Archive · 30 Sep 2025
India's Sanchar Saathi Recovers Over 600,000 Phones
The Indian government's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has recovered more than 600,000 lost or stolen mobile phones using the Sanchar Saathi initiative.
This platform lets people report, block, and trace missing phones across all Indian telecom networks.
If a blocked phone gets a SIM card, both the owner and the police are alerted.
The government is working to ensure digital security, and the recovery rate has gone up significantly.
Over 19 crore website visits and 90 lakh+ mobile app downloads show the platform's use.
The DoT's Sanchar Saathi initiative has recovered over 600,000 lost and stolen mobile handsets.
The Block Your Lost/ Stolen Mobile Handset facility supports digital governance.
The facility integrates DoT, Telecom Service Providers (TSP), and police.
Reported phones are blocked across all Indian telecom networks.
The recovery rate increased 61% from January 2023 to August 2023.
- Who
- Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
- What
- Recovered over 6 lakh lost and stolen mobile handsets through the Sanchar Saathi initiative.
- When
- September 2023 (milestone)
- Where
- India
- Why
- To protect citizens' digital assets and combat cybercrime.
Government
Citizens
Digital Security
Government
Government aims to protect citizens' digital assets.
Citizens
Citizens are looking for secure assets and a safe system.
- Organization
- Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
- Initiative
- Sanchar Saathi
- Launch Date
- May 2023
- Recovered Handsets
- Over 600,000
- Key Features
- Report, Block, Trace, Unblock
- Website Visits
- Over 19 crore
- App Downloads
- Over 90 lakh
- Increase in Recoveries
- 61% increase from Jan to Aug 2023
