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Although a committee led by Justice B N Srikrishna<\/a>, a former judge of the Supreme Court, submitted its report and the draft Bill to the government in July last year, it has yet to be sent to the Cabinet for approval.
Talks of a rift between policymakers over its contents and whether there needs to be fresh consultations has added to the uncertainty. The government had said it would take up the bill on priority in its second term.
“If the Bill is sent to the Cabinet, it will provide some visibility to the industry,”Ashish Aggarwal, head, public advocacy at industry lobby group Nasscom<\/a> told ET<\/strong>. Sector regulators may come up with their own data policies if there is a delay, he added.
“RBI has already put in place data storage requirements for payments transaction data and the Ministry of Commerce has been consulting on many aspects related to data for the ecommerce sector. It is important that the Personal Data Protection law sets the basic framework for government, regulators and the industry. It should not be the other way round,” Aggarwal said.
The government intends to table the bill at the earliest, but is waiting for the right time given the tariff war between the US and India, a government official, who did not want to be named, said. After the US withdrew special trade privileges, the Modi government imposed higher retaliatory tariffs on a slew of American products.
“The current bill has loopholes, but if the government goes back to the drawing board in a non-transparent process, we risk losing the strong parts of the bill too,” said Amba Kak, public policy<\/a> advisor of Mozilla<\/a>, the open source internet company.
The government had sought public comments on the draft bill last year.
“The situation is obviously not ideal. Everybody is waiting and watching. We would like to see more transparency,” said Nehaa Chaudhari, public policy lead at Ikigai Law. “Everybody wants clarity on data localisation. Policy uncertainty is not what you want as an entrepreneur.”
The contentious proposal of data localisation had also raised hackles, with US technology companies protesting and the American government calling it “discriminatory and trade-distortive”.
ET reported in July that the government was looking to hold fresh consultations on the proposed bill after differences emerged among policymakers over provisions for public data.
“Some issues have been highlighted, but it doesn’t mean that the whole bill will be scrapped. If public data is a concern, a chapter can always be introduced on it in the current bill without everything going into cold storage,” said an official requesting not to be quoted by name.
“Given that the government is in a position to pass any bill they want, it is disappointing to see further delay,” said Nikhil Narendran, Partner, Trilegal.
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尽管一个委员会为首的正义B N Srikrishna前最高法院法官,其报告和草案提交给政府去年7月,它还没有被发送到内阁批准。
会谈对其内容和政策制定者之间的分歧是否需要有新鲜的磋商已经增加了不确定性。政府已表示,它将接受议案优先在其第二个任期。
“如果该法案被发送到内阁,它将提供一些可见性行业,“阿施施Aggarwal,头,公共宣传行业游说团体行业协会告诉等。行业监管机构可能会想出自己的数据政策如果有延迟,他补充说。
“央行已经到位数据存储要求支付交易数据,商务部已经在许多方面咨询电子商务行业相关数据。重要的是,个人数据保护法律规定政府的基本框架,监管机构和行业。它不应该反过来,“Aggarwal说。
政府打算表法案最早,但等待正确的时间考虑到关税美国和印度之间的战争,一个政府官员,谁不愿透露姓名,说。后美国撤回了特殊贸易特权,莫迪政府提高了报复性关税的一系列美国产品。
“目前的法案有漏洞,但如果政府回到绘图板,在一个不透明的过程,我们可能失去强大的部分比尔,”安巴谷湖说政策顾问的Mozilla开源的网络公司。
政府去年寻求公众意见草案。
“形势显然不是理想。每个人都在观望和等待。说:“我们希望看到更多透明度Nehaa Chaudhari,公共政策在生活价值。“每个人都想要明确数据本地化。政策不确定性不是你想要什么作为一个企业家。”
数据本地化的有争议的提案也引起了激烈的反对,抗议美国科技公司和美国政府称之为“歧视性和trade-distortive”。
等7月报道称,政府正在举行新的磋商后提出法案分歧出现了政策制定者们规定公共数据。
“有些问题已经突出,但这并不意味着整个法案将被取消。如果担心公共数据,一章总是可以介绍它在当前的法案没有一切进入冷库,”一位官员说请求记者不要提到他的名字。
“鉴于政府能够通过任何法案,它是令人失望的看到进一步延迟,”说Nikhil Narendran伙伴,Trilegal。
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