Exercise to bring in Telecom Bill and Digital Data Protection Bill is in a “very advanced stage” and is likely to be bring on table in Parliament during the next Monsoon Session, said the Union Minister of Communications and Electronics, and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Ashwini Vaishnaw Said at Google for India event :
He adds that two of the bills have already place for public consultation and the third bill, the Digital India Bill, will also be publish very soon.
Ashwini Vaishnaw Said :
All three Bills, Ashwini Vaishnaw said, focus on how to secure the digital space.
Speaking about India’s digital adoption, Ashwini Vaishnaw said that people in India are adopting technology very fast.
It has a good impact in the country and is percolate to the startup ecosystem in Tier 2, and Tier 3 cities, small towns, and villages.
Ashwini Vaishnaw Said :
Earlier, it was report that the Digital Data Protection Bill, which the Central government is working on, was likely to be introduce in the upcoming Budget Session of 2023-24.
In the Monsoon Session of Parliament on 3rd August, 2022, the government had withdrawn the Data Protection Bill with the aim of bringing a comprehensive legislature. Union Telecom and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had said that the joint parliamentary committee which went through the original draft suggested 88 amendments to a bill of 91 sections, which led the government to decide that there was “no option” but to withdraw the original bill completely.
Government brought another draft of the Digital Data Protection Bill and put it for public consultation in November.
As of now, there are over 76 crore active internet users and over the next coming years this is expect to touch 120 crore.