The Info and Know-how Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw hinted that the federal government could possibly be bringing a change in Info Know-how laws.
Ashwini Vaishnaw. (Picture: PTI/File)
The Union Minister of Info and Know-how Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday hinted that the federal government could possibly be planning to carry a change in Info Know-how laws.
Talking on the Agenda AajTak 2021, Vaishnaw mentioned, “The regulatory framework should change with time for certain.”
The IT Minister made the comment in response to a query on whether or not there was a must carry a change to IT Act of 2000, since on the time of its inception there was no social media and the dependency on the web and know-how was comparatively very low.
The Union Minister who additionally holds the portfolio of Railways, and Telecommunications, mentioned the federal government was already eliminating the archaic legal guidelines. “The Prime Minister has already taken steps on this path and virtually 1500 archaic legal guidelines have been faraway from the statute e-book,” he mentioned.
Additional, he mentioned the session on information might start very quickly. “Within the IT act, positively the instances have modified so we have to assume afresh, so we shall be consulting very quickly,” the minister added.
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