Mahua Moitra, Manish Tewari included in JPC on data protection bill

Two members of Lok Sabha were on Tuesday included in Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Personal Data Protection Bill. government's proposal to include Mahua Moitra of TMC and Manish Tewari of Congress in JPC was approved by voice vote in lower house.

Moitra and Tewari will replace Saugata Roy (TMC) and Jothi Mani (Congress) in Committee which has members from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which outlines framework for handling of personal data including its processing by public and private entities, has been referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee of both Houses.