NEW DELHI: The Government has denied any shortage of set top boxes (STBs) for the conditional access system (Cas) but admitted complaints are received from time to time against non-compliance of orders/regulations relating to the Cas scheme.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi also denied in the Rajya Sabha today that the government had prescribed any agency from whom the STBs can be procured, or given any list of suppliers.

He also the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had not received any reports of instances of exploitation by broadcasters/multi-system operators (MSOs).

He said complaints against non-compliance of orders/regulations relating to CAS are attended to according to established procedures.

Trai had been interacting with MSOs and concerned nodal officers to ensure that bottlenecks, if any, are removed expeditiously in order to protect consumers interests.