Karti Chidambaram Refutes IT Minister’s Claims Of Big Thumbs Up On Data Protection Bill

SUMMARY

Chidamabaram said that the panel, during a preliminary discussion on the Bill in December last year, flagged a slew of concerns

The MP added that the Bill was yet to be formally sent to the committee and claim of ‘big thumbs up’ by the panel was untrue

This comes a day after IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that a Parliamentary Panel had examined the Bill and given its green light

Member of Parliament (MP) Karti Chidambaram has refuted the Centre’s claims that the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, was passed overwhelmingly by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT).

Lashing out at the Union government, Chidambaram, who is also a member of the panel, said that the Bill is yet to receive assent from the committee. He added that the panel, during the preliminary discussion on the Bill in December last year, had flagged a slew of issues.