Bengaluru, Dec 21: The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order giving 10 Central agencies to intercept, decrypt and monitor any and all form of information generated, stored or transmitted from any computer in India.
The ten agencies given these powers under the order are the Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics Bureau, Enforcement Directorate, CBDT, DRI, NIA, RAW, Directorate of Signal Intelligence (for the regions of Jammu and Kashmir, North-East and Assam) and the Commissioner of Police, Delhi.
According to the order, subscribers or service providers or any persons in charge of computer resources will be bound to extend all facilities and technical assistance to the agencies and failing to do will invite imprisonment and fine.
The order comes under Section 69(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The act is defined as such
"Where the Central Government or a State Government or any of its officers specially authorised by the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, in this behalf may, if satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to do in the interest of the sovereignty or integrity of India, defence of India, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States or public order or for preventing incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence relating to above or for investigation of any offence, it may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), for reasons to be recorded in writing, by order, direct any agency of the appropriate Government to intercept, monitor or decrypt or cause to be intercepted or monitored or decrypted any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource."
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