Need to refresh Information Technology Act: Ajay Sawhney

India needs to update its Information Technology Act, said Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Sawhney was speaking at a seminar organised by the Public Affairs Foundation of India.

The world had changed considerably in the last few years, making it necessary to refresh the IT Act, he said. The Act was notified in 2000 and is the primary legislation on issues around electronic governance and cybersecurity.

The IT Act was last amended in 2008 and the issues that the country is dealing with have changed considerably, and companies have grown immensely, he said.