Parliament Passes Landmark Data Protection Bill After Marathon Debate
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The bill, passed in the early hours of Friday, introduces sweeping reforms to how citizen data is handled by tech platforms operating in India.
NEW DELHI — In a session that stretched well past midnight, both houses of Parliament cleared the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, ending nearly six years of negotiation between government, industry and civil society. Key takeaways are covered across 4 sections below, with quotes and context from our newsroom.
NEW DELHI — In a session that stretched well past midnight, both houses of Parliament cleared the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, ending nearly six years of negotiation between government, industry and civil society.
The legislation gives Indian users the right to know what data is collected about them, demand its deletion, and seek penalties of up to ₹250 crore from companies that mishandle personal information.
Opposition members staged a brief walkout during the vote, citing concerns over broad exemptions granted to government agencies. The Minister of Electronics and IT defended the carve-outs as 'narrow, necessary, and time-bound'.
Industry bodies welcomed the clarity but flagged a tight 12-month compliance window. Several startup founders told The Plinth Express they expect a hiring surge in privacy engineering roles before the end of the financial year.
