“TRAI Registration document asking registration charges from the landowner for installation of mobile tower”
What FACTLY found
The document is fake. Previously, on multiple occasions, TRAI has clarified that ‘Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is neither directly nor indirectly involved in any manner, in levy of any tax / fees on leasing of premises for installation of mobile towers or for issuing any ‘No Objection Certificates’ for the purpose’. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has also clarified the same
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 September 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 September 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.