Congressional panel report on Data Protection Bill to be adopted in last week of winter session

Parliamentary Assembly will find time to submit report on data protection bill from Lok Sabha

The much-awaited report on the Personal Data Protection Bill will be further delayed and will now be presented to Parliament during the final week of the ongoing Winter session, when the joint committee is considering it. this issue, sought an extension for his presentation. .

The Commission will deliver a petition at the Lok Sabha tomorrow, that is, on December 1, seeking to extend the submission period of its report until the last week of the ongoing Winter session.

The chairman of the parliamentary joint committee on the bill, PP Chaudhary will deliver the proposal tomorrow in Lok Sabha.

The Winter Session, which began on November 29, will continue until December 23, 2021.

Concluding two years of discussions, the joint parliamentary committee approved a draft report on the Bill last week.

“That House extends to the last week of the Winter Session of Congress, 2021, presentation period of the Joint Committee Report on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019,” the list Revised business of the Lok Sabha for December 1, read.

The draft law seeks to regulate the use of personal data by governments and private companies.

The Joint Committee of Parliament was established in December 2019 and the bill, introduced in Lok Sabha by then Minister in charge of electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, on 11 December, 2019, was sent to this committee for consideration amid opposition from the Opposition parties. on its different propositions.

The Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019 seeks to regulate the protection of personal data of individuals and establish a Data Protection Authority for the same agency.

The Joint Committee is expected to submit its report on the bill during its Budget session earlier this year, however, its chairman, Mr Chaudhary, a BJP MP, has already launched the motion. in July sought an extension to the Winter Session of Parliament for submission. The report.

It was the fifth time the panel’s term of office was extended. Previously, the council was also unable to submit its report after the previous president, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi became a minister in the central government.