DPDP rules nearly ready, industry consultations likely soon: Ashwini Vaishnaw
MeitY) minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
«We will be as extensive as we can. We will not rush through and prefer a consultative process. In parallel, we are working on creating a digital by-design platform, so that the implementation can be done in a digital form,» Vaishnaw said.
ET reported on June 12 that the IT ministry aims to release the proposed administrative rules under the DPDP Act for public consultation before the start of the upcoming Parliament session in July to give ample time for stakeholders to deliberate on the finer nuances of the rules.
«We will make lots of changes based on what the industry, stakeholders, and so many other organisations, including lawyers, user groups and consultants. We will take all their views into consideration,» he said.
A senior government official said the platform to be used for the implementation of the DPDP Act and its administrative rules will be designed and implemented in-house, either by the National Informatics Centre or the Digital India Corporation. Over the last four months, the government has received queries from significantly large electronics component manufacturers who met officials from MeitY and sought to know the process of setting up a plant in India, among other things, he said.
«We have been directing them primarily to the OEM (original equipment manufacturers) so that the component manufacturers and they (OEM) have synergy. That is working well,» Vaishnaw said, adding that the component ecosystem will also increase the local value-addition plans
