India is planning to require smartphone manufacturers to share their source code with the government, facing opposition from companies such as Apple and Samsung.

India is proposing a number of security measures that require smartphone manufacturers to share their source codes with the government and make multiple modifications to their software. This has sparked private opposition from tech giants such as Apple and Samsung. According to four informed sources and an examination of government and industry confidential documents, these measures include 83 security standards, which also require companies to notify the government when they push out major software updates. These tech companies argue that these security standards have no global precedent to follow and pose a risk of leaking proprietary information. India is the world's second largest smartphone market, with nearly 750 million mobile terminals. In recent years, the country has seen a rise in cyber fraud and data breaches, prompting Prime Minister Modi to push for the above plan in order to enhance user data security. A secretary of India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology stated, "The government will address industry's reasonable concerns in an open manner," and added, "It is still too early to over-interpret this." The ministry spokesperson also said that due to ongoing consultations with tech companies on the proposed measures, it is not appropriate to comment further at this time.