Centre notifies new Telecom Act effective June 26, replaces 138-year-old Telegraph Act

The Centre, though partially, notified the Telecommunications Act on Friday to be effective from June 26, and provisions including sections 1, 2, 10, and 30 will be in place.

“The Central government hereby appoints the 26th day of June 2024, as the date on which the provisions of sections 1, 2, 10 to 30, 42 to 44, 46, 47, 50 to 58, 61 and 62 of the said Act shall come into force,” the Gazette notification said.

While it aims to replace the 138-year-old Indian Telegraph Act of 1885, the new law contains many provisions of archaic Colonial law.