Ramesh, a member of the joint parliamentary panel, has objected to a clause that allows the Union government to exempt any agency under its purview from the law.

Moneycontrol had a discussion with Justice BN Srikrishna, who spearheaded the committee that came up with the first draft of the personal data protection bill in July 2018.

The report by the 30-member panel reviewing the country’s first proposed data protection law has been tabled in Parliament two years after the Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha.

In an exclusive conversation with MoneyControl, BJP MP PP Chaudhary, who headed the 30-member committee, said the proposed law could lay the foundation of a strong digital economy and that the objections to the exemption provision were uncalled for.

Union minister in the electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw also said that the government will be floating a new telecom bill, and requested stakeholders to provide their suggestions on the draft

In today's Tech3 newsletter, India’s first private rocket makes successful launch; govt releases draft data protection bill