New Delhi. The government has taken decisions to make police and biometric verification of mobile SIM card dealers mandatory and discontinue the bulk connection mechanism.
Briefing the media in New Delhi on Thursday, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, registration will also be compulsory for all point-of-sale dealers. The steps have been taken to check the practice of cyber frauds, fraudulent calls and protect the users.
Talking about the Sanchar Sathi Portal, he informed that 52 lakh fraudulent connections have been detected and deactivated and 67,000 SIM card dealers have been blacklisted. 300 FIR have been lodged. 66,000 WhatsApp accounts and 8 lakh payment wallet accounts have been blocked.
According to the new initiative, if a Point of Sale indulges in any illegal activities, it will be terminated and blacklisted for a period of 03 years. To prevent misuse of printed Aadhaar, the demographic details will mandatorily be captured by scanning QR code of printed Aadhaar.
