Thanks! Very good information Sweety. On 4/21/08, sweety.bhalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PIB Press Release > Press Information Bureau Government of India > > table with 4 columns and 7 rows > Thursday, April 17, 2008 > Ministry of Communications & Information Technology > NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY > > 16:16 IST > RAJYA SABHA > > The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued 'The Telecom > Unsolicited Commercial Communications Regulations, 2007' in June 2007 to > curb > the nuisance of unwanted calls. In order to increase the effectiveness of > compliance of these Regulations, the following amendments have been made: > > (i) To discourage the registered telemarketers from sending > Unsolicited Commercial Communications, the Telecom Tariff Order (47th > Amendment) has > been issued which has the following provisions :- > list of 3 items > . Payment of Rs.500 as tariff to the Service Provider in case the > telemarketer makes the unsolicited commercial communications for the first > time. > . Payment of Rs.1000 as tariff to the Service Provider in case the > telemarketer makes the unsolicited commercial communications for second > (subsequent) > time. > . Disconnection of the telecom facilities of the telemarketer by the > Service Provider if unsolicited commercial communication is not stopped > even after > imposition of the prescribed Rs.500 and Rs.1000 tariff by the Service > Provider > list end > (ii) In case Service Providers do not take action as per the above > Regulations and a complaint is made to the Authority, an amount by way of > financial > disincentive is imposable on the Service Providers. (An amount not > exceeding five thousand rupees for the first non-compliance and in case of > second > or subsequent non-compliance an amount not exceeding twenty > thousand rupees for each such non-compliance). > > In regard to penalization of telemarketers, as per information available > with TRAI as on 29.02.2008, the service providers have taken action against > the > telemarketers as per TRAI's Telecom Tariff Order. In regard to financial > disincentive for Service Provider, the amendment will come into force from > the > date of its publication in the official gazette. The amendment to the > Regulation has been published in the gazette only on 09.04.2008. > > > Details of action taken by Service Providers against telemarketers for > violation of the Telecom Unsolicited Commercial Communication Regulations, > 2007 > - > > (i) Number of warning letters issued to registered telemarketers > = 5064 > > (ii) Number of registered telemarketers charged with Rs.500/- > = 157 > > (iii) Number of registered telemarketers lines disconnected > = 98 > > (iv) Number of unregistered telemarketers lines disconnected > = 435. > > This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications > and Information Technology, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply > to > an un-starred question in the RajyaSabha today. > > (Sweety Bhalla) > Assistant Manager > IFCI LTD > New Delhi India > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >
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