MPs Raise Concerns Over Cyber Security In New Parliament Building: Report

The MPs also reportedly stressed the need to increase cyber security awareness in the country and called for developing a "cyber consciousness index" to gauge it.

Parliamentarians on Friday raised concerns over cyber security in the new Parliament building and called upon banks to take adequate steps to secure the financial assets of the public at large. The MPs also stressed the need to increase cyber security awareness in the country and called for developing a "cyber consciousness index" to gauge it.

Addressing a meeting of the Committee on Information and Communication Technology Management in the Rajya Sabha in the Parliament House Annexe Building, the members heard top officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the public sector Punjab National Bank.

The committee had met under the chairmanship of AAP member N D Gupta, where the secretary, MeitY gave a presentation to the members on issues of cyber security and the manner in which the ministry and organisations under it are addressing the same.