Hope data protection law is in place in next few months: MoS IT
Minister of State for Electronics and IT
Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said he hopes that the personal data
protection law might be in place in the next few months and the Joint
Parliamentary Committee may place the Bill during the upcoming session of the
Parliament.
He said the Supreme Court has held that privacy is a fundamental
right and the government is committed to protecting the fundamental rights of
every citizen.
"That is the property of the Joint Parliamentary Committee
and I hope in the next few months it becomes a law. Once that law is in place
and a data protection authority is in place, an important architecture the
governance architecture will fall in place," Chandrasekhar told reporters.
He was responding to a query on the Personal Data Protection
Bill on the sidelines of India Internet Governance Forum
curtain raiser event.
He said the data protection law establishes the rule of the
internet for data intermediaries.
When asked when the Bill is expected to be tabled in Parliament,
Chandrasekhar said, "It is not in my power. It is with JPC and I hope they
submit it before the winter session."
The minister also shared that the government is hosting a big event on
semiconductor industry where large companies, investors and other stakeholders
are being invited where discussion around electronics chips will be held.
During the event, Chandrasekhar said India is one of the largest
connected nations and also largest unconnected, with 40 crore people still not
connected to the internet.
"We need to bridge this gap," the minister said.
He said that as a member of Parliament, he had put pressure on the
previous government in 2010-11 to withdraw the stance of India to move the
internet governance regime under the United Nations in 2010-11.
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