DERC commits lot of corruption by charging monthly compulsory charges in excess on load less than 1 KV. In most of CPWD houses which are under repair/renovation, electricity is used by contractors and its laborers without any meter and paying for use of electricity by theft which is illegal and charged from others. There is no electric meter at complaint cell of DERC and they use electricity illegally and lavishly which is charged from common consumers by increasing rate/rent.
I am not satisfied with the workings and performance of DERC, there are frequent power cuts at my place and the people working in the electricity department are always corrupt. I applied for a new meter connection and it took me close to 2-3 months to get that meter installed. If this is the state of privatization then just imagine how govt depts would be working.
The entry of private service providers brought with it the inevitable need for independent regulation. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was, thus, established with effect from 20th February 1997 by an Act of Parliament, called the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, to regulate telecom services, including fixation/revision of tariffs for telecom services which were earlier vested in the Central Government. TRAI's mission is to create and nurture conditions for growth of telecommunications in the country in a manner and at a pace which will enable India to play a leading role in emerging global information society. One of the main objectives of TRAI is to provide a fair and transparent policy environment which promotes a level playing field and facilitates fair competition. In pursuance of above objective TRAI has issued from time to time a large number of regulations, orders and directives to deal with issues coming before it and provided the required direction to the evolution of Indian telecom market from a Government owned monopoly to a multi operator multi service open competitive market. The directions, orders and regulations issued cover a wide range of subjects including tariff, interconnection and quality of service as well as governance of the Authority.
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