Personal data protection bill JPC gets new chief in P P Chaudhary

Newly-appointed chairman of the committee overseeing the much-awaited Personal Data Protection Bill, P P Chaudhary, along with Lok Sabha member Bhartruhari Mahtab will move a motion on Friday in the lower House of Parliament to extend the time to present the report of the committee.

“That this House do extend up to the first week of the Winter Session of Parliament, 2021, the time for presentation of the Report of the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019,” a Lok Sabha communique said on Thursday.

Chaudhary, who was earlier Minister of State for Ministry of Law and Justice, Electronics and Information Technology, and Corporate Affairs, has been appointed chairperson of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) deliberating the Personal Data Protection Bill.