Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister for Communications
“In terms of the number of marketing calls you get in your phone, the number of fraud calls that come in, we have put in place a full system to be able to tackle that. Our DoT fraud detection network has saved close to about Rs 2,500 crore of people’s assets today, as we speak, through Sanchar Sathi and Chakshu,” Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia said
New Delhi: The technical system deployed by the government is blocking 1.35 crore fraud calls daily and has helped save people’s assets worth Rs 2,500 crore till date, Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia has said.
The minister, in an interview with PTI, said most of the spam calls originate from servers outside the country, and the systems have been able to block the majority of such fraudulent calls.
“In terms of the number of marketing calls you get in your phone, the number of fraud calls that come in, we have put in place a full system to be able to tackle that. Our DoT fraud detection network has saved close to about Rs 2,500 crore of people’s assets today, as we speak, through Sanchar Sathi and Chakshu,” Scindia said.
The systems have led to the disconnection of close to about 290,000 phones and blocked close to about 1.8 million headers that were used for sending out messages, he added.
“Along with that, (there) was another vicarious method through which people would use servers outside India, which would masquerade themselves as a +91 number (Indian number). We have put into place software that stops these calls that are blocking an average of 13.5 mn such calls per day,” the minister said.
The government has put in a new software where it is integrating law enforcement agencies as well as banks, he said, adding that “520 agencies have been onboarded”.
While charting out his priorities, Scindia said that rolling out of Atmanirbhar (self-reliant) BSNL 5G by May and 4G for all under the saturation scheme by April are among his top priorities, along with notifying all rules left under the Telecommunications Act 2023 by December.