Lok Sabha Question No. 2930 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Forgery in Installation of Mobile Towers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2930 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   JULY, 2019

## FORGERY IN INSTALLATION OF MOBILE TOWERS

## 2930. SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any complaints of forgery in mobile tower installation;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the number of such complaints received by the Government during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) Yes Sir, Government has received a number of complaints of forgery in mobile tower installation.
- (b) Details  of  complaints  pertaining  to  forgery  in  the  installation  of  towers  received  in  DoT  in  the  last three years', State/UT-wise is attached at Annexure A.
- (c) Government has taken various initiatives to stop these fraudulent activities as under: -
- I. A  mobile  tower  is  installed  by  either  Telecom  Service  Providers  (TSP)  or  Infrastructure Service Provider (IP-1) as per their licensing /registration conditions. List of the TSP and IP-1 is available on DoT website i.e. www.dot.gov.in.  For avoiding any forgery in installation of tower,  anyone  can  check  the  authenticity  of  TSP/IP-1  from  DoT  website.  If  any  company /agencies /individual asking  for  advance  or  registration  fees  or  any  kind  of  payment  before actual installation of mobile tower, same may be verified from respective company.
- II. Any person or entity  found  involved in forgery  in  such  activities  like  1)  receiving  advance money in the name of mobile tower installation 2) using DoT  name/logo recommendation or national emblem is liable to be prosecuted under applicable law. If any person come to know such fraudulent activities, then he should inform local police authority regarding such incident. Additionally,  Local  Telecom  Enforcement,  resources  and  Monitoring  (TERM)  Cell,  a  field units  of  DoT,  may  be  contacted  whose  contact  number  are  available  at  DoT  website  i.e. www.dot.gov.in.
- III. For creating awareness among the public, DoT from time to time is issuing advisory in print media for avoiding such kind of forgery in installation of mobile towers.  Such advisories are also uploaded on DoT Website.

| Annexure referred to in reply of question no 2930 (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question to be answered on 10th July 2019 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Gnanathiraviam S regarding " Forgery in Installation of Mobile Tower "   | Annexure referred to in reply of question no 2930 (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question to be answered on 10th July 2019 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Gnanathiraviam S regarding " Forgery in Installation of Mobile Tower "   | Annexure referred to in reply of question no 2930 (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question to be answered on 10th July 2019 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Gnanathiraviam S regarding " Forgery in Installation of Mobile Tower "   | Annexure referred to in reply of question no 2930 (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question to be answered on 10th July 2019 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Gnanathiraviam S regarding " Forgery in Installation of Mobile Tower "   | Annexure referred to in reply of question no 2930 (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question to be answered on 10th July 2019 raised by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Gnanathiraviam S regarding " Forgery in Installation of Mobile Tower "   |
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| State Wise Received Grievance -(Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating)                                                                                                                                                                     | State Wise Received Grievance -(Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating)                                                                                                                                                                     | State Wise Received Grievance -(Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating)                                                                                                                                                                     | State Wise Received Grievance -(Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating)                                                                                                                                                                     | State Wise Received Grievance -(Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating)                                                                                                                                                                     |
| State Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Brought Forward                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Received during                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Pending during                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Disposed during                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Assam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Tamilnadu                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Telangana                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 32                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 33                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

| State Wise Received Grievance              | State Wise Received Grievance              | State Wise Received Grievance              | State Wise Received Grievance              | State Wise Received Grievance              |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Period of Report: 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018 | Period of Report: 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018 | Period of Report: 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018 | Period of Report: 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018 | Period of Report: 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018 |
| Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating     | Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating     | Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating     | Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating     | Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating     |
| State Name                                 | Brought Forward                            | Received During                            | Pending During                             | Disposed During                            |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands                | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh                             | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Assam                                      | 0                                          | 4                                          | 0                                          | 4                                          |
| Bihar                                      | 0                                          | 5                                          | 0                                          | 5                                          |
| Chandigarh                                 | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Chhattisgarh                               | 1                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 1                                          |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                     | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Daman and Diu                              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Delhi                                      | 0                                          | 4                                          | 0                                          | 4                                          |
| Goa                                        | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Gujarat                                    | 0                                          | 1                                          | 0                                          | 1                                          |
| Haryana                                    | 0                                          | 4                                          | 0                                          | 4                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh                           | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Jammu And Kashmir                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Jharkhand                                  | 0                                          | 1                                          | 0                                          | 1                                          |
| Karnataka                                  | 0                                          | 2                                          | 0                                          | 2                                          |
| Kerala                                     | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Lakshadweep                                | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                             | 0                                          | 2                                          | 1                                          | 1                                          |
| Maharashtra                                | 0                                          | 3                                          | 0                                          | 3                                          |
| Manipur                                    | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Meghalaya                                  | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Mizoram                                    | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Nagaland                                   | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Odisha                                     | 0                                          | 2                                          | 0                                          | 2                                          |
| Puducherry                                 | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Punjab                                     | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Rajasthan                                  | 0                                          | 1                                          | 0                                          | 1                                          |
| Sikkim                                     | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Tamilnadu                                  | 0                                          | 4                                          | 1                                          | 3                                          |
| Telangana                                  | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Tripura                                    | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh                              | 0                                          | 15                                         | 1                                          | 14                                         |
| Uttarakhand                                | 1                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 1                                          |
| West Bengal                                | 0                                          | 3                                          | 0                                          | 3                                          |
| Total                                      | 2                                          | 51                                         | 3                                          | 50                                         |

| State Wise Received Grievance Period of Report: 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017   | State Wise Received Grievance Period of Report: 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017   | State Wise Received Grievance Period of Report: 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017   | State Wise Received Grievance Period of Report: 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017   | State Wise Received Grievance Period of Report: 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017   |
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| Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating                                     | Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating                                     | Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating                                     | Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating                                     | Category: Tower Issues: Fraud/Cheating                                     |
| State Name                                                                 | Brought Forward                                                            | Received During                                                            | Pending During                                                             | Disposed During                                                            |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                                | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                             | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Assam                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Bihar                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Chandigarh                                                                 | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Chhattisgarh                                                               | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Daman and Diu                                                              | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Delhi                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 2                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 2                                                                          |
| Goa                                                                        | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Gujarat                                                                    | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Haryana                                                                    | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                           | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Jammu And Kashmir                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Jharkhand                                                                  | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Karnataka                                                                  | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Kerala                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Lakshadweep                                                                | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                             | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          |
| Maharashtra                                                                | 0                                                                          | 3                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 3                                                                          |
| Manipur                                                                    | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Meghalaya                                                                  | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Mizoram                                                                    | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Nagaland                                                                   | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Odisha                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Puducherry                                                                 | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Punjab                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          |
| Rajasthan                                                                  | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          |
| Sikkim                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Tamilnadu                                                                  | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Telangana                                                                  | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Tripura                                                                    | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                              | 0                                                                          | 3                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 3                                                                          |
| Uttarakhand                                                                | 0                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 1                                                                          | 0                                                                          |
| West Bengal                                                                | 0                                                                          | 2                                                                          | 0                                                                          | 2                                                                          |
| Total                                                                      | 0                                                                          | 15                                                                         | 2                                                                          | 13                                                                         |

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