Second round of consultations for Digital India Act to be held on May 3

New Delhi, May 1 (KNN) To draft the much-anticipated Digital India Act (DIA), the government will hold a second round of consultations with policy experts and other stakeholders on May 3, 2023.

The Act is expected to be released in the next 2-3 months.

The first round of pre-drafting consultations with stakeholders was held by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) in March.

DIA aims to catalyse India's ambition of being in the leading pack of nations that would shape the future technologies.

Meity received few suggestions since the first meeting, as per sources, reported The Tribune.

It now aims to again meet industry representatives, lawyers, social media intermediaries, consumer groups among others and receive more suggestions to make the DIA more inclusive.

For the first time, design, architecture and goals of a Bill are being discussed with stakeholders at its pre-introduction stage as part of the Digital India Dialogues.  (KNN Bureau)