The Centre is planning a stricter legal framework including increased penalties and imprisonment as part of a crackdown on identity theft and to check misuse of Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) and Aadhaar.
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The finance ministry has proposed a substantial increase in penalty and punishment to the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) for inclusion in the proposed Data Protection Bill, likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament.
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