Will not rush in bringing Digital India Act: MeitY secretary

The rules to implement the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, was released last week for stakeholder consultation. However, the government is not expected to bring the draft Digital India Act and regulatory framework around AI in a hurry. S Krishnan, secretary, ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY), in an interview with Jatin Grover, said the existing legal framework to handle AI and intermediaries regulations is satisfactory at the moment. Excerpts: