Telephone Advisory Committees

Telephone / Telecom Advisory Committees (TAC)
	Emblem of India
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Minister of Communications and Information Technology (India) Republic of India
Headquarters	Sanchar Bhawan; New Delhi
Minister responsible	Manoj Sinha;
Website	dot.gov.in

Telephone / Telecom Advisory Committees^[1] (TAC) is a high level Indian government body made up of members of parliament and other members nominated by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to address issues concerning telecommunication in India. Looked upon as a privileged panel, the Telephone Advisory Committees, constituted by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India) of the Government of India to serve as a vital feedback mechanism for improvement of services in the Telecommunications sector by the Department of Telecommunications^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Ministers

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Shri Manoj Sinha
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad 2014
Shri Kapil Sibal 19.01.2011 to 26.05.2014
Dr. Manmohan Singh 15.11.2010 to 15.11.2010
Shri A. Raja 16.05.2007 to 14.11.2010
Shri Dayanidhi Maran 23.05.2004 to 15.05.2007
Shri Arun Shourie 29.01.2003 to 22.05.2004
Shri Pramod Mahajan 02.09.2001 to 28.01.2003
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 13.10.1999 to 01.09.2001

Departments

Department of Telecommunications

Also known as the Door Sanchar Vibhag, this department concerns itself with policy, licensing and coordination matters relating to telegraphs, telephones, wireless, data, facsimile and telematic services and other like forms of communications. It also looks into the administration of laws with respect to any of the matters specified, namely:

The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885)
The Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1940 (17 of 1933)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997)

Public Sector Units

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
Indian Telephone Industries Limited (ITI)
Bharat Broadband Network (BBNL)
Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL)

Mobile phone service operators in India

List of TAC Members

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B

C

D

G

H

J

Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav

K

L

Sadashiv Lokhande
Lokesh Kumar Chahar

M

Bhagwant Mann
Majeed Memon
Manoj Kumar Singhraj
Shahid Siddiqui^[15]

N

Shantaram Naik
C.P. Narayanan
Nanigopal Bhattacharjee

P

R

S

T

V

References

^ "List of Telephone Advisory Committee Members". mtnlmumbai.in/. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ "Telephone Advisory Committees (TACs)". dot.gov.in. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "Raghuram Rajan went ahead with TAC view on interest rate". moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ "Circular" (PDF). dot.gov.in.
^ "Core function of TAC remains unchanged". thehindu.com. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
^ "Telephone Advisory Committee meeting of BSNL organised". dailypost.in. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ "Telephone Advisory Committee meeting presided over by Dr Ashok Tanwar Member of Parliament". firstpost.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ "The Union Minister of Communications Shri Ram Vilas Paswan inaugurated the first meeting of the Telephone Advisory Committee in New Delhi on June 7, 2000". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^ "BSNL holds second TAC meeting". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "BSNL to provide 3G connectivity to Lasalgaon, Satana". Times of India. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ "BSNL formed new Telephone Advisory Committee". reachladakh.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^ "new advisory committee soon". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^ "3G service launched in Pathanamthitta". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ "BSNL to roll out 3G services in Pathanamthitta". thehindu.com. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ "Telephone Advisory Committee (TAC) Members - Zonewise". mtnlmumbai.in.

External links

MTNL Website list of TAC members
Department of Telecommunications Website

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[1] "List of Telephone Advisory Committee Members". mtnlmumbai.in/. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[2] "Telephone Advisory Committees (TACs)". dot.gov.in. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[3] "Raghuram Rajan went ahead with TAC view on interest rate". moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

[4] "Circular" (PDF). dot.gov.in.

[5] "Core function of TAC remains unchanged". thehindu.com. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.

[6] "Telephone Advisory Committee meeting of BSNL organised". dailypost.in. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[7] "Telephone Advisory Committee meeting presided over by Dr Ashok Tanwar Member of Parliament". firstpost.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[8] "The Union Minister of Communications Shri Ram Vilas Paswan inaugurated the first meeting of the Telephone Advisory Committee in New Delhi on June 7, 2000". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

[9] "BSNL holds second TAC meeting". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[10] "BSNL to provide 3G connectivity to Lasalgaon, Satana". Times of India. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

[11] "BSNL formed new Telephone Advisory Committee". reachladakh.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

[12] "new advisory committee soon". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

[13] "3G service launched in Pathanamthitta". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[14] "BSNL to roll out 3G services in Pathanamthitta". thehindu.com. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[15] "Telephone Advisory Committee (TAC) Members - Zonewise". mtnlmumbai.in.

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