Mobile Number Suspended: Government's big action, 70 lakh mobile numbers suspended; This is why it happened

Taking a big action, the government has suspended 70 lakh mobile numbers. That means the use of these mobile numbers has been completely stopped.

Now the same question must come in your mind why has this step been taken by the government. Actually, this step has been taken in view of increasing digital fraud.

These were the mobile numbers that were suspended which were linked to some kind of suspicious transaction. Actually, Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi gave information regarding this matter on Tuesday. He said that this has been done in view of the frauds taking place regarding digital payments in the internet age.

Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi has given this information after a meeting on fraud regarding digital payments and related issues.

Joshi has said that in view of the increasing cases of digital fraud, instructions have also been given to banks. Banks have been asked to strengthen their processes and systems in advance.

Giving information about the meeting, he said that meetings will continue to be held on this issue in the future. With this, the next meeting on the matter has been scheduled for January next year.

Regarding Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) fraud, Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi has said that states need to pay attention to this issue. Along with this, state governments should also focus on strengthening data security.

Vivek Joshi has said that awareness about digital fraud is very important. To curb such fraud, it is necessary that society be informed and made aware of these matters.

It is known that recently Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had also stressed making society aware of cyber fraud.