India Proposes New Data Governance Framework
Economic Survey 2025-26 says more than 100 crore Indians now have broadband access and proposes a new data governance framework to retain value from domestic data. The Survey recommends auditable, traceable cross-border processing, mirrored datasets in India, expanded categorization under the DPDP Act 2023, and a risk-based compliance regime targeting large AI model developers. It also suggests local contributions by firms earning significant revenue from Indian data.
Key Points
- 1Highlights more than 100 crore broadband users and India’s large, diverse user-generated data pool
- 2Argues scale gives comparative advantage while multinational firms capture disproportionate value from Indian data
- 3Proposes auditable cross-border processing, mirrored datasets, risk-based rules, and local value-retention obligations
Scoring Rationale
High official-policy impact and precise compliance proposals, tempered by proposal-stage status and limited implementation detail.
Sources
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