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....eneral information :- THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 (No. 21 OF 2000) [9th June, 2000] An Act to provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic data interchange and other means of electronic communication, commonly referred to as "electronic commerce", which involve the use of alternatives to paper-based methods of communication and storage of infor....

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....ion and storage of information; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to give effect to the said resolution and to promote efficient delivery of Government services by means of reliable electronic records. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent, commencement and application.- (1) This A....