IT Act 2000 amendment approved
Concerns have been raised both within the country as well as by the customers abroad regarding adequacy of data protection and privacy laws in the country. A need is, therefore, felt to strengthen the legislation pertaining to data protection and privacy. The security practices and procedures would be prescribed to be followed by body corporates and organizations and to enquire personal information of customers.
Further new forms of computer misuse like video voyeurism, identity theft, e-commerce frauds like phishing, frauds on online auction sites, sending offensive emails and multimedia offences have also emerged.
With proliferation of e-governance and other Information Technology applications, security practices and procedures relating to such applications are proposed to be prescribed.
There is also an emerging view that IT laws should be technologically neutral in line with the recommendations made by UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) Model Law on Electronic Signature. Such approach will promote development of alternative technologies for authentication of electronic records and will not warrant legislative changes each time a new and equally effective technology is evolved.
Keeping in view the above, the amendments have been proposed in the Information Technology Act, 2000 by amending some of the existing sections and proposing to insert new sections to address various issues as discussed above.
PM Receives TeleCall from US President
Monday, October 16, 2006 21:0 IST Prime Minister’s Office DR. MANMOHAN SINGH RECEIVES TELEPHONE CALL FROM PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES...HELICOPTER CRASH AT NASIK
Friday, September 29, 2006 17:43 IST Ministry of Defence One Cheetah helicopter of Army Aviation crashed at Nasik Aviation Base in Maharashtra today at approximately 1407 hrs. The helicopter had got airborne from Nasik Aviation Base and was on a routine...Bridging Digital Divide…
“I thank Your Excellency for giving us an overview of the status of Commonwealth Action Programme for Digital Divide (CAPDD) which has recently been renamed as the Commonwealth Connects Programme (CCP).
Bridging the digital divide among different countries as also within them, is a major challenge of globalization in the modern world. India is one of the countries which has made rapid strides in the area of information and communication technology. Concomitant with our ongoing efforts to ensure that the benefits of the progress made in the ICT sector reach all sections of our society, India has been in the forefront of taking initiatives to promote cooperation among developing countries in this crucial area. India’s pan-Africa E-network is a good example in this context.
India is strongly committed to CAPDD adopted at the last CHOGM in Malta in November, 2005, and had announced a commitment of one million Euros for this programme. We have designated a senior official to represent our Government on the Steering Committee and have already disbursed the first tranche amounting to Euro 175,000; an equal amount would be released before the end of the current financial year. We shall continue our efforts not only to meaningfully contribute to the implementation of this programme, but also to learn from the experiences of others.
I am glad to convey that our Prime Minister has, in principle, agreed to inaugurate the International Partnership Summit of the Commonwealth Connects Programme proposed to be held in New Delhi, preferably in the first quarter of 2007.
I have the further pleasure to announce that in addition to our existing commitments, India is willing to provide up to five experts for periods up to six months for assisting other Commonwealth countries in developing ICT capacity and strategies.
We are also ready to provide between 50-70 training slots for capacity building in reputed institutions in India to fellow developing countries in the Commonwealth, through the Commonwealth Secretariat, in some other selected areas. These slots are in addition to the existing courses offered bilaterally to several countries in the Commonwealth under our ITEC programme”.