New Delhi, October 24 — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has invited public opinion and stakeholder inputs on the proposed network architecture for a dedicated pan-India Broadband Public Protection and Disaster Relief (BB-PPDR) communication system aimed at strengthening communication capabilities among police forces and other public safety agencies across the country, ANI reported on Saturday.

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The proposed network is intended to provide Mission Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT), Mission Critical Data and Mission Critical Video capabilities to State and Union Territory Police, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), fire services, medical services and other public safety agencies, according to ANI. In plain terms, the aim is one shared, priority communication system on which police, disaster and emergency services can talk, send data and share video during major incidents and disasters, instead of relying on separate networks that may not connect with each other.

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November 5Deadline for stakeholder and public feedback on the BB-PPDR architecture
3Mission-critical capabilities proposed: Push-to-Talk, Data and Video
2Websites carrying the Concept Note: MHA and DCPW

For designing the reference architecture of the proposed system, the ministry is seeking suggestions on various aspects of the network's development and implementation. According to a post by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), stakeholders have been invited to provide inputs on design options, the technology to be adopted, comparative merits and demerits, cost efficiency and the suitability of different approaches to Indian conditions, ANI reported.

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The Concept Note outlining the proposed communication system has been uploaded to the websites of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Directorate of Coordination Police Wireless (DCPW). On the MHA website it is available under Home/Documents/Orders and Circulars, and on the DCPW website under Home/Documents/Stakeholder Consultations, Home/Announcements and Home/What's New, ANI reported.

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Stakeholders and members of the public have been asked to submit their comments and inputs by email to dd-ppdr@dcpw.gov.in and ad.ppdr@dcpw.gov.in by November 5, with the subject line 'BB-PPDR Architecture — Stakeholder Feedback', ANI reported. The consultation notice as reported does not announce a project cost or a deployment timeline; those details are expected to follow once the reference architecture is designed.

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