-1 Sys. Multiplexer 2118 114.5 27 34/140 Mb/s MUX Eqpt 276 143 28 6 F Aerial Optical Fibre Cable 2292 Kms 10 29 STM-16 280 196 30 6 F OFC 1,042 Kms 30 31 2-140 OPTIMUX 1,925 74 32 OTDR & OF Test Instrument 167 74 33 STM-4 Tml & ADM Regenerator 604 160 Total 3,986.17
37 7/11/13 GHz Digital M/W 38 10 Gb/s DWDM - - 39 Digital Cross-connect 40 MCPC VSAT & Hub - 2 23.080 Tml - 120 Hub Equipment 41 IDR Equipment 137 stream 13.240 38 Stn 42 400 W HPA 23 Nos 4.090 43 100 W SSPA 26 Sets 6.270 44 50 deg.K LNA 46 Nos 1.100 45 Sat. Antenna 7m,11m 24 Nos 10.600 1 Nos 46 2 Mb/s Echo Cancellor 257 Nos 3.500 47 DCME 45 Nos 24.020 48 Charge Monitoring Centre for 1 No. 0.800 40K Lines 49 AMC for Photo Copying - 0.120 machine 50 Integrated Satellite Network - - Monitoring System 51 HDPE Pipe 40mm/30mm - - 52 Splicing Machine - - Total 86.820 Grand Total 6368.495
PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF TELECOM FACTORIES (1998-99 & 1999-2000) SN Item % reservn. Order Target Achvment Target Achvment (1999-2000) positn. 1998-99 1998-99 99-2000 99-2000 during 99-2000
1 Bkt.Ch.Ir 4W bet 20-35 903398 1300000 1283000 1200000 1322746 Telephone 35 805715 1000000 1185000 Telegraph 20 97683 200000 137746 2 Buttenski 50 17893 10000 4500 10000 14327 Telephone 3 CBT-95 50 11637 12000 6383 15000 12089 4 C.D.Cabinets 50 13967 16500 17204 17000 20006 800 pair 50 4377 4000 5175 1000 pair 50 5105 5000 8075 1600 pair 50 2077 4000 3530 2000 pair 50 2408 4000 3226 5 C.T.Boxes 100 pair 50 119037 150000 137020 150000 161014 6 D.P.Boxes 50 419162 500000 389472 450000 577674 5 pair 0 71850 55000 147360 10 pair Ext/Int. 50 307312 355000 375944 20 pair Ext/Int. 50 40000 40000 54370 7 Line Jack Unit 50 2149151 2400000 2046285 2200000 2625812 8 MDFs 50 6718 3500 3674 5325 5195 128/256 port C-DOT 50 2700 3292 512 port C-DOT 50 2600 1866 MAX-L 25 #REF! 9 Modems 100 3400 1500 550 1500 3096 10 Microwave Towers (in MT) 100 10585 8000 6968 7600 10442 HWt/SHW 2000 3438 TTH 60/80 M 2000 847 40M Narrow Base 3600 6157 11 Masts S.S. 15M (Nos) 4428 12000 9872 1500 5212 12 Saddle A & B 15 478553 1000000 37275 800000 485000 13 Socket B 5 30000 40000 37500 30000 27500 14 Sole Plate B & C 20 121034 200000 85 125000 60000
SN Item % reservn. Order position Target Total Prodn. during 1999-2000 99-2000 15 Stalks bet 5-15 457472 800000 682000 600000 547650 Telephone 5 391500 350000 461750 Telegraph 15 65972 250000 85900 16 Support Bracket 20 270534 1500000 1071000 1800000 1326350 17 Tube of sorts bet. 5-15 741914 732000 679427 785000 1030120 A-4 10 28571 50000 174940 A-8 15 355000 355000 433020 B-8 14 355533 355000 405160 C-8 5 2810 25000 17000 18 U-Back 25 835026 1750000 1168000 900000 1100322 19 Mast S.S. 40M (WB) {Nos} 12000 9872 150 81 20 Private Wire Relay Sets 1000 3795 21 Repair Of Exchange Cards 3500 2565 22 Computer New Item 90 23 Drop Wire(in Kms) New Item 2250 24 Discrete Wire Connector New Item 30000 25 Plumber Metal (In MT) New Item 16