The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on June 16, 2022, declares the computer resources relating to the Unified Payments Interface, Immediate Payment Service, and National Financial Switch, to be 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 authorize the following personnel to access the protected systems, namely: -
•Any designated employee of the National Payments Corporation of India authorized by the National Payments Corporation of India to access the protected system.
•Any team member of the contractually managed service provider or third-party vendor who has been authorized by the National Payments Corporation of India for need-based access.
•Any consultant, regulator, government official, auditor, and stakeholder authorized by the National Payments Corporation of India on a case-to-case basis.
This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
[S.O. 2807(E)]
