Declaring certain computer resources of National Payments Corporation of India and its associated dependencies as protected system

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2670] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2022/JYAISHTHA 27, 1944 MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 16th June, 2022 S.O. 2807(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 70 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), the Central Government hereby declares the computer resources relating to the Unified Payments Interface, Immediate Payment Service and National Financial Switch, being Critical Information Infrastructure of the National Payments Corporation of India, and the computer resources of its associated dependencies to be protected systems for the purpose of the said Act and authorises the following personnel to access the protected systems, namely: - (a) any designated employee of the National Payments Corporation of India authorised by the National Payments Corporation of India to access the protected system; (b) any team member of contractual managed service provider or third-party vendor who have been authorised by the National Payments Corporation of India for need-based access; and (c) any consultant, regulator, government official, auditor and stakeholder authorised by the National Payments Corporation of India on case to case basis. 2. This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Dr. RAJENDRA KUMAR, Addl. Secy. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. MANOJ KUMAR VERMA