It is a well-known fact that the Telecom sector has a multiplier impact on the economy, contributing to economic growth and the GDP. Digital connectivity facilitates online citizen centric services and ensures better e-governance. With rapid globalisation and increasing reach of internet, development of telecom infrastructure is an essential in the growth of economic infrastructure. Telecommunication is a Central subject and the State Government plays a supporting role for increasing mobile connectivity in the state. The Tele-density of Odisha is 75.74 percent, which is less than the national average of 90.11 percent (as per TRAI report published in the month of March 2019).

Though Telecommunication is a Central subject, the support of the State is necessary to provide enabling provisions in the form of granting permissions to Telecom Service Providers (TSPs)/ Infrastructure Providers (IPs) to establish their resources which use public/private properties. The Advisory guidelines for State Government issued by Department of Telecommunications, Government of India in 2013 laid down a procedure to be adopted by various Government bodies/ local bodies to accord permission to various Infrastructure Providers / licensed operators in telecom sector to establish/augment their infrastructure resources for growth of telecom in the State of Odisha, suggesting Single Window clearances, formation of State/District level Committees for addressing public grievances, etc.

With the view of above, Electronics & Information Technology Department has initiated a project, Telecom Infrastructure Facilitation and Management System (TIFMS), cleaving to the Odisha Mobile Towers and Telegraph Line, OFC and related Telecom Infrastructure Policy, 2017 notified by Government of Odisha to assist the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs)/ Infrastructure Providers (IPs) for obtaining Right of Way (RoW) permission in a given time frame.