Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishaw tabled the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, in the Lok Sabha today amid concerns by the opposition about the rights to privacy and information.
During the debate, opposition MPs also pointed out that the Union government had withdrawn a version of the Bill last year and the new edition needs to be looked at by a panel. Amid rumours that the Bill was being introduced as a money Bill to restrict the scale of the objection by opposition MPs, Union minister Vaishnaw, however, clarified that it is a general Bill and the government is ready to discuss “each point in detail”.
