Department of Telecom

Jyotiraditya ScindiaNational

Why Govt must scrap Sanchar Saathi app pre-install order

In a country with deep power imbalances and weak accountability, the architecture of a pre-installed government-mandated app makes the fear of misuse fully rational

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