Constitution of Group of Experts to Deliberate on Privacy Issues
by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Jan 04, 2012 07:49 AM
It has been decided to constitute a Small Group of Experts under the Chairmanship of Justice A.P. Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, to identify the privacy issues and prepare a paper to facilitate authoring the Privacy Bill. The constitution of the proposed group and ToR are as follows:
- Constitution of the Group
S.No. Name Designation 1 Justice A.P. Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court Chairman 2 Shri. R S Sharma, DG UIDAI Member 3 Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director General CERT-In, DIT Member 4 Sh. Rajiv Kapoor, JS, DOPT Member 5 Representative, Department of Legal Affairs Member 6 Sh. Som Mittal, President, NASSCOM Member 7 Ms. Barkha Dutt, NDTV Member 8 Dr. (Ms) Usha Ramanathan, Researcher & Advocate Member 9 Sh. PraneshPrakash, Programme Manager, Centre for Internet & Society Member 10 Dr. Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO, Data Security Council of India (DSCI) Member 11 Dr. Nagesh Singh, Adviser, Planning Commission Member 12 Sh. R K Gupta, Adviser (CIT&I), Planning Commission Member - Terms of Reference
- To study the Privacy laws and related bills promulgated by various countries.
- To make an in-depth analysis of various programmes being implemented by GoI from the point of view of their impact on Privacy.
- To make specific suggestions for consideration of the DOPT for incorporation in the proposed draft Bill on Privacy.
- The Chairman may co-opt other Members to the group for their specific inputs.
- The expenditure towards TA/DA in connection with the meetings of the Group in respect of the official members will be borne by their respective Ministries/Departments. Domestic travel in respect of non-Official Members of the group would be permitted by Air India (economy class) and the expenditure would be met by the Planning Commission.
- The group will be serviced by the CIT & I Division, Planning Commission.
- The group shall submit its report by 31st March 2012.
(S Bose)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
To:
The Chairman and all Members of the Group of Experts
Copy forwarded to:
(S Bose)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Download the PDF we got from the Planning Commission.
The Chairman and all Members of the Group of Experts
Copy forwarded to:
- PS to Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
- PS to MOS (Planning, PA, S&T and ES), Planning Commission
- PS to all Members of the Planning Commission
- PS to Member Secretary, Planning Commission
- Director (PC), IFA unit,Deputy Secretary (Admn.),Planning Commission
- Administration/Accounts/General Branches, Library, CIT & I Division, Planning Commission
- Information Officer, Planning Commission
(S Bose)Under Secretary to the Government of India
