India, Nov. 24 -- The Indian Ministry of Communications on Monday said over the past one year it facilitated the disconnection and blacklisting of more than 21 lakh mobile numbers and around one lakh entities involved in sending spam and fraudulent messages.

TRAI issued an advisory urging citizens to report spam calls/SMS through the TRAI DND App.

When a user reports a spam call or SMS on the TRAI DND App, it allows TRAI and telecom service providers to trace, verify, and permanently disconnect the mobile numbers.

TRAI suggested citizens to take the following steps:

Download the TRAI DND App from official app stores.

Report spam SMS/calls using TRAI DND App instead of blocking them on phones to help identify and disconnect offenders....