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CERT-In Initiatives towards Security • Government has formulated Crisis Management Plan
for countering cyber attacks and cyber terrorism for
including Digital Payments implementation by All Ministries/Departments of

• The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team Central Government, State Governments and their
(CERT-In) issues alerts and advisories regarding latest organizations and critical sectors.
cyber threats and counter measures on regular basis • Cyber security mock drills and exercises are being
to ensure safe usage of digital technologies. Regarding conducted regularly to enable assessment of cyber
securing digital payments, 28 advisories have been security posture and preparedness of organizations in
issued for users and institutions.
Government and critical sectors. 38 such exercise have
• All authorised entities/ banks issuing PPIs in the country so far been conducted by CERT-In where organisations
have been advised by CERTIn through Reserve bank of from different sectors such as Finance, Defence, Power,
India to carry out special audit by empanelled auditors Telecom, Transport, Energy, Space, IT/ITeS etc
of CERT-In on a priority basis and to take immediate steps participated. 3 exercises were Information Security
thereafter to comply with the finding of the audit report Officers (CISOs) of banks.
and ensure implementation of security best practices.
• CERT-In conducts regular training programmes for
• Government has issued guidelines for Chief Information network/system administrators and Chief Information
Security Officers (CISOs) regarding their key roles and Security Officers (CISOs) of Government and critical
responsibilities for securing applications / infrastructure sector organizations regarding securing the IT
and compliance. infrastructure and mitigating cyber attacks. 22
• Government has empanelled 76 security auditing trainings covering 746 participants conducted in the
organisations to support and audit implementation of year 2018 (till November).
Information Security Best Practices. • Government has launched the Cyber Swachhta Kendra

• All organizations providing digital services have been (Botnet Clearing and Malware Analysis Centre). The
mandated to report cyber security incidents to CERT- centre is providing detection of malicious programmes
In expeditiously. and free tools to remove the same. R

Uber, Ola surge price capped; 10-hr break must for drivers

Ride-hailing aggregators such as Ola and Uber have been brought under the Centre's regulation, implying greater
scrutiny and stringent penalties for any non-compliance related to passenger fare and labour rules like working hours
of drivers. Government control over the cab tariff structure tops the list of regulations. The new norms, as per the
Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020, have mandated a cap on surge price, preventing aggregators from charging
more than 1.5 times of the base fare.
The new legal framework would also mean a driver working with Ola, Uber or similar aggregator companies cannot
be logged in for more than 12 hours in a day. There has to be a mandatory 10-hour break after working for 12 hours.
For cancellation of bookings, either by the driver or the rider, the penalty has been fixed at 10 per cent of the fare,
but it cannot exceed Rs 100.
The cab aggregator stares at suspension of licence on multiple grounds -if it fails to ensure safety of its riders, if it
charges higher rates repeatedly and in case it fails to comply with the contractual obligations towards drivers. If the
aggregator receives more than three suspensions in a financial year, its licence will be cancelled and the aggregator
will be forced to stop operations with immediate effect.
Aggregators may provide pooling facilities to only those riders whose KYC (know your customer) details are available
and who will travel along the same route but with varied stoppages under a virtual contract through the app. Female
passengers seeking to avail ride pooling will be provided the option to pool only with other female passengers.

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