The Digital India Bill is not expected to be put in the public domain for consultation before the general elections in 2024, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday.
“We need a lot of consultation and debate and discussion around it,” Chandrasekhar said at the FE.com Digifraud & Safety Summit, 2023.
The government, however, has readied a roadmap on the Bill, the policy goals and principles for safety and trust, the Minister added. The Bill, which seeks to replace the 22-year old IT Act, will define the regulations on emerging technologies, big tech companies, separate rules for different intermediaries such as e-commerce, search engines, gaming, etc, accountability of platforms like social media companies, misinformation, among other key things.
Similarly, the rules for the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act will also take time to be notified as the government is not looking to rush on the same and wants to come out with a future ready framework.
The government will do a public consultation on the DPDP Act rules before taking it to the Parliament.
