Question : OBSCENE WEBSITES

(a) whether a large number of obscene website addresses with the name of India in it have been registered;

(b) whether such website carry anti-India propaganda;

(c) if so, the details and facts thereof;

(d) whether the Government plan to frame censorship norms to regulate and check `undersirable` contents over the internet;

(e) if so, the details thereof;

(f) whether such a control is technically possible over internet circuits; and (g) if so, the time by which the norms are likely to be enforced?

MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI PRAMOD MAHAJAN)

(a): No, Sir.

(b) and (c): Do not arise.

(d) and (e): The Information Technology Act 2000 has adequate provisions to regulate undersirable content over the Internet. No separate norms have been framed.

(f): No foolproof filtration technology is in existence.

(g): Does not arise.