We'll soon meet in your inbox. Please wait... The government isn’t insisting on scrapping encryption on these messaging platforms, information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. "When we’re talking about the first originator, we’re not asking them to disclose the content. Simple question — who began this mischief? It will be only in relation to issues where the punishment is for more than five years, such as security, sovereignty of India, rape etc." He added that proper "safeguards" have been put in place to avoid misuse of the law. Under the rules, no intermediary will be required to disclose the contents of a message or information related to the originator and other users. If the message started overseas, the first person to have shared the content in India will be considered the "first originator". The rules also stipulate that no order will be passed in cases where other less intrusive means are effective in identifying the originator of the information. WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram didn’t respond to queries.