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Mumbai: Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar will hold Digital India Dialogues’ session today in Mumbai on  principles Digital India Act. Stakeholders of the tech ecosystem - industry professionals and associations, Startups, legal minds, etc will attend the session. A similar programme was held in Bengaluru in March this year.

These consultations are in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative of developing a consultative approach to law and policy making. This is the first time the consultations are taking place at the pre-draft stage of the Bill. 

The Digital India Act, 2023 is a future ready legislation that aims to replace the existing IT Act & provide a strong legal framework to support our India’s Techade



goals. It constitutes a significant part of the Global Standard Cyber laws being formulated by the Government for catalyzing India’s digital economy.

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, National Data Governance Framework policy, the recent amendments to the IT Rules, CERT-In guidelines form the important element of this legal framework.

India   has 830 million internet users and is the world’s largest digitally connected democracy. The internet is largely governed by the 23-year-old IT Act, which is lacking in provisions on user rights, and trust and safety, among other challenges. It is also not well-equipped to deal with evolving, sophisticated forms of cybercrimes like doxxing, cyber stalking, and online trolling,



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