{"id":10303,"date":"2023-04-30T06:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T00:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10303"},"modified":"2025-03-29T19:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T13:56:04","slug":"telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india-trai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india-trai\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>regulatory body set up by the Government of India<\/strong> <strong>under<\/strong> section 3 of the <strong>Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>regulator of the telecommunications sector<\/strong> in India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composition<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>consists of a Chairperson and not more than two full-time members<\/strong>, and <strong>not more than two part-time members.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The chairperson and the members of TRAI are <strong>appointed by the Central Government,<\/strong> and <strong>the duration<\/strong> for which they can hold their office <strong>is three years or until they attain the age of 65 years<\/strong>, whichever is earlier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Government Control over TRAI:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>TRAI is <strong>not a completely independent telecom regulator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Under section 25 of the Act, <strong>it has the power to issue directions<\/strong> which are <strong>binding on TRAI.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The TRAI is also <strong>funded by the Central Government.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Making recommendations<\/strong> on various issues;<\/li>\n<li>General administrative and <strong>regulatory functions<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fixing tariffs and rates for telecom<\/strong> <strong>services<\/strong>; and<\/li>\n<li>Any other functions entrusted by the Central Government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>recommendations made by the TRAI<\/strong> <strong>are not binding<\/strong> on the Central Government.<\/li>\n<li>Central <strong>Government has to mandatorily ask for recommendations from <\/strong>TRAI with respect to the need and timing of new service providers and the terms and conditions of the licence to be granted to the service provider.<\/li>\n<li>TRAI <strong>also has the power to<\/strong> notify in the official gazette the <strong>rates at which telecommunication services are being provided in and outside India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>TRAI<\/strong> <strong>Act was amended in 2000, establishing<\/strong> a Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (<strong>TDSAT<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It was <strong>set up to adjudicate any dispute between a licensor and a licensee, between two or more service providers, between a service provider and a group of consumers, and to hear and dispose of appeals against any direction, decision or order of TRAI<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composition<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>The Tribunal <strong>consists of a Chairperson and two Members<\/strong> appointed by the <strong>Central Government.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Chairperson should be or should have been a Judge of the Supreme Court<\/strong> or the Chief Justice of a High Court.<\/li>\n<li>A Member should have held the post of Secretary to the Government of India or any equivalent post in the Central Government or the State Government for a period of not less than two years or a person who is well versed in the field of technology, telecommunication, industry, commerce or administration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/technology\/mobile-calling-new-rule-big-changes-in-incoming-calls-messages-from-may-1-2600226.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Mobile Calling New Rule: Big Changes In Incoming Calls, Messages From May 1<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is the regulator of the telecommunications sector in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}