Joint House panel on data Bill gets another extension for report

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Personal Data Protection Bill was given another extension on Friday, till the first week of the Winter Session of Parliament, 2021, to submit its final report. This is the second extension granted to the committee this year. Earlier in March, the JPC was given time till the Monsoon session to submit its report.

The JPC, which will now be headed by P P Chaudhary, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Member of Parliament from Pali constituency, will next meet on July 27 to hear the views of the stakeholders in connection with the examination of the subject ‘Review of functioning of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)’ in the context of ‘Draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021’.