Department of Telecommunications has taken various policy and technical measures to strengthen the security of the telecom network in the country

• Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the Ministry of Communications has rolled out a layered policy + technical regime (Sanchar Saathi, CEIR, TAFCOP, Chakshu, DIP, TSOC) to combat telecom fraud, spoofed calls and device theft.
• Backed by the new Telecommunications Act, 2023 and Telecom Cyber Security Rules, 2024 — a flagship example of Suraksha (security) pillar of digital governance, examinable under GS-II (governance) and GS-III (internal security/cyber).