India ·Law

India's Information Technology Act, 2000

In force · 9 June 2000

Summary

The Act is India's main cybersecurity framework, as no national strategy has been adopted. It governs electronic transactions and digital signatures, punishes cyber offences and, since the 2008 amendment, establishes CERT-In as the national incident response agency and the NCIIPC for critical information infrastructure protection. Under the Act, CERT-In issued the Directions of 28 April 2022, which require incidents to be reported within six hours.

Original title

The Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act No. 21 of 2000)

Title in other languages

• Legge indiana sulle tecnologie dell'informazione 2000
• Loi indienne de 2000 sur les technologies de l'information
• Ley de Tecnologías de la Información de la India de 2000

Jurisdiction

India

Issuing body

Parliament of India

Official number

Act No. 21 of 2000

Type

Law

Date adopted

9 June 2000

Entry into force

17 October 2000

Status

In force

Available languages

English, Hindi

Topics

• Cybercrime and criminal law
• Incident management / CSIRT
• Critical infrastructure
• Digital identity

Licence / terms of use

Unknown

Notes

Modificata in modo sostanziale dall'Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008. Una National Cyber Security Strategy è in preparazione dal 2020 ma non risulta adottata; la National Cyber Security Policy 2013 non è stata aggiornata.

Collected from

manuale

Last verified

27 October 2026 (verified via web)

Parliament of India. (2000). The Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act No. 21 of 2000) (Act No. 21 of 2000). https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/1999

Parliament of India. "The Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act No. 21 of 2000)." 9 June 2000. https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/1999.

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