GOVERNMENT OF INDIA COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:3090 ANSWERED ON:14.12.2005 NOMINATED MEMBERS OF TAC Verma Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: (a) the norms being followed for appointment of Member in the Telephone Advisory Committee; (b) the number of Members nominated to the Telephone Advisory committee on the recommendation of each Member of Parliament; (c) the details thereof, member-wise; (d) the number of letters from the Members of Parliament related to the TAC forwarded by the PMO to the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology; and (e) the action taken by the Government thereon? Answer THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD) (a) The Telephone Advisory Committees (TACs) are constituted Secondary Switching Area (SSA) wise and the norms followed for appointment of members in the Telephone Advisory Committee (TAC) are as follows:- # The members of TAC are taken from all segments of society such as Social Workers, Press, Trade, Commerce, Industry, Medical and other professionals etc. # Each Member of Parliament may recommend five names o f eminent persons from his/her constituency to be considered for nomination in the TAC. # The Hon'ble Members of Parliament shall be members of only one TAC falling within their constituency by virtue of their office. In case of nominated Rajya Sabha MPs, they may be nominated in the TAC falling within their adopted constituency [with regard to the constituency adopted for Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) programme. # However, Hon'ble MPs who become ministers shall not be nominated/cease to continue in the TAC. # When appointments are made, all efforts are made to ensure that all segments of society are appropriately represented. (b) & (c) Member of Parliament-wise list of the number of members nominated to TAC on their recommendation is given in the Annexure. (d) & (e) Letters from two Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) forwarded by PMO regarding nominations for TAC have been received and the same are under process. NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN THE TAC, RECOMMENDED BY THE HON'BLE MPs (LS), STATE-WISE AS ON 8.12.2005 ANDHRA PRADESH SL. NAME OF THE HON'BLE MP NUMBER OF MEMBERS # NOMINATED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF HON'BLE MP 1. SHRI T. MADHUSUDAN REDDY 05 2. SHRI G.V. HARSHA KUMAR 05 3. SHRI PALLALA CHALAPATHIRAO 05 4. SHRI ANANTHA VENKATARAMI REDDY 05 5. SMT. DAGGUBATI PURANDARESWARI 03 6. DR. BABU RAO MEDIYAM 05 7 SHRI K.P. NAIDU 05 8. SHRI D.K. AUDIKESAVULU 05 9. SHRI Y.S. VIVEKANANDA REDDY 05 10.SHRI KAVURU SAMBA SIVA RAO 03 11.SHRI SAMBASIVA RAYAPATI RAO 05 12.SHRI VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI 00 13.SHRI G. NIZAMUDDIN 05 14.SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI 01 15.SHRI MALLIPUDI RAJU PALLAM 15 MANGAPATI 16.SHRI KALVA KUNTLA CHANDRASEKHAR RAO 07 17.SMT. RENUKA CHOWDHURY 05 18.SHRI K. JAYASURYA PRAKASH REDDY 09 19.SHRI RAMAKRISHNA BADIGA 05 20.SHRI DEVARAKONDA VITTAL RAO 05 21.SHRI ALE NARENDRA 17 22.SHRI JAIPAL SUDINI REDDY 00 23.DR. M. JAGANNATH 04 24.SHRI SURAVARAM SUDHAKAR REDDY 05 25.SHRI S.P.Y. REDDY 01 26.SHRI CHEGONDI VENKATA HARIRAM 05 JOGAIAH 27.SHRI MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY 04 28.SMT. LAKSHMI PANBAKA 08 29.SHRI MADHU GOUD YASKHI 02 30.SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY 20 31.SHRI V. KISHORE CHANDRA S. DEO 05 32.SHRI G. VENKATSWAMY 05 33.SHRI ARUNA KUMAR VUNDAVALLI 06 34.SHRI SAI PRATHAP ANNAYYAGARI 05 35.SHRI M. ANJAN KUMAR YADAV 05 36.SHRI SATHYANARAYANA SARVEY 05 37.SHRI KINIJARAPU YERRANNAIDU 15 38.SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABBHANENI 05 39.DR. CHINTA MOHAN 00 40.SHRI RAJAGOPAL LAGADAPATI 05 41.SHRI NEDURUMALLI JANARDHANA REDDY 12 42.SHRI RAVINDER NAIK DHARAVATH 05 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1. SHRI TAPIR GAO 05 2. SHRI KIREN RIJIJU 05 ASSAM 1. SHRI BIREN SINGH ENGTI 05 2. SHRI A.F. GOLAM OSMANI 00 3. SHRI ANWAR HUSSAIN 04 4. SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL 05 5. SHRI KIRIP CHALIHA 05 6. SHRI BIJOY KRISHNA HANDIQUE 00 7 SHRI DIP GOGOI 00 8. SHRI LATIL MOHAN SUKLABAIDYA 05 9. SHRI SANSUMA KHUNGGUR BWISWMUTHIARY 05 10.DR. ARUN KUMAR SARMA 05 11.SHRI NARAYAN CHANDRA BORKATAKY 05 12.SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN 05 13.SHRI SONTOSH MOHAN DEV 29 14.SHRI MONI KUMAR SUBBA 05 BIHAR 1. SHRI SUKDEO PASWAN 05 2. SMT. KANTI SINGH 05 3. SHRI NIKHIL KUMAR 05 4. SHRI KAILASH BAITHA 05 5. SHRI SURAJ SINGH 05 6. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV 05 7 SHRI VIJAY KRISHNA 05 8. SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH (LALAN) 05 9. SHRI RAGHUNATH JHA 05 10.SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR MODI 02 11.SHRI AJIT KUMAR SINGH 05 12.SHRI LALMUNI CHAUBEY 04 13.SHRI LALU PRASAD 00 14.SHRI MOHMMAD ALI ASHRAF FATMI 05 15.SHRI RAJESH KUMAR MANJHI 04 16.SHRI ANIRUDH PRASAD YADAV (SADHU) 05 17.SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN 107 18.SHRI GANESH PRASAD SINGH 05 19.SHRI DEVENDRA PRASAD YADAV 05 20.SHRI NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDDHARY 05 21.SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR RANA 05 22.SHRI TASLIMUDDIN 05 23.SHRI RAJESH RANJAN (PAPPU YADAV) 00 24.DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD 02 25.SHRI PRABHUNATH SINGH 05 26.SHRI JAY PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV 05 27.DR. AKHILESH PRASAD SINGH 00 28.SHRI GEORGE FERNANDES 00 29.SHRI NITISH KUMAR 05 30.SHRI VIRCHANDRA PASWAN 05 31.SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV 05 32.SHRI UDAY SINGH 00 33.SHRI RAMCHANDRA PASWAN 05 34.SMT. RANJEET RANJAN 01 35.SHRI ALOK KUMAR MEHTA 06 36.SMT. MEIRA KUMAR 02 37.SHRI SITARAM SINGH 01 38.SHRI SITA RAM YADAV 10 39.DR. MOHAMMED SHAHABUDDIN 05 40.DR. RAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGH 05 CHHATTISGARH 1. SHRI BALIRAM KASHYAP 00 2. SHRI PUNNULAL MOHALE 05 3. SHRI TARACHAND SAHU 05 4. SMT. KARUNA SHUKLA 05 5. SHRI SOHAN POTAI 05 6. SHRI AJIT JOGI 05 7 SHRI VISHNU DEV SAI 00 8. SHRI RAMESH BAIS 05 9. SHRI PRADEEP GANDHI 05 10.SHRI GUHARAM AJGALLEY 04 11.SHRI NAND KUMAR SAI 05 HARYANA 1. KUMARI SALJA 05 2. SHRI KULDEEP BISHNOI 03 3. SHRI AVTAR SINGH BHADANA 05 4. SHRI JAI PARKASH 05 5. DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA 05 6. SHRI NAVEEN JINDAL 05 7 SHRI INDERJIT SINGH RAO 05 8. SHRI ATMA SINGH GILL 05 9. SHRI KISHAN SINGH SANGWAN 05 