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The upcoming Digital India Act (or Digital India Bill) is expected to be India’s newest legislation and legal framework for regulating the country’s online environment and digital data protection policies. The Digital India Act will fully replace the current Information Technology Act (IT Act) of 2000 by early 2023, which has faced criticisms for its outdated policies and inadequacies in dealing with modern-day technological issues.

Chandrasekhar believes India can achieve a trillion dollar digital economy by 2026, centered around the Digital India Act.

The Digital India Act is part of a much larger framework that regulates all aspects of the digital world and not restricted to just data processing policies.

In a similar context of regulating big adtech companies, the Digital India Act wants to prevent domination of the digital space by big tech companies.