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Government’s big action on spam calls, 13 million fake calls getting daily blocked

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13 million fake calls are getting daily blocks

Spam is working in the Department of Telecommunications and Telecom Regulatory Action Mode to curb the spam calls. The government has started working on a war footing in view of the fraud and cheating due to fake calls. The new policy to technology is being used. Also, to make people aware, Dot has asked telecom operators to recite messages instead of ringtone before connecting the call for 3 months. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that work is being done to block 13 million fake calls on the daily basis.

13 million fake calls are getting daily blocks

In his Keenote given in the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2025) held in Spain’s capital Barcelona, ​​the Union Minister referred to the Communication Partner (Sanchar Saathi) of the Department of Telecommunications. Also, the Union Minister has shared the details of fake calls, mobile handsets and recovered phones blocked through this portal.

Referring to India’s communication partner portal, Jyotiraditya Scindia said, “Through this portal, the work of blocking 26 million or 2.6 crore mobile devices used in cyber fraud has been done. At the same time, after reporting on this portal, work has been done to trace 16 million stolen devices. Not only this, through this portal, 86% spuff i.e. fake calls are traced and blocked. The Department of Telecommunications is blocking 13 million fake calls on the daily basis.

Sanchar saathi app launches

Dot India has recently launched the mobile app of its communication partner portal for Android and iPhone users. Through this app, users can also report fake calls. Also, you can also find out the fake SIM card released in your name. Apart from this portal, telecom companies have also been instructed to install AI based spam detection technology. Airtel and VI have launched the AI ​​spam call system for their millions of users. Fake calls on the number of users are being blocked at the operator level itself.

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