This includes, "interest of sovereignty and integrity of India defence of India security of the State friendly relations with foreign States or public order or, for preventing incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence relating to above." The Ministry further told the committee that if a request to block services is received through Section 69A of the IT Act, the Ministry can initiate the process as per the rules stated in the section. The MeitY has responded to the report mentioning the various powers under which the government can block public access of information.
The move was aimed to help employees work from home during the pandemic. This comes just months after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) scrapped the IT rules surrounding the use of VPNs in IT businesses and call centres. Furthermore, the report also encouraged the Home Ministry to work with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to actively detect and block VPNs in the country. This is a follow-up to the initial report that was tabled back in March this year. In the report (via Medianama) titled, “Action Taken By Government on the Recommendations/ Observations Contained in the 233rd Report on the Atrocities And Crimes Against Women And Children”, the committee notes that VPN services are used by bad actors to execute cybercrimes and has asked the government to develop a “coordination mechanism” with international agencies to ban VPN services in the country.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has filed a report with the Indian government urging it to ban all kinds of VPN (Virtual Private Networks) services in the country.
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