Google, Apple, Paytm called to discuss rising cyber crimes in India

The parliamentary standing committee on finance has called representatives of tech companies and several banks to discuss the increase in cybercrimes in India.

According to a report by news agency PTI, representatives of technology companies, including Apple, Flipkart and One97 Communications (Paytm) have been called on July 4 to discuss issues related to cyber security.

The committee, headed by BJP’s Jayant Sinha, has also called representatives from several banks, such as the Punjab National Bank, Bank of India, Yes Bank and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to take oral evidence on “cyber security and rising incidence of cyber/white collar crimes”.