There is Personal Data Protection Bill in work: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Data_Protection_Bill,_2019 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Dat

There is Personal Data Protection Bill in work: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Data_Protection_Bill,_2019 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Data_Protection_Bil... It exempts government and give them more power over data held by the private companies in later amendments. Proper enforcement capacity is also needed otherwise it will be abused to selectively target companies and startups but make little difference in privacy. Most Indians are not rich enough to afford paying for multiple software subscriptions monthly. They give away privacy as a substitute for that. Market forces at play.