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title: "NCIIPC: India's Critical Infrastructure Cyber Agency"
description: "NCIIPC is India's nodal agency for protecting critical information infrastructure, established in 2014 to enhance national cybersecurity efforts."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The NCIIPC is India's national nodal agency, established in 2014 under Section 70A of the Information Technology Act, for protecting designated critical information infrastructure.
- What is the legal basis for the NCIIPC?
- How does NCIIPC differ from CERT-In?
- What is a 'protected system' under the NCIIPC framework?
- Which sectors fall under NCIIPC's critical information infrastructure remit?

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