Revenue Management – AN OVERVIEW

Money is the life blood of any organization. So it is for the Government for running its business of Governance. The Government raises its revenue in many ways and spends in many more ways. The Department of Telecommunications once upon a time was a net user of Government money. That was the time when only the government departments could have the phones for its strategic uses and the corporate entity could have for running the business and the rich who could afford to add to their luxury possession. Then came the time when technological revolution made telephone and all its modes of telecommunication affordable by everybody and made it the fourth necessity for everyone and helped the Department to net contributor of revenue.

Telecom products and telecom service sector has become both a driver of economic development and also a passenger to provide the multiplier and accelerator of the economic activity. Now, the turnover of the sector has exceeded 5000 billion rupees and contributes to the kitty of the Government in various forms of direct and indirect taxes like those of excise, customs, service or corporate taxes etc. However, the two forms have become very important element through which the sector is not only regulated but provide very good revenue to the Government. They are the License Fees paid by the Telecom Companies to obtain licenses to operate in various Telecom Service areas in the country and that of Spectrum Charges payable for holding the vital invisible airwave or band-with for catering wireless services. These two elements of revenue of the Government are collected by the offices of CCAs for their respective service areas. The office of CCA, J&K collects the license fee and spectrum charges payable by the license holders for Jammu & Kashmir service area. In all there are as many twelve license holders for J&K service area.