Amid growing cyber frauds and weak cybersecurity infrastructure, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs met in New Delhi to discuss ‘Cyber Crime Ramifications, Protection and Prevention’. Members stressed public awareness, better enforcement, and collaboration with RBI, DFS, and investigation agencies.
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With the rising number of cyber frauds and lack of cyber security in India, a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs was held on Wednesday to discuss ways to prevent cybercrime and fraud.
As per ANI, the panel met on the subject 'Cyber Crime – Ramifications, Protection and Prevention'. The panel was headed by BJP MP Radha Mohan Das Agrawal.
As per the sources, members noted that with increasing internet penetration and digital transactions, there is a growing need to raise public awareness about cyber safety. The meeting which was held in New Delhi also highlighted the measures required to curb online fraud and counter cyber criminals.
While some members expressed concern over the low conviction rate in cybercrime cases, the representatives from the Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as well as public and private banks, also shared their views during the discussion.
According to ANI, the standing committee will also meet on Thursday and hear views from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), and the Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND).
Furthermore, the committee will also be hearing the views of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on this matter.
On May 25, the Parliament's Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice held a meeting. During the meeting several topics around judicial accountability and whether judges should accept a government appointment soon after retirement were discussed.
Asked about the agenda of the meeting, Brij Lal, MP, Chairman of the Committee, said it was "judicial accountability,", as per ANI.
Highlighting more about the meeting, the Chairman of the Committee told the media that "another point was whether judges should accept a government appointment immediately after retirement. Details cannot be disclosed."
Highlighting the Justice Verma cash row incident, it has been reported that some MPs have asked why no FIR had been filed over "the recovery of unaccounted cash" from the residence of Justice Yashwant Verma when he was serving as a judge of the Delhi High Court. However, Justice Verma, who is now a judge of the Allahabad High Court, has denied the charges against him.
(With ANI Inputs)
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