In a written reply to a question in the
Lok Sabha, Minister of State in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry
Rajyavardhan Rathore said that the Survey
of India has found out that Google is displaying an incorrect map of India on
its different websites. He said that after complaints regarding display of
incorrect map were received, Survey of India had looked in to the matter.
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| Google has been found by Survey of India to have been displaying incorrect map of India, said Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore in the Lok Sabha |
On receipt of complaints regarding
display of incorrect map of India by Google, Survey of India found that Google
is displaying incorrect map of India on its different websites namely
www.google.co.in (India), www.ditu.google.co.ch (China), www.google.pk
(Pakistan) and www.google.org (General).
MoS, I&B Ministry, Mr. Rajyavardhan
Rathore further said that displaying incorrect map of India is an offence under
section 69-A of Information Technology Act, 2000.
Accordingly, matter was taken up by the
Survey of India with Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Ministry
of Home Affairs and Ministry of Defence in a letter dated May 16, 2013 for
necessary preventive or legal action at their end, the Minister said in his
reply.
"Nodal officer
has been appointed by the Survey of India to deal with such complaints," the Minister added.
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