Trai Chairman RS Sharma to Continue in His Role Up to September 2020

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Trai chairman, Ram Sewak Sharma, who is expected to end his tenure on Friday was given another two-year extension, according to an official order. RS Sharma, the Trai chief who tenure saw major decisions on issues like termination charges and predatory pricing will continue in the same role up to September 30, 2020. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the reappointment of Sharma as chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for a further period beyond August 10, 2018 to September 30, 2020, i.e. the date on which he attains the age of 65 years, the order issued by the Personnel Ministry said, according to PTI.

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For the unaware, it was in July 2015 RS Sharma named as the Trai chief for a three-year period. Sharma, a 1982 batch (retired) IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, was recently in the news as he had disclosed his Aadhaar number on the microblogging site Twitter and threw an open challenge to people to show how mere knowledge of the 12-digit unique number could be used to harm him.

The move had caused a social media flutter as he was criticised by many for throwing such a challenge.

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar, had thereafter asked people not to share their unique identification number publicly or pose such challenges to others.

Some of the decisions by the Trai, ranging from slashing of call-connect charges to its stance on the provision of points of interconnect (sought by Reliance Jio at the start of its services), and predatory pricing rules have come under the industry's attack.

Earlier this year, Trai's predatory pricing norms sparked-off a furore as old telecom operators and industry association criticised the new rules.

More recently, industry body COAI raised a red flag over Trai's new regulations on curbing pesky calls and messages, saying tailoring of systems, and use of blockchain technology will involve Rs 200-400 crore investment and 18 months for the rollout, at a time when the sector is financially-stressed.

Before becoming Trai chief, Sharma worked as Information Technology secretary. He has been credited for playing a key role in implementing the Aadhaar project. He worked as the Director General and Mission Director in the UIDAI.

Sharma is credited to have designed key digital services, such as digital locker, and for fast execution of schemes to push electronics manufacturing in the country.

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