[feb]Centralised Monitoring System, the Network Traffic Analysis, and the National Intelligence Grid

Question 1

context?

Answer 1

Centre has denied granting blanket permission to any agency for interception or monitoring of any messages or information under its surveillance programmes

Question 2

Centralised Monitoring System?

Answer 2

centralized telephone interception provisioning system installed by the Centre for Development of Telematics, an Indian Government owned telecommunications technology development centre.

It is operated by Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring Cells.

Question 3

Network Traffic Analysis?

Answer 3

NETRA (Network Traffic Analysis) is a software network developed by the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, a DRDO laboratory.

It is used by the Intelligence Bureau, and the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), to intercept and analyse internet traffic using pre-defined filters.

Question 4

National Intelligence Grid / NATGRID?

Answer 4

integrated intelligence grid connecting databases of core security agencies of the Government of India.

It collects comprehensive patterns of intelligence that can be readily accessed by intelligence agencies.