The government has not received any proposal to ban the use of Zoom app, Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and Information Technology Sanjay Dhotre has informed the Lok Sabha. The junior minister in his response, said that the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) has issued a number of advisories on the safe and secure use of video conferencing tools including Zoom App.  

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The response came on the question raised by Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishna Raju, who is a Member of Parliament from Narsapuram Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. 

The Lok Sabha MP had asked if the government had taken any decision to ban the use of Zoom App which was “posing serious security problems”. 

The Monsoon Session of Parliament is ongoing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 18-day session began on 14 September.

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The session will have Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha working in separate shifts and there will be special seating for MPs to ensure distancing. Lok Sabha will sit from 9 AM to 1 PM on the first day and from 3 PM to 7 PM till October 1. Rajya Sabha will sit from 3 PM to 7 PM the first day and 9 AM to 1 PM the rest of the days. Weekends will be working days.

by Daanish Anand