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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1937
TO BE ANSWERED ON 05th
AUGUST, 2021
TELEPHONE INTERCEPTION
1937 Shri John Brittas:
Will the Minister of Communications be pleased to state:
(a) Whether it is a fact that Telegraph and Information Technology Act facilitate telephone
interception of individuals by competent authority in Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of persons whose telephones were intercepted from 2016 till today; and
(d) the year-wise interception?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
(SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)
(a)&(b) Lawful interception is under the provisions of Section 5(2) of the Indian Telegraph
Act,1885 read with Rule 419A of Indian Telegraph (1st
Amendment of 2014) Rules, 2014 and
Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with the Information Technology
(Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules,
2009. As per both these Rules, for approving interception, Union Home Secretary is the
Competent Authority in case of Central Government and Secretary in charge of Home
Department in case of States/UTs.
(c)&(d) As informed by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the records pertaining to lawful
interception are destroyed regularly as per provisions contained in Sub-rule 18 of Rule 419A of
the Indian Telegraph (1st
Amendment of 2014) Rules, 2014 and Sub-rule 23 of Information
Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of
Information) Rules, 2009. Such records are not being maintained by MHA.
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Interception answer

  • 1. 1 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1937 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05th AUGUST, 2021 TELEPHONE INTERCEPTION 1937 Shri John Brittas: Will the Minister of Communications be pleased to state: (a) Whether it is a fact that Telegraph and Information Technology Act facilitate telephone interception of individuals by competent authority in Government; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the number of persons whose telephones were intercepted from 2016 till today; and (d) the year-wise interception? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN) (a)&(b) Lawful interception is under the provisions of Section 5(2) of the Indian Telegraph Act,1885 read with Rule 419A of Indian Telegraph (1st Amendment of 2014) Rules, 2014 and Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules, 2009. As per both these Rules, for approving interception, Union Home Secretary is the Competent Authority in case of Central Government and Secretary in charge of Home Department in case of States/UTs. (c)&(d) As informed by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the records pertaining to lawful interception are destroyed regularly as per provisions contained in Sub-rule 18 of Rule 419A of the Indian Telegraph (1st Amendment of 2014) Rules, 2014 and Sub-rule 23 of Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules, 2009. Such records are not being maintained by MHA. *****