In response to a question raised in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, provided an update on the efforts to tackle spam calls in India.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been actively addressing spam communications, including unsolicited commercial calls and messages, through the Telecommunications Commercial Communications Consumers Preference Regulations, 2018 (TCCCPR-2018). These regulations, along with subsequent directives, have established measures to curb the growing issue of spam calls in the country, the minister said.