Priority to quickly take data protection bill to Parliament, notify new intermediary rules: Prasad

NEW DELHI: Telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that his top priorities would be to “quickly” take the data protection bill to Parliament and notify the proposed amendments to the intermediary guidelines.

Prasad, 64, was on Friday appointed as the new minister for telecommunications, while he retained the IT and law ministries in the second innings of the Modi government. He will formally assume office on Monday, June 3.