Karnataka, UIDAI, I-T dept flag concerns over Personal Data Protection Bill

The Karnataka government, the Income Tax (I-T) department and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) officials have flagged concerns regarding the current form of the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 as the house panel met stakeholders in Bengaluru on Thursday and Friday, people familiar with the matter said.

“Concerns have been raised by government of Karnataka about various provisions of the PDP Bill. The government feels that some of the provisions are onerous and will not provide the state much flexibility considering the manner in which bill is presently structured,” one of the people mentioned above said.

The Joint Parliamentary Committee, set up to look into the draft law since 2019 and submit its report, has been given several deadline extensions. The report drafted was yet to be circulated for final inputs by members despite their demands.