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17/06/22 07:22 AM IST

Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy

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  • A stakeholder interaction on the Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy was held in the presence of Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship,recently at India Habitat Center in New Delhi.
Features of Draft Policy 
  • It aims to ‘modernise’ the institutional framework for data collection by the government.
  • It also aims to catalyse the AI-led startup ecosystem in the country by creating a repository of India-specific non-personal datasets for usage by private players. 
  • The new draft bill envisages setting up of IDMO, on the lines of the US Federal Data Management Office.
  • The IDMO will likely be responsible for setting all standards and guidelines going forward on all aspects of data, which includes storage and anonymisation.
  • All ministries will have data management units (DMUs) that will be headed by a Chief Data Officer, and will also be responsible for the implementation of the data governance policy.
  • The policy also seeks to ‘encourage’ private companies to share non-personal data with startups as part of the effort.
  • The new framework has also skipped the contentious clause that allowed the sale of data collected by the government in the open market.
Source- PIB 

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