Data Protection Bill
Govt withdraws data protection bill after review panel suggests massive changes
New Delhi: The Centre has withdrawn the data protection bill, the ministry of information technology announced Wednesday.
According to a notice issued, the step was taken as a parliamentary panel suggested 81 amendments after reviewing the bill, necessitating the need for a new "comprehensive legal framework".
"Considering the (panel's) report ... a comprehensive legal framework is being worked upon," the government notice stated.
The Indian government will now "present a new bill," it added.
The bill, proposed in 2019, was designed to protect Indian citizens and establish a data protection authority.
However, the tech giants operating in India, like Facebook and Twitter, had expressed concerns over the proposed bill that it could increase the compliance burden and data storage requirements.
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