Data protection bill: Will India's hard-won information law get weaker?

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1970-01-01 08:00

A crucial new law will make it hard to use the landmark right to information legislation, activists say.

A crucial new law that aims to protect the personal data of Indians will dilute another landmark legislation that brought much-needed transparency into government functioning, experts say.

Until last week, India did not have a law to regulate how the personal information of individuals is collected...