Personal Data Protection Bill-Status Of The Legislation And Data Regulation Regime In India

It's been a year since the Indian Government introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 in the Parliament, however there is still much confusion as to the actual enactment and implementation of the final version of the legislation. The Indian rules surrounding data protection are still a legal quagmire and the law seems to be still stuck in Parliamentary procedure and formalities currently said to be in final stages of parliamentary review -being examined by a Joint Parliamentary Committee. To complicate matters further, various parallel initiatives towards data regulation by different Govt. Departments increasingly create a possibility of growing into a disparate jungle of conflicting regulatory initiatives rather than promoting innovation and facilitating new businesses. Most recently on 16 December 2020, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ("MEITY") constituted Committee of Experts on Non-Personal Data ("NPD") released its revised