DR. P.D. Vaghela, is the new chairman, TRAI.

Dr. P.D. Vaghela, IAS, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals is appointed as the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). He will be succeeding the incumbent, R.S. Sharma. It must be noted that it is under the chairmanship of R.S. Sharma, that the Indian Telecom Industry had gone into a huge crisis. All the telecom companies, except Reliance Jio, had gone into loss making. The total debt burden of the telecom industry is Rs.8 lakh crore. The biased steps taken by R.S. Sharma, like allowing predatory pricing, cutting down the IUC (Interconnection Usage Charge)etc., benefited Reliance Jio in a big way, while all other companies, including BSNL went to the dogs.