[IAC#RG] TRAI Consultation papers in both Hindi and English (at least)

To:

1) Shri Amit Mohan Govil
Pr. Advisor (A) / TRAI
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

with copy for information to:
2) Shri Wasi Ahmed,
Advisor BCS/TRAI

BY EMAIL

26.04.2013

Respected Sir,

I am given to understand that you have charge for Hindi Language usage and promotion within TRAI as well as the legal and admin functions. You are also TRANSPARENCY OFFICER of the TRAI under RTI Act 2005. Hence this email.

The followers of India Against Corruption people movement, of which I am presently the Honorary National Convenor, are concerned that their Fundamental Right to Information so as to participate in framing of public policy is being deliberately deprived by TRAI by the following device :-

"That Consultation Papers of the TRAI, such as the BCS division, are not being made available / disseminated in Hindi over the TRAI website to the affected persons and the policy and tariff decisions are being taken by "hi-fi" English speaking persons like advocates discussing with TRAI over tea and cakes in 5 star hotels so that TV rates can be hiked 6 times to make it unaffordable for poor people to watch anything on TV other than Doordarshan by putting up terrestrial antennas."

The India Against Corruption is greatly agitated by this, and we hope you will look into it as expeditiously as possible to enable India Against Corruption to participate in all Consultation Papers of BCS division in past 1 year on TV and Cable matters such as pricing and QoS etc.

For your ready reference and comparison I am attaching 2 PDFs of the Consultation paper status of TRAI on English and Hindi versions of the website downloaded by me today, which are self-explanatory and shows how much TRAI cares for the ordinary people.

with best wishes

yours faithfully

Er. Sarbajit Roy
National Convenor
India Against Corruption, jan andolan

2nd Floor
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