For the first time in the history of Indian legislation, the pronouns "she" and "her" have been used to refer to individuals of both genders.
The lines were part of the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, which Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tweeted in an effort to get the opinion of the people on the proposed law. The proposed legislation would officially support a person's right to protect private information as well as the necessity of processing personal data for legal purposes.
"We have attempted in the philosophy of women's empowerment that Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji's government works to use the words she and her in the entire bill, instead of he, him, and his. So this is an innovative thing which has been attempted in the bill," stated Mr Vaishnaw.
The "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" campaign of Prime Minister Modi, which is designed to empower girls and encourage households to start educating and nurture them wisely, is in accordance with this program.
After receiving 81 amendments recommendations from a joint parliamentary committee, the Personal Data Protection Bill was removed in August.
Following objections from the opposing party Congress and the Trinamool Congress, among many others, who said the proposed law infringed individuals' fundamental rights, the measure was forwarded to a parliamentary committee in 2019.
The opposition leaders had claimed that the proposed bill provided the state broad authority to access peoples' personal data under questionable circumstances, alleging national security as well as other considerations. They claimed that by passing this law, it would be simpler for the government to monitor its subjects.
The administration had stated that the sanctions indicated for unlawful data usage were capable of preventing such activity.
The opposition to the proposed data protection bill would probably continue to be strong given the claims that the government spied on its opponents using Israel's Pegasus malware.
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