Parliamentary Panel Seeks Enhanced Public Awareness On Cyber Safety To Combat Online Fraud

A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs was held on Wednesday to discuss ways to prevent cybercrime. 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 also focused on measures required to curb online fraud. Some members expressed concern over the low conviction rate in cybercrime cases. Representatives from the Department of Financial Services (DFS), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as well as public and private banks shared their views during the discussion.

The panel will also meet on Thursday and hear views of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and the Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND). It will also hear the views of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA). 

It will also hear the views of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Recently, on May 25, a meeting of the Parliament's Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice was held, which discussed judicial accountability and whether judges should accept a government appointment soon after retirement.

Asked about the agenda of the meeting, Brij Lal, MP, Chairman of the Committee, said it was "judicial accountability"."Another point was whether judges should accept a government appointment immediately after retirement. Details cannot be disclosed," he told ANI after the meeting.

Sources said some MPs asked why no FIR has 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. Justice Verma, who is now a judge of the Allahabad High Court, has denied the charges against him.

The then Chief Justice of India had constituted a three-member committee for conducting an inquiry into the allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma.

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