Telecom regulator TRAI wants to be an authorized agency under the IT Act. This status would allow TRAI to take action against call management applications. The IT Ministry is currently examining this request for regulatory jurisdiction. TRAI recently asserted that no app can block government and regulated entity calls. The Ministry is reviewing the matter, not specifically the Truecaller dispute.

TRAI clarifies that calls from 1600 numbers can't be blocked, while 140 series calls can be managed via DND app.

India's telecom regulator, TRAI, has directed Truecaller and other caller-ID apps to stop tagging, blocking or filtering calls from the 140 number series (used by telemarketers)…

Telecom regulator TRAI wants to be an authorized agency under the IT Act. This status would allow TRAI to take action against call management applications. The IT Ministry is…