A full-fledged draft of the Digital India Bill, the law that will be the biggest revamp of laws governing the Internet since the Information Technology Act, 2000 and its subsequent amendments, will be released in the first week of June, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in Mumbai on May 23.
“The idea is certainly to have this done in this calendar year,” Mr. Chandrasekhar said, indicating that the government intends to pass the law by the winter session of Parliament. “And we will be moving quite quickly as a government and as a Ministry.” He noted that much of the law will be a “framework” based on foundational principles, following which the Act would be “regulated through rules”.
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