Lok Sabha Question No. 3241 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-23
Subject: BSNL and MTNL Subscribers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3241 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2022

## BSNL AND MTNL SUBSCRIBERS

## †3241. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of telephone subscribers of BSNL and MTNL in various States of the country, District-wise;
- (b) the number of Telecom Advisory Committee (TAC) headquarters located in various States and the heads of TAC;
- (c) the manner in which jurisdiction of TAC is determined;
- (d) whether TAC is applicable in the entire Parliamentary constituency or in the legislative assembly constituency; and
- (e) whether TAC will be for one district  or  in  all  districts  if  there  are  many  districts  in  a Parliamentary constituency and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

- (a) The  Licensed  Service  Area  (LSA)  wise  details  of  telephone  subscribers  of  BSNL  and MTNL are at Annexure.

(b) to (e) There  are  358  Telecom  Advisory  Committees  (TACs)  in  BSNL/MTNL.  The Member of Parliament who is a member of a TAC is given the status of Chairperson in the TAC. In case two or more MPs are nominated in a TAC, the meetings of that TAC are chaired by the MPs  on  rotational  basis.  The  jurisdiction  of  a  TAC  is  determined  by  Telecom  District  of BSNL/MTNL. TACs are constituted as per Telecom District of BSNL/MTNL and not on the basis of Parliamentary Constituency or Legislative Assembly Constituency.

## Annexure

## Annexure to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3241 for 23.03.2022

| Telephone Subscribers as on 31.12.2021   | Telephone Subscribers as on 31.12.2021   | Telephone Subscribers as on 31.12.2021   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| License Service Area (LSA)               | Wireless                                 | Wireline                                 |
| BSNL                                     | BSNL                                     | BSNL                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 92,50,321                                | 6,85,587                                 |
| Assam                                    | 31,48,812                                | 1,02,699                                 |
| Bihar                                    | 60,55,483                                | 1,78,530                                 |
| Gujarat                                  | 55,57,094                                | 4,26,891                                 |
| Haryana                                  | 50,08,936                                | 1,82,248                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 27,31,558                                | 87,852                                   |
| Jammu &Kashmir                           | 13,14,310                                | 1,04,446                                 |
| Karnataka                                | 68,83,854                                | 8,71,076                                 |
| Kerala                                   | 1,07,13,151                              | 10,62,807                                |
| Kolkata                                  | 22,82,912                                | 3,89,729                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 60,16,461                                | 2,89,096                                 |
| Maharashtra                              | 66,26,836                                | 7,36,465                                 |
| North East                               | 13,55,620                                | 80,197                                   |
| Odisha                                   | 62,30,390                                | 1,90,624                                 |
| Punjab                                   | 53,40,564                                | 2,57,504                                 |
| Rajasthan                                | 63,39,200                                | 2,96,733                                 |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 99,48,483                                | 10,33,111                                |
| U.P.(E)                                  | 1,11,35,129                              | 1,87,383                                 |
| U.P.(W )                                 | 57,07,962                                | 2,00,908                                 |
| West Bengal                              | 26,59,841                                | 2,29,754                                 |
| MTNL                                     | MTNL                                     | MTNL                                     |
| Delhi                                    | 21,53,573                                | 12,92,016                                |
| Mumbai                                   | 11,03,707                                | 14,62,573                                |

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