New Delhi, 4/12: The government is mulling exempting early stage startups from complying with norms under proposed Digital Personal Data Protection bill, an official source said.
The exemption may be for a limited period to assist startups in developing their business models and to ensure that innovation is not stifled due to compliance burden.
“Meity (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) is mulling to improve upon the bill to exempt early stage startups from the provisions of DPDP (Digital Personal Data Protection) bill.