Cabinet nod to India’s initial Information Protection Bill

Published

7 years ago

December 5, 2019

India

The personal data protection bill can become the foundation for the country’s legal safeguards for individual privacy. Penalty for breach of information would land offenders in serious trouble.

The Union Cabinet approved on Wednesday the country’s first proposed law to regulate how individuals and organizations handle digital data of Indian citizens, introducing new provisions that, while diluting some of the contentious “localization” requirements, could now require companies to carry out the real-name verification of users, according to officials familiar with the draft. The punishment for disclosure of information in breach of lawful contract and imprisonment under the IT Act may be for a term not exceeding three years, or with a fine which may be Indian Rupees 5 million or with both.

The personal data protection bill, once approved by Parliament, will be the foundation for the country’s legal safeguards for individual privacy, which was held by the Supreme Court as a fundamental right in a ruling in 2017.

“The protection of personal data is a very important subject globally. How that will be done [here] and how work will progress keeping India’s interest and people’s interest in mind, this is what this bill is about,” said Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar at a briefing about the Cabinet’s decisions.

“Information that is neither classified as critical nor as sensitive will not need to be storied in India if the fiduciary obtains the consent of the user to send such data abroad,” a senior official said, asking not to be named. A fiduciary is any individual or organization, whether private or government, that handles data.

“The idea behind not requiring non-sensitive, non-critical data to be mandatorily kept in India is that Indian IT entrepreneurs might be badly affected if there are retaliatory localization attempts by other countries,” a second official added.

Legal experts said the law is a crucial first step in order to set up a legal framework that protects privacy. “The data protection law is an imperative foundation for right to privacy,” said Arghya Sengupta, research director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. Sengupta was among the members of the Srikrishna committee.

“There has been a lot of talk about exemptions. The data protection law cannot be turned into an anti-surveillance law. That has to be a different law. Data protection law can be the first word on the debate surrounding surveillance but not the last,” he added.

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Amitabh Bachchan: The Heartbreaking Anxiety of Bollywood’s Greatest Icon

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6 days ago

June 19, 2026

Digital Post

Amitabh Bachchan: Candid Self-Doubt Confession

Even after five decades of cinematic dominance, Amitabh Bachchan still faces the quiet terrors of the midnight hour. The man who epitomised alpha-masculinity for generations of moviegoers recently made an unexpected confession that shocked his millions of admirers. He continues to have restless nights, locked in a vicious circle of intense self-doubt and crushing work stress.

This revelation is a huge wake-up call for anyone who thinks of him as an invincible acting colossus. It demonstrates that the heavy weight of perfectionism never fully fades, no matter how much celebrity you achieve.

The Haunting Midnight Echoes of Perfectionism

Imagine being a living legend and lying awake at 3 a.m. wondering if your previous performance was a complete failure. Bachchan admitted that he always repeats his sequences in his memory, haunted by the terrible feeling that they “could have been done better.”

This tremendous emotional sensitivity reveals a side of the megastar that the public has rarely seen. Onscreen, we witness the towering demeanour, booming baritone voice, and perfect delivery. But, behind closed doors, he suffers from the same paralysing fear that ordinary people face on a daily basis in the workplace.

Why the Deepest Passion Breeds Internal Chaos

You might ask why a man who has won every major film award is so concerned about delivering a single sentence. True genius is rarely characterised by serenity of mind. For Bachchan, acting is more than a job; it is a sacred, consuming fire that demands flawless excellence every time.

When you care so deeply about your craft, every creative endeavour feels like a high-stakes bet on your entire legacy. This tremendous artistic drive is a two-edged blade that produces amazing art while completely destroying your mental serenity.

The Heavy Price of an Enduring Legacy

Living under the microscope of the public eye for fifty years has a catastrophic psychological impact. Every move Amitabh Bachchan makes is immediately analysed, criticised, or worshipped by countless millions of people.

That amount of tremendous expectation establishes a distinct, invisible prison of performance anxiety. The dreadful anxiety of disappointing his big audience keeps his thoughts racing long after the cameras stop rolling. It turns out that the view from the very top of the mountain is extremely lonely and filled with perpetual emotional danger.

Normalizing the Silent Struggle with Mental Health

Bachchan has done an incredible amount to raise worldwide mental health awareness by publicly exposing his personal struggles with work stress. He has effectively removed the heavy veil of shame that typically surrounds the topic of anxiety, particularly among older generations.

If the ultimate “Angry Young Man” of Indian cinema can freely acknowledge to feeling inadequate, then everyone else has the right to be human as well. It is a welcome reminder that being overburdened by your commitments does not imply weakness.

The Relentless Creative Hunger That Never Sleeps

Finally, this severe self-doubt is the secret fuel that drives Amitabh Bachchan to labour continuously at an age when most people have retired. It’s a curious paradox: his severe inner agony serves as the driving reason behind his legendary longevity.

He refuses to rest on his past accomplishments or rely on his immense celebrity to get by. Every sleepless night reveals a man with the raw, eager heart of a novice. He remains gloriously, devastatingly uneasy about his work, which is precisely what makes him an everlasting force in film.

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