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”.
What this consultation concerns
The request concerns the architecture of a proposed public safety communication network. It is an invitation to contribute to design choices, rather than an announcement that a completed network has already been deployed. The capabilities named in the announcement cover mission-critical voice communication through push-to-talk, as well as data and video. The listed users include police and other emergency or public safety agencies. The announcement should therefore be read as a communication-system consultation, not as a recruitment notice for those organizations.
How to organize useful feedback
The following is practical reading guidance, rather than an additional official submission requirement. Start by identifying the design option you want to discuss. Explain the problem that the option is intended to address, then distinguish its advantages from the limitations that would need further consideration. A comparison is easier to assess when the alternatives address the same intended use, instead of comparing unrelated features or assuming that one preferred technology has already been selected.
The invitation specifically asks about comparative merits and drawbacks, cost efficiency and suitability to Indian conditions. Keep these questions separate in a response so that a reader can follow the reasoning. If an argument depends on assumptions about operating conditions, costs or implementation, state those assumptions clearly. A suggestion supported by an explanation is more useful than an unexplained preference. Do not present a personal estimate as a cost or performance figure already accepted by the ministry.
Keep the purpose and deadline in view
Read the concept note before deciding which issue your comments address. The announcement identifies where the note can be found and supplies the contact addresses and subject line for stakeholder feedback. Use those details for this consultation rather than treating the announcement as an application form or an invitation to make a payment. The stated closing date relates to comments on the proposed architecture. It does not establish a recruitment schedule, an examination date or an operational launch date for the network.
Relate suggestions to a specific use
As a practical way to frame a response, explain which intended user or communication task your suggestion addresses. The announcement names several types of public safety agency and several communication capabilities. Feedback about a voice workflow may raise different design questions from feedback about data or video. Make that distinction explicit instead of assuming that one example describes every intended use. Connect the example back to the design option being discussed, and identify what information would be needed to assess it further. This is explanatory guidance for organizing comments, not an additional condition imposed by the consultation.