DoT mandates pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi App in mobile handsets

Dec 02, 2025

The DoT has issued directions to ensure that the pre-installed Sanchar Saathi application is readily visible and accessible to the end users at the...

"Why were they trying to create an Orwellian State?": Congress' Manish Tewari on Sanchar Saathi app

Dec 03, 2025

Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday questioned the Centre's intentions behind its earlier move to mandate the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app on...

Government revokes mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on mobile phones

Dec 03, 2025

The Ministry of Communications on Thursday removed mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on mobile handsets imported or manufactured in India, days after proposing...

Centre withdraws mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app after opposition pushback

Dec 03, 2025

The decision came after widespread criticism, with opponents arguing that mandatory pre-installation could enable unchecked state surveillance and infringe on consumer choice. The government...

"Big Brother cannot watch us": KC Venugopal opposes move mandating pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi App

Dec 02, 2025

Congress MP KC Venugopal termed the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) directions mandating the pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi application for mobile handsets, as a "dystopian...

Do not go on rumours: Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sanchar Saathi row

Dec 03, 2025

As a furore erupted over Centre's decision to mandate pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi app on all mobile phones, Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia...