In a major step to secure India’s booming digital ecosystem, Google announced that its AI systems blocked over 4.1 crore (41 million) suspicious transactions on Google Pay, aiming to curb the surge in UPI-related scams. In 2024 alone, Indians lost over ₹1,087 crore to digital payment fraud, with reported incidents nearly doubling from FY23 to FY24.
As part of its "Safety Charter for India," Google also revealed that its Play Protect pilot stopped 60 million attempts to install high-risk apps, shielding 13 million devices from over 2.2 lakh malicious applications.
With cybercrime damages projected to hit ₹20,000 crore in 2025, Google emphasized combining robust on-product protections with user awareness. The company is enhancing its efforts through R&D partnerships—collaborating with IIT-Madras on post-quantum cryptography and expanding Gemini AI testing to 29 Indian languages.
Google's DigiKavach initiative, launched with the Home Ministry, and red-teaming AI tests underline its proactive defense strategy. Products like Google Messages already block 500 million scam texts monthly in India.
Reaffirming that "safety is a shared responsibility," Google is aligning with agencies like DoT and SEBI to protect users from increasingly sophisticated threats powered by AI-generated content and deepfakes
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