In the first step towards overhauling of the two-decade old IT Act, the government will put up the draft of the proposed new legislative framework for public consultation as soon as next month, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told The Hindu.
“There is clearly a need for an overall framework of laws and policies and rules. What we have to do is relook at the IT Act, which is 22 years old. Then there are rules derived from the IT ACT and a series of policies that have non-statutory effect,” the Minister said.
He added that the government is looking at a new legislative framework with the new rulemaking capabilities that deal with various issues related to the digital space, in a very modern, contemporary and harmonized way.
