The central government introduced Sanchar Saathi, an artificial intelligence-based portal that allows telecom users to track and block their lost or stolen phones, even if a new SIM is inserted. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw formally unveiled the portal on May 16th 2023, and it is now available nationwide.
The development of the Sanchar Saathi portal aims to prevent fraudulent activities like identity theft, forged KYC, and banking frauds, etc. Sanchar Saathi Portal is also important for UPSC Prelims Exam and UPSC Mains Exam (GS Paper 2- Various Government Initiatives for solving problems in the sector).
TAFCOP
Know the number of connections issued in your name by logging in using your mobile number
With 117 crore subscribers, India has emerged as the second largest telecom ecosystem in the world. In addition to communication, mobile phones are being used for banking, entertainment, e-learning, healthcare, availing government services, etc.
It is therefore crucial that the users are protected from various frauds such as identity theft, forged KYC, theft of mobile devices, banking frauds, etc.
To protect users, Deptt of Telecom has developed a citizen centric portal named Sanchar Saathi
About Sanchar Saathi
Sanchar Saathi portal is a citizen centric initiative of Department of Telecommunications to empower mobile subscribers, strengthen their security and increase awareness about citizen centric initiatives of the Government. Sanchar Saathi empowers citizens by allowing them to know the mobile connections issued in their name, get disconnected the connections not required by them, block/trace lost mobile phones and check genuineness of devices while buying a new/old mobile phone. Sanchar Saathi contains various modules like CEIR, TAFCOP, KYI, RICWIN etc.
In addition, Keep Yourself Aware facility provides latest updates and awareness material on different aspects related to end user security, telecom and information security.
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