{"id":351133,"date":"2025-12-02T17:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=351133"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:29:27","slug":"sanchar-saathi-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sanchar-saathi-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanchar Saathi App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Sanchar Saathi is in news as DoT has ordered all smartphone makers to pre-install the app through mandatory directions.<\/p>\n<h2>About Sanchar Saathi App<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_351134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351134\" style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-351134\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-WIOM.jpg?resize=333%2C191&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sanchar Saathi App\" width=\"333\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-WIOM.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-WIOM.jpg?resize=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-WIOM.jpg?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-WIOM.jpg?w=1534&amp;ssl=1 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-351134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; WION<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Sanchar Saathi is a <strong>citizen-centric initiative<\/strong> available as a mobile application and website.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>empowers mobile subscribers<\/strong>, strengthens their security, and increases awareness about citizen-centric initiatives of the Government.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launched by :<\/strong> It\u00a0 was launched by the <strong>Department of Telecommunications<\/strong> <strong>in 2023.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim<\/strong>: The app aims to safeguard mobile users by enabling identity management, fraud and scam reporting, device verification, and spreading awareness on telecom and cyber risks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key services<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chakshu tool:<\/strong> It allows users to report fraudulent communication like spam calls, SMS, or WhatsApp messages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Block lost\/stolen devices:<\/strong> It helps users trace and block lost or stolen mobile phones so they cannot be used in India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Know mobile connections:<\/strong> It enables users to check the number of mobile connections registered in their name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Know genuineness of mobile handset:<\/strong> It allows users to check if a mobile phone is genuine before buying it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Report incoming international calls:<\/strong> It enables users to report international calls that appear as local Indian numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Sanchar Saathi is in news as DoT has ordered all smartphone makers to pre-install the app through mandatory directions. About Sanchar Saathi App Sanchar Saathi is a citizen-centric initiative available as a mobile application and website. It empowers mobile subscribers, strengthens their security, and increases awareness about citizen-centric initiatives of the Government. Launched by&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sanchar-saathi-app\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sanchar Saathi App<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,956,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-351133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}