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Inviting Suggestions on Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022

Inviting Suggestions on Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022
Start Date :
Feb 21, 2022
Last Date :
Mar 18, 2022
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Inviting Suggestions on Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022 ...

Inviting Suggestions on Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022

The draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy was published on MeitY website on February 21, 2022. Since its publication, MeitY has been receiving several comments and suggestions on the draft policy. It’s also observed that there is a need to bring in some more clarity with regard to some of the clauses in the draft policy so that the objectives of the Data Accessibility policy to enable better services is made amply clear. These clauses will be finalized after getting inputs of stakeholders in the consultation process Accordingly the draft policy document for consultations is being shared here.

Please refer to the following documents regarding the India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022

Background note on Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022

Draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy

The inputs/feedback may be sent to Ms. Kavita Bhatia, Scientist F at the email kbhatia[at]gov[dot]in and pmu[dot]etech[at]meity[dot]gov[dot]in.

The last date of submission for inputs/feedback is March 18, 2022.

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Muralee Krishnan
Muralee Krishnan 4 years 1 month ago
Anti jamming technology not much explored by miscreants in the public at present. I came to know from Medea that the KAVACH, anti collision protection for trains has been launched. Hope the technology is jam-proof.
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Vinod Kumar Kumawat
Vinod Kumar Kumawat 4 years 1 month ago
Lack of Clarity on Definitions for Key Concepts: New concepts introduced by the Policy have been defined in a vague and ambiguous manner which opens them up to misinterpretation. The Policy creates a separate category of ‘High-Value Datasets’ which it deems essential for governance and innovation, access to which will be accelerated. However, nowhere in the Background Note or the Policy has the category been concisely defined.
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Vinod Kumar Kumawat
Vinod Kumar Kumawat 4 years 1 month ago
Federalism: The policy, even though it notes that State governments will be, “free to adopt portions of the policy,” does not specify how such freedom will be achieved. It becomes relevant, if specific standards are prescribed by the Central government for data sharing, or as a precondition to financial assistance. There is also the absence of any comment on whether data gathered from States may be sold by the Central government and whether the proceeds from it will be shared with the States.
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Vinod Kumar Kumawat
Vinod Kumar Kumawat 4 years 1 month ago
Perverse Revenue Objective: The second issue is that the policy bypasses parliament as it contemplates large scale data sharing and enrichment that will be borne from public funds. Further, the constitution of offices, prescription of standards that may be applicable not only to the Central government, but even State governments and schemes administered by them require legislative deliberation.
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Vinod Kumar Kumawat
Vinod Kumar Kumawat 4 years 1 month ago
The commercial value of the data increases with greater amounts of personal data. The absence of an anchoring legislation further leads to the policy not being able to fulfil the threshold of legality for state intervention into privacy which was put in place by the Supreme Court of India in its landmark right to privacy decision (K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India i2017). Transparency: While adopting the language of open data it strays from its core principle of providing transparency of the Government towards its citizens. There is only one mention of transparency and little to no mention of how such data sharing will help ensure demands for accountability and redress.
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Vinod Kumar Kumawat
Vinod Kumar Kumawat 4 years 1 month ago
What are the Issues with the Draft Data Accessibility Policy? Privacy: India does not have a data protection law (Data Protection Bill) that can provide accountability and remedy for privacy violations such as coercive and excessive data collection or data breaches. Here, inter-departmental data sharing poses concerns related to privacy since the open government data portal which contains data from all departments may result in the creation of 360 degree profiles and enable state-sponsored mass surveillance. Even though the policy considers anonymisation as a desired goal there is a lack of legal accountability and independent regulatory oversight. There is also a failure to consider scientific analysis and the availability of automated tools for the re-identification of anonymous data.
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bhim ji
bhim ji 4 years 1 month ago
आने वाले दिनों में कंप्यूटरीकृत व्यवस्था ही किसी देश के सभी गोपनीय बातें होंगी इसलिए डाटा का सही उपयोग डाटा को सही रखना बेहद जरूरी है
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