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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Saturday (April 4, 2026) alleged that the Modi authorities is putting the information of each Indian astatine hazard by attempting to "cover up its ain failures" and concealing the world of overseas surveillance done Chinese cameras installed astatine captious locations.
"This is simply a deliberate conspiracy to support India successful the dark," helium said successful a station successful Hindi connected Facebook.
Mr. Gandhi said the authorities precocious banned the nationalist usage of Chinese CCTV cameras.
"Yet, Chinese cameras stay installed wrong authorities buildings. Banned Chinese apps are resurfacing nether changed names. Foreign AI platforms are processing delicate data. And the authorities has perfectly thing to accidental astir this," helium said.
The Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha said helium asked these questions successful Parliament to the Ministry of Electronics and IT.
"The effect offered plentifulness of verbiage, but provided nary answers to the circumstantial questions asked," helium claimed.
"From which countries did our cameras originate? How galore of them are certified from a information constituent of view? Which overseas AI platforms are processing authorities data? Which banned apps proceed to run nether altered names? "The ministry's effect contained nary figures, nary answers -- not adjacent the sanction of a azygous platform," Mr. Gandhi said.
The Congress person said 5 years aft acknowledging that the 10 lakh Chinese cameras utilized by the authorities posed risks regarding information transfer, the authorities has inactive failed to disclose whether the cameras monitoring america contiguous are unafraid oregon not.
"By attempting to screen up its ain failures and conceal the world of overseas surveillance, the Modi authorities is putting the information of each azygous national astatine risk," Mr. Gandhi said.
Mr. Gandhi had asked an unstarred question successful the Lok Sabha connected March 25, and the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Jitin Prasada, responded that the Government of India is conscious of the cybersecurity risks posed by integer technologies.
"In past 12 years, galore efforts person been made to fortify India's integer ecosystem, outlined below," Mr. Prasada said.
He had listed respective steps taken by the authorities connected the "use of exertion for espionage" successful effect to Mr. Gandhi's question, which included protecting India's telecom networks, strengthening the ineligible model connected web information and information extortion and strengthening the information of CCTV systems.
The Minister said telecom networks are the astir captious portion of integer infrastructure.
"In 2021, the authorities undertook a decisive measurement to instrumentality the National Security Directive connected Trusted Sources. It ensures that telecommunication instrumentality from lone the trusted sources is deployed successful the telecom networks successful the country."
"The authorities has strengthened the ineligible model pertaining to web information and information protection. The authorities has notified the Telecommunication Act, 2023, containing extended provisions for information of telecommunication networks successful the state and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2022, containing a ineligible model to guarantee extortion of idiosyncratic data," helium said.
On the strengthening information of CCTV systems, the Minister said, "The authorities has undertaken large reforms for strengthening the information of CCTV systems and notified the mandatory Essential Requirements required for CCTVs successful the Indian market."
