Union Minister for Communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia today clarified that the Sanchar Saathi App is completely democratic and fully voluntary. In a social media post, Mr Scindia said that digital security of every citizen of the country is government’s topmost priority. He added that Sanchar Saathi is both an app and a portal that enables citizens to secure themselves through transparent, easy-to-use tools. He noted that users can activate the app at their convenience to access its benefits and they may deactivate or delete it from their devices at any time.
The Ministry of Communications in a statement informed that since the launch of the app over 20 crore people have used the portal and more than 1.4 crore people have downloaded the app. It added that with the help of this app, 26 lakh mobile phones have been traced, of which 7 lakh 23 thousand phones have been returned to citizens. Meanwhile, above 40 lakh fraudulent mobile connections reported by citizens have been disconnected. The app has blocked more than 6 lakh fraud-linked IMEIs.
The Ministry also said that Sanchar Saathi allows users to report suspected fraud directly from call logs, enabling informed citizens to actively protect less-aware users.
