Sanchar Saathi app voluntary, no personal data collected, says Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani

Amid growing confusion over the Sanchar Saathi app, Union Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani emphasised its importance in preventing cyber fraud. In a conversation with news agency PTI on Tuesday, he said, “First of all, India today, if you take last year, 5 million people, that means 50 lakh people, have been impacted because of cyber fraud. Rs 23,000 crore has been lost.”

Pemmasani said that the app has been downloaded by 1.4 crore individuals and has received 21 crore visits to its website. He added…