LS approves appointment of 3 new members to Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday approved the appointment of three new members to the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019.

The committee is examining the bill that seeks to regulate the use of an individual’s data by the government and private companies.

Moving a motion, BJP member P P Chaudhary said he proposes the appointment of Dayanidhi Maran (DMK), Satya Pal Singh and Aparajita Sarangi (both from the BJP) to the committee in the vacancies caused by the resignation of Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (DMK) from the panel and the induction of Meenakshi Lekhi and Ajay Bhatt (both from the BJP) to the Union Council of Ministers.