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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) purposes to implement Pan India dedicated Broadband Public Protection and Disaster Relief (BB-PPDR) Network to provide Mission Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT), Mission Critical Data and Mission Critical Video capabilities to State/UT Police, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), Fire Service, Medical Service and other public safety agencies across the country.
For designing the reference architecture, MHA is soliciting public opinion and stake holders input on Design of Network Architecture for the proposed Broadband Public Protection and Disaster Relief (BB-PPDR) Communication System. Inputs may be provided on design options, technology to be adopted, its’ comparative merits and de-merits, cost efficiency and suitability to Indian conditions. The Concept Note has been uploaded on the websites of MHA (Home/Documents/Orders and Circulars) and DCPW (Home/Documents/ Stakeholder Consultations, Home/Announcements & Home/What’s New).
All stakeholders are invited to send their comments/inputs to dd-ppdr@dcpw.gov.in and ad.ppdr@dcpw.gov.in latest by 5th November 2026, with the subject line “BB-PPDR Architecture — Stakeholder Feedback”.
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[Read the original PIB release](https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2327670)
Source attribution: Press Information Bureau, Government of India.