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Union Home Ministry uses rarely used provision of Act to suspend Internet in Delhi during tractor rally

As farmers’ protest turned violent in parts of Delhi on Republic Day, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued orders to temporarily suspend Internet in some areas under a rarely used provision of a British era Act.

The rules framed in 2017 empower the Union Home Secretary and a State's Home Secretary to pass directions to suspend the telecom services, including the Internet, in an area "due to public emergency or public safety.