Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has initiated a process to accelerate the appointment of more than 350 security professionals at the National Informatics Centre;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the issue has been examined by a committee way back in 2009; and
(d) if so, the reasons for delay in appointing these security professionals at the National Informatics Centre?
(a) to (d): Yes, Sir.
The proposal for creation of 355 posts was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security(CSS) during the year 2013 as part of the approval for Framework for Enhancing Cyber Security.
Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has approved the proposal for creation of 355 posts in National Informatics Centre(NIC) during the month of June, 2017.
Necessary action for recruitment of 355 Cyber Security Professionals has already been initiated.
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