Rahul Khullar, former TRAI chairman, criticises TRAI's new norms on Predatory Pricing.

Recently, the TRAI has laid down new norms regarding Predatory Pricing. It has given the definition as to who is a Significant Market Player (SMP). According to these norms, only an operator having 30% or more market share, or revenue, will be considered as an SMP. As per the new norms, Reliance Jio is not an SMP, since it's market share is only 13-14%. Hence, Reliance Jio can never be held guilty for Predatory Pricing. It may be recollected that Reliance Jio was providing services at zero or near-zero tariffs, since September, 2016. Older operators like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea have already criticised that the TRAI's new norms are laid down, only to help Reliance Jio. Now, Rahul Khullar, who was the TRAI Chairman from 2012 to 2015, has also stated that the new norms are designed only to help Reliance Jio. He has stated that the new rules are one sided and not fare. According to Khullar, the norms for Predatory Pricing should be laid down only by the Competition Commission of India, and not by the TRAI.