Data Protection Bill referred to House panel

The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, has been referred to a joint select committee of both Houses of Parliament.

The panel will have 20 members from the Lok Sabha including Meenakshi Lekhi, PP Chaudhary, SS Ahluwalia and Tejasvi Surya, and 10 from the Rajya Sabha.

A resolution moved by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Information and Technology, Telecom and Law & Justice, was passed by the Lok Sabha by a voice vote.

The Upper House will give names of the members it wants to send to the panel. The committee will submit its report before the end of the Budget session, which usually begins in the last week of January.