DoT committee to recommend quantum of penalty on Telecom Operators

New Delhi: The Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology Sh Milind Deora said in Rajya Sabha today that DoT has decided to evolve guidelines to reduce the element of discretion and make process of levying penalty as scientific as possible.

Sh Pilot said a Committee has been constituted in DoT under the Chairmanship of Advisor(T) with Sr.DDG(AS), DDG(LF-I), LA(T) as members and Director(AS-II) as Member Convener for recommending the quantum of penalty for violations of terms and conditions of license by categorization, and where required against the respective condition of the license where specific obligations have been imposed or where the committee feels that separate provision of penalty is necessary.

The Minister said to begin with, the terms of reference of the Committee shall be limited to Access Service Licenses, and consultation with stakeholders will be undertaken as and when required. The guidelines are proposed to be issued after receipt of report of the Committee and its approval by the Competent Authority.