Indian Government's Whitelist Move Sparks Controversy Over Spam Calls

The government has set up these special number series for certain purposes: As per the rules, these calls are put on a whitelist. This means that caller ID apps like Truecaller, Hiya, Hoojcall cannot block or spam mark these numbers on their own. Even if these numbers are whitelisted, when millions of users on the app start to manually report or block spam from a number, the app's system automatically tags it as spam. By the way, Truecaller's premium users also have the option to block any number series altogether. In this case, Trucaller CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala has now come out. He has called TRAI's attempt absurd. Wondering why spam calls have increased SIGNIFICANTLY in India recently? Well, it's actually getting late, why calls for TRAs and TRA's are here for TRA's, TRA's, TRA's, TRA's, TRA's, TRA's, TRA's, TRA's, TRA's, TRA's, TRA's