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New Delhi, December 4, 2025 — India’s government has executed a rare, rapid U‑turn on a controversial plan to force every new smartphone sold in the country to carry a government cybersecurity app called Sanchar Saathi, following a storm of criticism from privacy advocates, opposition parties and global tech giants. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Communications revoked a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) order that had quietly instructed smartphone makers to pre‑install Sanchar Saathi on all new devices, and push it via software updates to phones already in the supply chain, with the app’s functions not allowed to be disabled. The

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