NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019

09, Jul 2019

Prelims level : Polity Governance- Parliament P3 Mains level : Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and Social Networking sites in Internal Security Challenges, basics of Cyber Security; Money-Laundering and its Prevention.
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Context- Union government on Monday introduced the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha

Features of Bill:

  • A Bill seeking to further strengthen the National Investigation Agency (NIA) by giving it powers to probe terror attacks targeting Indians and Indian interests on foreign soil.
  • legislation will also allow the NIA probe Cyber-Crimes and cases of human trafficking.
  • agency will be empowered to conduct investigation in any part of the world if any terror attack targeting Indians or Indian interests takes place.

National Investigation Agency (NIA):

  • The NIA was set up in 2009 in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack
  • NIA Act was enacted in 2008 and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was born.
  • At present NIA is functioning as the Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency in India.
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