MHA AUTHORISES 10 CENTRAL AGENCIES TO INTERCEPT CALLS, DATA ON ANY COMPUTER: MAMATA, OMAR, OWAISI SLAM MOVE

MHA AUTHORISES 10 CENTRAL AGENCIES TO INTERCEPT CALLS, DATA ON ANY COMPUTER MAMATA, OMAR, OWAISI SLAM MOVE

The government has reportedly authorized 10 central agencies which will have the ability to access any computer in matters of national importance.

According to ANI, the 10 agencies which have been authorized will be able to intercept, monitor and decrypt any "information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer."

The agencies include the following — The Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics Control Bureau, National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Central Bureau of Investigation. Cabinet Secretariat (R&AW), a board of directors of Signal Intelligence (For service areas of Jammu, North-East and Assam only) and Commissioner of Police, Delhi.

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The authorization has been given under Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. It allows the government to direct any agency in the interest of the sovereignty, defence of India and security of the state among other reasons.