Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday stated the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology has given a “thumbs up” for the revised draft of the information safety regulation.
Vaishnaw, a bureaucrat turned politician who presently handles the IT portfolio, stated a sophisticated copy of the revised invoice on knowledge safety was shared with the committee.
“I would like to share some good news that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT and Communications… before this bill is taken to the Parliament, they have given a big thumbs up,” Vaishnaw stated whereas talking on the annual NTLF right here.
In 2021, the federal government withdrew an earlier model of the identical invoice after a slew of modifications urged by a Joint Parliamentary Committee and promised to give you a brand new invoice, which it did late final yr.
Debjani Ghosh, the president of the IT business foyer Nasscom, stated the invoice must be handed on the earliest and hoped that it sails by this yr itself.
Vaishnaw stated with regards to tech laws, the world is at a fancy second the place each nation is trying on the situation differently.
India’s endevaour will likely be to maintain her aspirations in thoughts whereas taking a name on the topic and navigate the setting accordingly, he stated, including that no nation ought to copy the opposite whereas formulating its legal guidelines.
Vaishnaw, who had attended the World Economic Forum at Davos in January, stated there’s an elevated belief in India on the international stage.
He stated Indian firms must watch out and never over-promise as they combine into the worldwide provide chain with their services.
“Promise what we can do, never over-promise,” the minister informed delegates on the summit, asking business to give attention to innovation and other people.
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