JPC on personal data protection Bill gets further extension till Winter session of Parliament

NEW DELHI: Less than two weeks after Speaker Om Birla said there will be no extension of time granted to the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Personal Data Protection Bill to submit its report, Lok Sabha on Friday passed a motion for yet another extension to the JPC, this time allowing it to submit its report by the first week of the Winter session of Parliament.

The JCP was constituted in December 2019 to review the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which seeks to regulate the use of individual’s data by the government and private companies. This is the third extension granted to it.

Earlier this month, 5 of the 30-member JPC, including its chairperson Meenakshi Lekhi, were elevated as ministers following the cabinet reshuffle.