Regarding the new rule, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that with the aim of preventing cyber fraud, scam and fraud call, the government has issued new rules for Kadam SIM cards. He told that about 52 lakh connections have been blocked to prevent fraud calls.
Sim Card Rules 2023: The Central Government is continuously taking steps to stop the cases of cyber frauds. Meanwhile, the government has now made the rules for selling SIM cards even more stringent so that digital fraud cases can be curbed. The Central Government has issued new rules for SIM card verification. In the new rules, the government has completely abolished the provision of issuing SIM cards in bulk. Now no one in the country will be able to buy multiple SIM cards at once.
Regarding the new rule, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that with the aim of preventing cyber fraud, scam and fraud call, the government has issued new rules for Kadam SIM cards. He told that about 52 lakh connections have been blocked to prevent fraud calls. Not only this, the Union Minister also informed that 67,000 dealers selling SIMs have been banned by the government.
Dealers got time for verification
According to the new rules issued by the Central Government, it is now necessary for dealers or traders selling SIM cards to have biometric verification along with police verification. Along with this, registration will also be necessary to sell the SIM. The full responsibility of the police verification of the traders will be of the telecom operator. If someone sells SIM by ignoring these rules, then he will be fined 10 lakhs. At present, the government has given 12 months time to the traders for verification.
Demographic data will be taken
If a customer wants to buy a new SIM card on his old number, then his demographic data will also be collected by scanning the QR code printed on its basis.
This will be the rule for disconnection of the number
According to the new rule, now SIM cards will not be issued in bulk. The government has started the provision of business connection for this. However, you can buy 9 SIM cards on one ID proof as before. Apart from this, if a person closes his SIM card, then that number will be issued to another customer only after 90 days.
