A Joint Parliamentary Committee has issued a notice calling representatives of Reliance Jio and Airtel to depose before it on the issue of data security.

The committee, chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, is examining the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019.

According to the notice, representatives of Reliance Jio and Jio Platforms have been called to depose before the panel on two different sittings on November 4, 2020. While, representatives of Airtel and Truecaller are scheduled to depose before the panel separately on November 6, 2020.

Meanwhile, the panel has also called cab aggregators Ola and Uber for the matter. To this end, representatives of Ola and Uber have been called to appear before the panel on November 5, 2020.