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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	~~{{Portal\|Telecommunication}}~~
	* [[Centre for Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management]]		* [[Centre for Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management]]
	* [[Telecommunications in India]]		* [[Telecommunications in India]]

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{{Infobox Government agency_
|name = Telephone / Telecom Advisory Committees (TAC)
|seal = Emblem_of_India.svg
|seal_width = 70px
|seal_caption = [[Emblem of India]]
|minister1_name = [[Manoj Sinha]]
|jurisdiction = [[Minister of Communications and Information Technology (India)]] {{flagicon|India}} [[Republic of India]]
|headquarters = [[Sanchar Bhawan]]<br/> [[New Delhi]]
|website = {{URL|dot.gov.in}}
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'''Telephone / Telecom Advisory Committees'''<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Telephone Advisory Committee Members|url=http://mtnlmumbai.in/index.php/tac#navi-mumbai|publisher=mtnlmumbai.in/|accessdate=29 February 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114612/http://mtnlmumbai.in/index.php/tac#navi-mumbai|archivedate=5 March 2016}}</ref> ('''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 (India)|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]] <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dot.gov.in/circulars/telephone-advisory-committees-tacs | title=Telephone Advisory Committees (TACs) | work=dot.gov.in | accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/raghuram-rajan-went-aheadtac-viewinterest-rate_1074695.html | title=Raghuram Rajan went ahead with TAC view on interest rate | work=moneycontrol.com | accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dot.gov.in/sites/default/files/1_6.pdf | title=Circular| work=dot.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/core-function-of-tac-remains-unchanged/article2024284.ece | title=Core function of TAC remains unchanged| work=thehindu.com| accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.in/chandigarh/47105-telephone-advisory-committee-meeting-of-bsnl-organised |title=Telephone Advisory Committee meeting of BSNL organised |work=dailypost.in |accessdate=25 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208004426/http://www.dailypost.in/chandigarh/47105-telephone-advisory-committee-meeting-of-bsnl-organised |archivedate= 8 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://tech.firstpost.com/watch-videos/telephone-advisory-committee-tac-meeting-of-bsnl-presided-over-by-dr-ashok-tanwar-mp_cbqcH3OhIIU.html| title=Telephone Advisory Committee meeting presided over by Dr Ashok Tanwar Member of Parliament| work=firstpost.com| accessdate=25 September 2015| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126093232/http://tech.firstpost.com/watch-videos/telephone-advisory-committee-tac-meeting-of-bsnl-presided-over-by-dr-ashok-tanwar-mp_cbqcH3OhIIU.html| archivedate=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pgyr2000/pg062000/pg07june2000/070620001.html | title=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| work=pib.nic.in| accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/community/bsnl-holds-second-tac-meeting/138416.html | title=BSNL holds second TAC meeting | work=tribuneindia.com | accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/BSNL-to-provide-3G-connectivity-to-Lasalgaon-Satana/articleshow/39640578.cms | title=BSNL to provide 3G connectivity to Lasalgaon, Satana | work=[[Times of India]] | accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.reachladakh.com/bsnl-formed-new-telephone-advisory-committee/2895.html | title=BSNL formed new Telephone Advisory Committee| work=reachladakh.com| accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bsnl-to-set-up-new-advisory-committee-soon/932342/| title=new advisory committee soon| work=indianexpress.com| accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article412132.ece| title=3G service launched in Pathanamthitta| work=newindianexpress.com| accessdate=20 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/bsnl-to-roll-out-3g-services-in-pathanamthitta/article692527.ece| title=BSNL to roll out 3G services in Pathanamthitta| work=thehindu.com| accessdate=20 January 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Ram Vilas Paswan 11.jpeg|thumb|The Union Minister of Communications Shri Ram Vilas Paswan inaugurated the first meeting of the Telephone Advisory Committee and National Telephone Services Committee in New Delhi on June 7, 2000.|right|340px]]

== Ministers==
*. Shri [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
Incumbent
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 (India)|Department of Telecommunications]]
*[[Department of Electronics and Information Technology]]
*[[Indian Postal Service|Department of Posts]]
*[[MTNL]]

