--- title: India’s government denies it wants smartphone source code description: India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has denied Reuters reports claiming the government plans to require smartphone manufacturers to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/india-s-government-denies-it-wants-smartphone-source-code-kbmcmquvn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: India’s government denies it wants smartphone source code | daily.dev og:description: India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has denied Reuters reports claiming the government plans to require smartphone manufacturers to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/india-s-government-denies-it-wants-smartphone-source-code-kbmcmquvn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kbMcMqUVN.png og:image:alt: India’s government denies it wants smartphone source code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # India’s government denies it wants smartphone source code **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has denied Reuters reports claiming the government plans to require smartphone manufacturers to share source code and provide advance notice of software updates. The ministry stated it is conducting stakeholder consultations to develop mobile security frameworks and is committed to working with industry to understand technical burdens and international best practices. India has a history of proposing strict tech regulations and then backing down after industry pushback, including recent attempts to mandate pre-installed government apps and six-hour cybersecurity incident reporting requirements. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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