SARAS Revenue Management System

Organisation : Department of Telecommunications
Facility Name : SARAS Revenue Management System
Applicable State/UT : India
Website : https://www.saras.gov.in/main/index

What is SARAS Revenue Management System?

SARAS (System for Assessment of License Fee Revenue and Spectrum Usage Charges) is a cloud-based revenue management system developed by the Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to streamline and automate financial compliance processes for telecom licensees. It enables paperless submission of revenue and license fee statements, online payments, and deduction verification, along with other related functions.

Related / Similar Facility : GeM Learning Management System (LMS)

How To Login To SARAS Revenue Management System?

To login to SARAS Revenue Management System, Follow the below steps

Steps:
Step-1 : Go to the link https://www.saras.gov.in/RMS/
Step-2 : Enter the User Name and Password
Step-3 : Click on Login button

Key Features and Benefits of SARAS

Paperless Compliance:
Enables digital submission of various financial documents like revenue statements, deduction claims, and bank guarantees.

Online Payments:
Facilitates online payments for license fees, spectrum usage charges, spectrum auction payments, and penalties, integrating with the Bharatkosh portal for seamless transactions.

Deduction Verification:
Streamlines the process of deducting eligible expenses from revenue, allowing online submission and verification of claims, with clear communication of allowed and disallowed deductions.

Assessment and Management:
Enables the Department of Telecommunications to conduct online assessment of license fees and spectrum usage charges, manage bank guarantees, and handle licensee representations.

Communication and Alerts:
Incorporates features for grievance management, knowledge sharing, and email/SMS alerts to ensure timely action and better communication.

Transparency and Accountability:
Enhances transparency and accountability by allowing for item-wise communication of deduction allowances and disallowances, along with reasons.

About SARAS :
SARAS has been conceptualised and designed for use by all Licensees across India for all transactions and communications with DoT across the life cycle of the license, including submission of AGR and related documents, submission of deduction claims and related documents, LF/SUC payments, Bank Guarantee related submissions, receipt and response to various notifications and notice, including Deduction verification related Show Cause Notice, LF/SUC demand notices, BG related notices as well as submission and response to representation and grievances.

Thus ensuring:
** Direct online interface of licensees with department
** Online filing and document repository of all compliance related documents, including AGR Statements, Deduction
** Claims, BG, Representations, Deduction verification / Assessment reports/ Demand Notices etc.
** Online scrutiny and verification of documents submitted by Licensees
** Online LF and SUC Assessment and digitization of demand notices
** Online Deduction Claim submission and verification and communication with Licensee
** All department orders/guidelines built into process flows/business logics
** Notifications to Licensee and departmental users through eMail/SMS
** Online assessment of Non AGR based license also built in SARAS ( INSAT – MSSR, CMRTS, CUG-VSAT)
** Online submission and response to representations/grievance of licensees
** Integrated with Bharatkosh for one stop payment portal for all licensees
** Online real-time tracking of Demand Notices, Bank Guarantee notices etc
** Audit trail of all the activities performed by the users