Department of Telecommunications (DoT)

Parent Agency - Ministry of Communications
Department of Telecommunications
Department overview
Formed	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Minister responsible	Jyotiraditya Scindia[1],Minister of Communications
Deputy Minister responsible	Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of state for Ministry of Communications
Department executive	Amit Agrawal,IAS
Parent department	Ministry of Communications
Website	www.dot.gov.in

TheDepartment of Telecommunications, abbreviated toDoT, is adepartment of theMinistry of Communications of the executive branch of theGovernment of India.

Telecom services have been recognized the world-over as an important tool for socio-economic development for a nation and hence telecom infrastructure is treated as a crucial factor to realize the socio-economic objectives in India. Accordingly, the Department of Telecom has been formulating developmental policies for the accelerated growth of the telecommunication services. The department is also responsible for grant of licenses for various telecom services like Unified Access Service Internet and VSAT service. The department is also responsible for frequency management in the field of radio communication in close coordination with the international bodies. It also enforces wireless regulatory measures by monitoring wireless transmission of all users in the country.

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• Defence Communication Network - launched on 30 June 2016.^[3][4]

• Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal(TDSAT)Archived 2020-11-01 at theWayback Machine
• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI)

• Telecommunication Engineering Centre(TEC)
• Universal Service Obligation Fund(USOF)

• Wireless Monitoring Organization

• Director General Telecom
• Controller of Communication Accounts(CCA)

• Centre for Development of Telematics(C-DOT)

• National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research Innovation Training(NTIPRIT)
• National Institute of Communication Finance(NICF)

The following units function under the DoT:^[5]

• Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cells, formerly Vigilance Telecom Monitoring (VTM)
• Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing (WPC)
• Telephone Advisory Committees^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

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

Central Civil Services

• Indian Communication Finance Service

Central Engineering Services

• Indian Telecommunication Service
• Indian Radio Regulatory Service

• Official site
• Tafcop Portal

• Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)
• Telecommunications in India
• Telecommunications authorities of India
• Computer security in India

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