Personal Data Protection Bill

A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), on December 16, 2021, tabled its report on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 in both the houses of the Parliament. The report includes a list of policy recommendations on the matter, an analysis of various sections of the 2019 Bill, and a draft of the Data Protection Bill, 2021.

The JPC was constituted on December 11, 2019 for the study and consideration of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. The JPC was initially expected to present its report to the Parliament during the Budget Session of 2020, however, it got an