Cyber Security | Parliament Questions — A provision to Ask !
During Parliament Session (Loksabha and Rajyasabha), written/oral questions are asked to Government Department/Agencies. House Members have a right to ask questions to elicit information on matters of public importance within the special cognizance of the Ministers concerned.
Questions related to cyber security and cyber crime are generally asked to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Ministry of Finance.
Starred Questions are desired to be given orally on the floor of the House during the Question Hour.
Unstarred Questions are given by Ministers which are deemed to have been laid on the Table of the House at the end of the Question Hour.
Short Notice Questions can be asked orally in the House after the Question Hour or as the first item in the agenda where there is no Question Hour at a notice shorter than that prescribed for Starred and Unstarred Questions related to urgent public importance.
Collection of some interesting Cyber Security Related Parliament Question
- Hacking Related:
Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is aware of several cases of website hacking;
(b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years;
c) whether the Government has taken any steps to secure the computer systems from hacking; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
Answer:
http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Questions/QResult15.aspx?qref=34997&lsno=17
2. Critical Infrastructure Related:
http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Questions/QResult15.aspx?qref=39747&lsno=17
3. Cyber Police Station Related:
http://164.100.24.220/loksabhaquestions/annex/178/AU5350.pdf
4. Telecom Security — Chinese Hardware
http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Questions/QResult15.aspx?qref=26996&lsno=17
5. Government Investment in Cyber Security
http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Questions/QResult15.aspx?qref=25631&lsno=17
6. Agencies Operating in Cyber Space and Work
https://pqars.nic.in/annex/257/AU737.pdf
7. Cyber Security Incident reported to RBI
https://pqars.nic.in/annex/257/AU208.pdf
8. Instant Loan apps — Digital Lending
http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Questions/QResult15.aspx?qref=30808&lsno=17
Questions can be searched by subject keywords from the below links. Both houses Loksabha & Rajyasabha takes question that are uploaded on their portal periodically
Closing Thoughts
The world is moving towards distributed computing, distributed ledger, decentralized finance, decentralized work place. However, India has long back adopted Federal Structure with each State having their own power and rights, reducing risk of centralized control in the vast Indian Subcontinent. There is always a way out to get things done :)
