Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology

The minimum land required for setting up a factory has been reduced to 10 hectares from 50 hectares in special economic zones for semiconductors and electronic components and to 4 hectares from 20 in multi-product SEZs

MeitY reminds social media platforms to publish periodic IT Rules compliance report

Under Rule 4 of the IT Rules, social media platforms are directed to appoint a grievance officer to address user complaints, and compliance officers, deploy automated tools for content moderation and publish monthly compliance reports.

Govt notifies fact checking unit days after Bombay HC refused to stay formation

On January 16, 2023, the ministry had said in a proposed amendment that news identified as fake or false by the fact check unit needs to be removed from social media platforms.

Govt to push for passing data protection bill in Lok Sabha on August 7

Earlier, when the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill was tabled on August 3, Opposition MPs had urged the bill be sent to a Parliamentary Committee for further deliberation

Provisions of data protection bill will enable state surveillance, impact businesses: Experts

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, comes after the government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill in 2022 citing compliance related concerns

Opposition MPs allege DPDP Bill violates Right to Privacy, urge it to be sent to IT Committee

As the bill was tabled in Parliament on August 3 by IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, opposition MPs from the Congress, NCP, TMC, and RSP criticized the bill for allegedly violating the right to privacy.

Proposed data protection board may be able to block content on Internet

The data protection board, under the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, may be able to block access to any public information hosted on any 'computer resource' if it is 'satisfied that it is necessary or expedient so to do'

5 major changes expected in revised DPDP Bill that will be tabled in Parliament

A data protection law has been sought by various sections of society ever since the Right to Privacy was deemed as fundamental – with reasonable restrictions – by the Supreme Court in 2017

X, formerly Twitter, appeals Karnataka court ruling on blocking orders: Sources

The development comes a month after the Karnataka High Court quashed X’s petition seeking relief from some blocking orders of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

MeitY, Survey of India crack down on apps with incorrect maps

India's Information Technology Act and the IT Rules prohibit publishers of content from hosting any content that is illegal under any law in any jurisdiction.

India releases draft framework to boost cross-border adoption of digital public infra

The Controller of Certifying Authorities under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released the draft for the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Mutual Recognition Framework.

AAGG Rules 2023: MeitY seeks to allow ‘any entity’ to take up Aadhaar authentication

The AAGG Rules was originally introduced in 2020, the Government stated, to prevent leakage of public funds, in interest of good governance and so on

Kunal Kamra moves Bombay HC against government's amendment to IT Rules on content fact-checking

The Bombay High Court directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to explain why the IT Rules 2023 should not be stayed and to "describe the factual background that necessitated the issuance of the amendments."

Digital rights group opposes need for Aadhaar authentication to access grievance portal

On February 28, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had launched the online portal for submitting user appeals on decisions of grievance redressal officers of platforms such as Meta, Google and others.

Centre explores self-regulatory mechanism for fake news, deep fakes

This comes a few weeks after the government, in a draft amendment to the IT Rules, proposed that news items identified as fake or false by the Press Information Bureau's fact checking unit will be forced to be removed from social media platforms.

Not Facebook or YouTube, govt has blocked content on Twitter most in last 3 years: MeitY data

Under Sec 69A of the IT Act, Central government can issue blocking orders to platforms like Twitter under grounds such as interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India etc

Budget 2023: IT ministry receives a 40% hike in allocation on semiconductor push

The semiconductor development programme of the government has been given a budget estimate of Rs 3,000 crore from the Rs 200 crore in the revised estimate last year. PLI scheme for large scale electronic manufacturing also received a whopping over Rs 4,000 crore estimate

Govt's proposal to remove content that PIB marks fake leaves scope for misuse, is unconstitutional: Experts

Earlier in the day, Editors Guild of India also objected to the draft rules saying that the determination of fake news cannot be in the sole hands of government and that it will lead to censorship of press.

Ministry seeks to tweak IT rules, remove content PIB marks as 'fake news' on social media

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) introduced these draft amendments to the IT Rules 2021 on Tuesday, as it extended the time for public consultation on regulations for online gaming platforms.

MeitY pushes for BharatVC for secure video conferencing among government staff

Despite BharatVC's secuirty features, the ministry of electronics and information technology has urged employees not to share sensitive information during video conferences

MeitY looks to set up National Government Cloud to store sensitive govt, defence data locally

The government will establish a network of hyper scale data centres, which are massive facilities built by companies with vast data processing and storage needs, to create the National Government Cloud.

IT ministry looks to amp up email security for increasing cyber attacks

The government, through the National Informatics Centre (NIC), has floated a request for proposal (RFP) to select a system integrator who can deploy additional support for the email security framework and so on

Not just user, intermediary also affected by blocking orders, Twitter tells Karnataka HC

These submissions come in response to the Karnataka High Court's questions on how Twitter is considered an aggrieved person. The case involves a petition that challenges 10 blocking orders consisting of 39 URLs belonging to users.

After website ban, VLC downloads in India dropped to 10%: Jean-Baptiste Kempf

Jean-Baptiste Kempf, president of VideoLAN and lead developer of VLC Media Player, said that he would wait for two weeks for the government's response to the legal notice

Now, loan apps on Google Play Store India will have to display partner bank links

Apps that fail to comply will be deleted from the Play Store