In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communications and IT has said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has disconnected over 72,000 telephone connections of registered telemarketers and over 118,000 of unregistered telemarketing companies for breaching guidelines related to commercial calls and messages.
He added that over 87,000 telemarketers have been fined Rs 500 during the period under review and over 41,000 have been fined Rs 1,000. On an average, approximately 47,454 complaints per month are being registered in this regard.
In 2010, TRAI had issued several regulations to curb unsolicited calls and messages. These guidelines were to be implemented from Jan 1, 2011 but the deadline was extended to March 1 and then to March 21.
The regulations included a penalty ranging from Rs 25,000 to Rs 250,000 for the defaulting companies.
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