Joint House panel on information Bill will get one other extension for report

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Personal Data Protection Bill was given one other extension on Friday, until the primary week of the Winter Session of Parliament, 2021, to submit its ultimate report. This is the second extension granted to the committee this 12 months. Earlier in March, the JPC was given time until the Monsoon session to submit its report.
The JPC, which is able to now be headed by P P Chaudhary, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Member of Parliament from Pali constituency, will subsequent meet on July 27 to listen to the views of the stakeholders in reference to the examination of the topic ‘Review of functioning of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)’ within the context of ‘Draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021’.
It will once more meet on July 28 to peruse the proof being offered by officers from the IT Ministry, the Home Ministry and the Communications Ministry on residents’ information safety and privateness.

Constituted in December 2019, the 30-member panel has bought extensions in March and September 2020 in addition to February 2021. The JPC has had over 65 sittings to this point by which officers from Ministries of IT, Law and Home Affairs, the Unique Identification Authority of India, amongst others have deposed on the Bill’s numerous facets.