Scindia chairs Sanchar Saathi stakeholders’ meet to fortify telecom cyber fraud defences

New Delhi: Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday chaired a stakeholders’ meeting under the ‘Sanchar Saathi’ initiative to ideate and fortify efforts to fight telecom-related cyber frauds.

The citizen-centric digital safety initiative ‘Sanchar Saathi’ integrates advanced tools such as CEIR (Central Equipment Identity Register) to block stolen or lost phones, DIP (Digital Intelligence Platform), AI-based systems like ASTR (to detect connections taken on fake documents), and FRI (Financial Fraud Risk Indicator) to detect and prevent potential frauds.