The Press Club of India (PCI), along with 21 other press bodies, has submitted a joint memorandum urging Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to keep the professional work of journalists outside the scope of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.

The memorandum has been endorsed by over 1,000 journalists and photojournalists from across the country, the PCI said on Wednesday (June 25, 2025).