Parliament

budget 2024

Budget Session 2024: A Digital Rights Review

Both houses of the Parliament were adjourned on February 10 after an 9-day run during which they discussed and passed the Union Interim Budget, passed bills, and answered questions raised by the opposition. In this post, we see how this parliamentary session fared on the digital rights front.

12 February, 2024

12 min read

Legislative Brief

Legislative Brief on Digital Rights for Budget Session 2024

In our legislative brief on digital rights for the Budget Session 2024, we highlight key areas of concern on digital rights and freedoms, data privacy, data protection, censorship and other concerns that require extensive deliberation in the Houses of Parliament.

24 January, 2024

6 min read

Parliament

Winter Session 2023: A Digital Rights Review

The Winter Session concluded on December 21, 2023. 19 bills were passed by both Houses, including several key legislations, namely, the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 and the three criminal reform bills. We assess how our Parliament performed from a digital rights perspective.

26 December, 2023

6 min read

Tejasi Panjiar

Parliament

Legislative Brief on Digital Rights for Winter Session 2023

In our legislative brief on digital rights for the Winter Session 2023, we highlight key areas of concern pertaining to digital rights and freedoms, data privacy, data protection, censorship and other concerns that require extensive deliberation in the Houses of Parliament.

01 December, 2023

6 min read

Disha Verma &

Tejasi Panjiar

Parliament

Hey Standing Committee, let's sit and talk?

As the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications & IT takes seat, IFF offers inputs on its 2023-24 subject roster and highlights the need to address recent privacy threats.

11 November, 2023

7 min read

Monsoon Session

Monsoon Session 2023: A Digital Rights Review

The Monsoon Session concluded on August 11, 2023 when both Houses adjourned sine die. 25 bills were introduced and several key legislations (Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023) were passed by both Houses. We assess how our Parliament performed from a digital rights perspective.

21 August, 2023

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DPDPB, 2023

DPDPB, 2023 in the Parliament: Dialogue, Drama, and Discord

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 (DPDPB, 2023) was passed in both Houses of the Parliament on August 09, after only approximately 2 hours of combined discussion. This post summarises the discussions (or the lack thereof) on the bill in both Houses of the Parliament.

10 August, 2023

13 min read

Budget 2023

Budget Session 2023: A Digital Rights Review

The Budget Session was adjourned sine die on April 06, 2023 in both Houses of Parliament amidst protests from the Opposition and treasury benches. In this post, we take a look at the disruptions during the Session, and analyse how the Parliament fared with respect to digital rights.

14 April, 2023

10 min read

internet shutdowns

Standing Committee on IT highlights lack of action taken by the Government and reiterates it recommendations on internet shutdowns

In our letter to the Standing Committee on IT, we note with appreciation the recommendations, made in its 37th Action Taken report, of bringing the issue of internet shutdowns to the forefront and recommending concrete steps to address it.

28 February, 2023

6 min read