India, April 26 -- Amid rising digital fraud, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will lead the way to engage with stakeholders to curb spam and scam calls from over-the-top (OTT) and rich communication services (RCS) platforms.

In a Joint Committee of Regulators' (JCOR) meeting yesterday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti highlighted the "need for a collaborative approach to combat spam messages and calls creating inconvenience and defrauding the citizens".

JCOR is a TRAI initiative, including representatives from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA), Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), ...