The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order authorising 10 Central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.”
The Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India on Thursday issued an order authorising 10 Central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer,” The Hindu has reported.
The agencies are the Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics Control Bureau, Enforcement Directorate, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Central Bureau of Investigation; National Investigation Agency, Cabinet Secretariat (R&AW), Directorate of Signal Intelligence (For service areas of Jammu & Kashmir, North-East and Assam only) and Commissioner of Police, Delhi.
According to the order, the subscriber or service provider
or any person in charge of the computer resource will be bound to extend all
facilities and technical assistance to the agencies and failing to do will
invite seven-year imprisonment and fine.
The MHA gave the authorisation under 69 (1) of the
Information Technology Act, 2000 which says that the Central government can
direct any agency after it is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to do
so 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.”
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