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The mandate has also drawn wide criticism from Congress and other Opposition parties, who have alleged that this is a step towards state surveillance.

The move is big because India is the second-largest smartphone market in the world and more than 95 per cent of all smartphones sold here are manufactured locally.

The app asks for permissions to handle calls, SMS, access call logs, photos and files, and use the camera for IMEI scans.

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Sanchar Saathi is designed as a “citizen-centric” security tool that plugs directly into government telecom databases.

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