Summary
Officials use these reports to block stolen phones and stop fraud.
More than 5 billion Indian rupees in possible scam losses have been avoided.
The app works in many Indian languages, so many people can help.
Key Points
5 points1
30 crore (300 million) visits show many people use the service.
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12.8 lakh (1.28 million) reports led to action in nearly 6 million cases.
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Over 5 million mobile connections have been disconnected to stop misuse.
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Around 14 lakh (1.4 million) lost phones were recovered.
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The system shares risk information with banks and police to catch fraud early.
New Words to Learn
8 wordscrore
ten million
lakh
one hundred thousand
risk
chance that something bad might happen
fraudulent
trying to cheat or trick people
portal
a website that offers many services in one place
government
the group of people who run a country
report
to tell someone about something you have seen
recover
to get back something that was lost
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