== Department of Telecommunications ==
{{further|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 [[TRAI|Telecom Regulatory Authority of India]] Act, 1997 (24 of 1997)

==Public Sector Units==
*[[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited]] (BSNL)
*[[Indian Telephone Industries Limited]] (ITI)
*[[Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited]] (MTNL)
*[[Telecommunications Consultants India Limited]] (TCIL)

== Mobile phone service operators in India ==
* [[Airtel India|Airtel]]
* [[BSNL]]
* [[Jio]]
* [[MTNL]]
* [[Vodafone Idea|Vi]]

== See also ==
{{Portal|Telecommunication}}
* [[Centre for Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management]]
* [[Telecommunications in India]]
* [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited]]
* [[MTNL Perfect Health Mela]]

==List of TAC Members==
{{columns-list|colwidth=13em|

A
*Alok kumar Singh
*[[Anandrao Vithoba Adsul]]
*[[Hansraj Gangaram Ahir]]
*[[Ramdas Athawale]]

B
*Kuldeep Samendra Bhakar
*[[E. T. Mohammed Basheer]]
*[[Shadi Lal Batra]]
*[[Bodh Singh Bhagat]]
*[[Subhash Bhamre]]
*[[Balwinder Singh Bhunder]]
*[[Ranjit Singh Brahmpura]]
*Bhupinder Singh Maddy

C
*[[Prem Singh Chandumajra]]
*[[Rattan Chand]]
*[[Santokh Singh Chaudhary]]
*[[Dushyant Chautala]]
*[[Jitendra Choudhury]]

D
*Dilshad Hussain
*Daksh Jain
*[[Husain Dalwai]]
*[[Sankar Prasad Datta]]
*[[Anil Desai]]
*[[Dharambir]]
*[[Rajkumar Dhoot]]
*[[Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre]]
*[[Jyoti Dhurve]]

G
*[[Dharamvir Gandhi]]
*[[Ashok Sekhar Ganguly]]
*[[Heena Gavit]]
*[[Sher Singh Ghubaya]]
*[[M. S. Gill]]
*[[Naresh Gujral]]
*Gaurav Sharma

H
*[[Deepender Singh Hooda]]
*[[Ahmed Hassan Imran]]

J
*[[Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav]]

K
*[[P. Karunakaran]]
*[[Rattan Lal Kataria]]
*[[Chandrakant Khaire]]
*[[Avinash Rai Khanna]]
*[[Vinod Khanna]]
*[[Kirron Kher]]
*[[Gajanan Kirtikar]]
*[[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]]
*[[Selja Kumari]]

L
*[[Sadashiv Lokhande]]
*Lokesh Kumar Chahar

M
*[[Bhagwant Mann]]
*[[Majeed Memon]]
*Manoj Kumar Singhraj

N
*[[Shantaram Naik]]
*[[C.P. Narayanan]]
*Nanigopal Bhattacharjee

P
*[[Chikki Panday]]
*[[Praful Patel]]
*[[Rajni Patil]]
*[[Nanabhau Patole]]
*[[Sharad Pawar]]

R
*[[Poonam Mahajan]]
*[[Sanjay Raut]]
*[[Rekha]]
*[[Charanjeet Singh Rori]]
*[[C. L. Ruala]]

S
*[[A. Sampath]]
*[[Vijay Sampla]]
*[[P. A. Sangma]]
*[[Alok Sanjar]]
*[[T. N. Seema]]
*[[Arvind Kumar Sharma]]
*[[Gopal Shetty]]
*[[Rahul Shewale]]
*[[Rajeev Shukla]]
*[[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]]
*[[Amarinder Singh]]
*[[Sadhu Singh]]
*[[Virendra Singh (Mirzapur)]]
*[[Raj Kumar Saini]]
*[[Wansuk Syiem]]

T

*[[Shashi Tharoor]]
*[[Ronald Sapa Tlau]]
*[[D. P. Tripathi]]
*[[K. T. S. Tulsi]]

V
*[[Rajan Vichare]]
*Vicky Khurana
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*MTNL Website [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114612/http://mtnlmumbai.in/index.php/tac#navi-mumbai list of TAC] members
*Department of [http://www.dot.gov.in Telecommunications] Website
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