Phone tapping: PM admits industry nervous
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 20:26 IST
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New Delhi: Breaking his silence over the telephone tapping controversy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today acknowledged that there was "nervousness" in the corporate sector and spoke of tightening the system to prevent leakage of tapped conversations. Speaking at a business conference here he said the Cabinet Secretary has been asked to look into these issues and report back to the Cabinet within the next month. "I am aware of the nervousness in the corporate sector, arising out of the powers conferred upon the government authorities to tap phones for protecting national security and preventing tax evasion and money laundering. "While these powers are needed, they have to be exercised with utmost care and under well-defined rules, procedures and mechanisms so that they are not misused," he said while inaugurating the India Corporate Week 2010.
Source: PTI
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