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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
TopicPersonal Data Protection Bill

Topic: Personal Data Protection Bill

‘Step in right direction, toothless Board’ — draft data protection bill elicits mixed response

Data Protection Board may lack separation of powers, said one expert on draft data protection bill. Another welcomed mention of duties that digital citizen will have to adhere to.

In a first, Modi govt uses ‘she, her’ to refer to all genders in draft data protection bill

This is 1st time ‘she’ & ‘her’ have been used to refer to all genders in draft legislation. Data protection bill will likely be tabled in Budget Session of Parliament next year.

India will be global benchmark in IT, data Bill likely next year, says Union minister Vaishnaw

Government had withdrawn Personal Data Protection Bill during Monsoon session this year.  Protecting users will be at core while drafting new legislation, he asserts.

Why Modi govt withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill

The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 was withdrawn Wednesday after parliamentary panel recommended 81 changes. Govt is now working on a new ‘comprehensive legal framework’.

Govt withdraws Data Protection Bill after 81 amendments, to bring in fresh legislation

The proposed legislation had evoked concerns over the attempt to govern non-personal data, and the possibility that social media platforms would be held responsible for what users posted.

After 4.5 years of work, Modi govt could start over on data protection Bill, says media report

ET report says existing draft with parliament panel’s suggestions might be too burdensome for start-ups, & tech firms, so govt thinks fresh Bill for current times is better option.

Data privacy too complex to be decided by mere voice vote. Debate Data Protection Bill first

The 2022 Budget session brought the Personal Data Protection Bill. But it should know that data protection is a murky business.

JPC looking at personal data protection bill as national prosperity issue an odd choice

The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 has global significance, but the report by the Joint Parliamentary Committee that came two years later is disappointing.

JPC report on data protection bill has loopholes & more bad news for social media companies

The amended Bill gives the central govt more power to make key decisions, enough for social media companies to be wary.

‘Personal’ to be dropped from Data Protection Bill name. Here’s what else Parliament panel wants

Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, submitted its final report Thursday, two years after it was set up, with a slew of recommendations.

On Camera

From Binodini to Mitin—Bengali cinema scripting its comeback this Christmas

As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.