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1. SHRI SURESH CHANDEL 05 2. PROF. CHANDER KUMAR 05 3. SMT. PRATIBHA SINGH 05 4. DR. (COL.) DHANI RAM SHANDIL 05 GUJARAT 1. SHRI HARIN PATHAK 09 2. SHRI VIRJIBHAI THUMMAR 05 3. SHRI BHARATSINH MADHAVSINH SOLANKI 05 4. SHRI HARISINH PRATAPSINH CHAVDA 05 5. SMT. JAYABEN B. THAKKAR 05 6. SHRI RAJENDRASINH GHANSHYAMSINH 05 RANA (RAJU RANA) 7 SHRI MANSUKHBHAI D. VASAVA 05 8. SHRI KISHANBHAI VESTABHAI PATEL 05 9. SHRI NARANBHAI J. RATHWA 05 10.RATILAL KALIDAS VARMA 05 11.SHRI BABUBHAI KHIMABHAI KATARA 05 12.SHRI LAL KRISHNA ADVANI 05 13.SHRI BHUPENDRASINH PRABHATSINH 05 SOLANKI 14.SHRI AHIR VIKRAMBHAI ARJANBHAI 05 MADAM 15.SHRI JASHUBHAI DHANABHAI BARAD 05 16.SHRI DINSHA J. PATEL 05 17.SHRI SHANKER SINH VAGHELA 05 18.SHRI PUSHPDAN SHAMBHUDAN GADHAVI 05 19.DR. TUSHAR AMARSINH CHAUDHARY 05 20.SHRI JIVABHAI AMBALAL PATEL 05 21.SHRI MAHESH KUMAR KANODIA 05 22.SHRI HARILAL MADHAVIJIBHAI PATEL 05 23.DR. VALLABHBHAI KATHIRIA 05 24.SHRI MADHUSUDAN DEVRAM MISTRY 05 25.SHRI KASHI RAM RANA 05 26.SHRI SOMABHAI GANDALAL KOLI PATEL 05 GOA 1. SHRI CHURCHILL ALEMAO 05 2. SHRI SHRIPAD YASSO NAIK 05 JHARKHAND 1. SHRI DHIRENDRA AGARWAL 16 2. SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR DUBEY 12 3. SHRI SHIBU SOREN 04 4. SHRI TEK LAL MAHTO 05 5. SHRI FURKAN ANSARI 05 6. SHRI BHUBNESHWAR PRASAD MEHTA 05 7 SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MAHATO 05 8. SMT. SUSHILA KERKETTA 07 9. SHRI BABU LAL MARANDI 05 10.DR. RAMESHWAR ORAON 05 11.SHRI MANOJ KUMAR 05 12.SHRI HEMLAL MURMU 05 13.SHRI SUBODH KANT SAHAY 25 14.SHRI BAGUN SUMBRAI 10 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 1. MS. MEHBOOBA MUFTI 05 2. SHRI ABDUL RASHID SHAHEEN 05 3. SHRI MADAN LAL SHARMA 05 4. SHRI THUPSTAN CHHEWANG 05 5. SHRI OMAR ABDULLAH 00 6. CHAUDHARY LAL SINGH 05 KARNATAKA 1. SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR 05 2. SHRI H.T. SANGLIANA 05 3. SHRI ANANTH KUMAR 00 4. SHRI SURESH CHANABASAPPA ANGADI 05 5. SHRI KARUNAKARA G. REDDY 05 6. SHRI NARSING HULLA SURYAWANSHI 00 7 BASANGOUDA PATIL 05 8. SHRI M. SHIVANNA 05 9. SHRI R.L. JALAPPA 05 10.SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI 05 11.SHRI D.C. SRIKANTAPPA 05 12.SHRI N.Y. HANUMANTHAPPA 05 13.SHRI GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA 05 SIDDESWARA 14.SHRI PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI 05 15.SHRI KUNNUR MANJUNATH CHANNAPPA 05 16.SHRI IQBAL AHMED SARAGDI 05 17.SHRI H.D. DEVEGOWDA 00 18.DR. (SMT.) TEJASHWINI SEERAMESH 05 19.SHRI ANANT KUMAR HEGDE 05 20.SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA 05 21.SHRI K. VIRUPAKSHAPPA 05 22.SHRI M.H. AMBAREESH 05 23.SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA 05 24.SHRI C.H. VIJAYASHANKAR 05 25.SHRI A. VENKATESH NAIK 05 26.SHRI S. BANGARAPPA 05 27.SHRI S. MALLIKARJUNAIAH 05 28.SMT. MANORAMA MADHWARAJ 05 KERALA 1. SHRI CHENGARA SURENDRAN 05 2. DR. K.S. MANOJ 05 3. SMT. P. SATHEEDEVI 05 4. SHRI M.P. VEERENDRA KUMAR 05 5. SHRI A.P. ABDULLAKUTTY 05 6. SHRI VARKALA RADHAKRISHNAN 00 7 DR. SEBASTIAN PAUL 00 8. SHRI K. FRANCIS GEORGE 05 9. SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN 05 10.SHRI SURESH KURUP 05 11.SHRI T.K. HAMZA 05 12.SHRI C.S. SUJATHA 00 13.SHRI LONAPPAN NAMBADAN 05 14.SHRI P.C.