GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1689
ANSWERED ON 10TH DECEMBER, 2025
SANCHAR MITRA SCHEME
1689. SMT. POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has launched the Sanchar Mitra Scheme to promote awareness and
engagement on key telecom issues;
(b) if...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1689 ANSWERED ON 10TH DECEMBER, 2025 SANCHAR MITRA SCHEME
1689. SMT. POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has launched the Sanchar Mitra Scheme to promote awareness and engagement on key telecom issues;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of the main objectives of the Sanchar Mitra Scheme;
(d) whether the scheme has been implemented nationwide; and
(e) if so, the details thereof including the number of institutions currently participating in it? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)
(a) Yes
(b) & (c) The Sanchar Mitra Scheme envisions to engage the Yuva Shakti- India’s youth, as catalysts for digital empowerment and societal outreach. The students nominated as Sanchar Mitra are expected to actively conduct awareness drives in communities, educational institutions, public spaces, etc., focusing on key telecom-related issues, like citizen-centric telecom services, prevention of telecom frauds and mobile security - promoting digital safety, and foster responsible telecom usage.
This scheme is open to students from those technical institutes that have active telecom, electronics, computers, cybersecurity or similar programs and have agreed to participate in the scheme.
(d) & (e) Yes. The scheme has been implemented across all states/ UTs through the LSA field offices of DoT. 222 institutions are currently participating in it. ***** 1