The Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, by means of an Order
6227(E) dated 20.12.2018 issued under s. 69(1) of The Information
Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 ("IT
Act") read with Rule 4 of the Information Technology
(Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and
Decryption of Information) Rules, 2009 ("IT Safeguard
Rules") has authorised ten (10) Central Government
agencies 1 to undertake interception, monitoring and
decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or
stored in any computer resource under the IT Act.
Section 69 IT Act, authorises the Central Government and the
State Government to direct any agency of the appropriate Government
to intercept, monitor or decrypt any information generated,
transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource. This may
be done if the Central or State Government, as the case may be, is
satisfied that it is necessary to do so in the interest of the
sovereignty or integrity of India, defence
