Call for inputs: Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy

Terms of use

Terms of Use

The use of this site and the content contained therein is governed by the Terms of Use. When you use this site you acknowledge that you have read the Terms of Use and that you accept and will be bound by the terms hereof and such terms as may be modified from time to time.

All text, graphics, audio, design and other works on the site are the copyrighted works of nasscom unless otherwise indicated. All rights reserved.
Content on the site is for personal use only and may be downloaded provided the material is kept intact and there is no violation of the copyrights, trademarks, and other proprietary rights. Any alteration of the material or use of the material contained in the site for any other purpose is a violation of the copyright of nasscom and / or its affiliates or associates or of its third-party information providers. This material cannot be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way for non-personal use without obtaining the prior permission from nasscom.
The nasscom Members login is for the reference of only registered nasscom Member Companies.
nasscom reserves the right to modify the terms of use of any service without any liability. nasscom reserves the right to take all measures necessary to prevent access to any service or termination of service if the terms of use are not complied with or are contravened or there is any violation of copyright, trademark or other proprietary right.
From time to time nasscom may supplement these terms of use with additional terms pertaining to specific content (additional terms). Such additional terms are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.

Disclaimer

The Company information provided on the nasscom web site is as per data collected by companies. nasscom is not liable on the authenticity of such data.
nasscom has exercised due diligence in checking the correctness and authenticity of the information contained in the site, but nasscom or any of its affiliates or associates or employees shall not be in any way responsible for any loss or damage that may arise to any person from any inadvertent error in the information contained in this site. The information from or through this site is provided "as is" and all warranties express or implied of any kind, regarding any matter pertaining to any service or channel, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement are disclaimed. nasscom and its affiliates and associates shall not be liable, at any time, for any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, alteration of, or use of information contained on the site. No representations, warranties or guarantees whatsoever are made as to the accuracy, adequacy, reliability, completeness, suitability or applicability of the information to a particular situation.
nasscom or its affiliates or associates or its employees do not provide any judgments or warranty in respect of the authenticity or correctness of the content of other services or sites to which links are provided. A link to another service or site is not an endorsement of any products or services on such site or the site.
The content provided is for information purposes alone and does not substitute for specific advice whether investment, legal, taxation or otherwise. nasscom disclaims all liability for damages caused by use of content on the site.
All responsibility and liability for any damages caused by downloading of any data is disclaimed.
nasscom reserves the right to modify, suspend / cancel, or discontinue any or all sections, or service at any time without notice.

For any grievances under the Information Technology Act 2000, please get in touch with Grievance Officer, Mr. Anirban Mandal at data-query@nasscom.in.

New

See all

No notification found.

Call for inputs: Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy

Varun Sen Bahl

@varunsenbahl1

May 30, 2022

Public Policy

291

On 26^th May 2022, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) released a draft National Data Governance Framework Policy (NDGFP). An overview of the NDGFP is as follows:

It has been released with the purpose of modernizing processes and systems of the Government of India for data collection and management. This is with the aim of (1) encouraging data-driven governance and (2) supporting the growth of an AI ecosystem.
It shall be applicable to (1) “all government departments and entities and rules and standards prescribed will cover all data collected and being managed by any Government entity” (2) “all non-personal datasets and data and platform, rules, standards governing its access and use by researchers and start-ups”.
The NDGFP envisages a detailed institutional framework, centered around an “India Data Management Office” (IDMO) that shall be set up under the Digital India Corporation under MEITY. The IDMO has been given a wide set of functions, including the following:
- The IDMO will establish standards and rules for government entities to define their data storage and retention framework – including on the cloud. It will also create a standard mechanism for inter-government data access.
- The IDMO will design and manage a “non-personal-data-based India Datasets program” and tasks IDMO with building platforms for sharing non-personal data.
- The India datasets program will consist of non-personal and anonymized datasets from government entities that have collected data from Indian citizens or those in India. The IDMO will prescribe rules and standards, including anonymization standards for all entities (govt. and private) that deal with data.
- The IDMO will also “accelerate inclusion of non-personal datasets housed with ministries and private companies into the India Datasets program”. Further, that “private entities will be encouraged to share” non-personal and anonymized datasets.
- The IDMO will process requests and provide access to non-personal and/or anonymized datasets to Indian researchers and startups. It will notify rules to “provide data on priority/exclusively to Indian/India based requesting entities”.
- The IDMO will also work with the Digital India Start-Up Hub to encourage and foster data and AI-based research and start-up ecosystems.
- The IDMO will also set principles to ensure ethical and fair use of data. It may ensure that data usage rights along with permissioned purposes to be with the data principal. It will also set data anonymization standards and rules.
- The IDMO will also institute a mechanism for citizens to request datasets and register grievances.

We also note that the concept of an IDMO was also outlined in an earlier draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy (IDAUP) released by MEITY in February.

We are currently examining the differences and similarities between the IDAUP and this policy in more detail. For more information on the earlier IDAUP (available here), please see our previous blog post on the IDAUP here (blog) as well as our feedback on the IDAUP, which is available here (feedback).

The deadline for submission of comments on the NDGFP is 11^th June 2022. In this regard, we request you to kindly share your detailed inputs with suitable justifications to us (if any) by or before 6^th June 2022, by writing to varun@nasscom.in and apurva@nasscom.in.

#nonpersonaldata #dataregulation #opendata

Disclaimer

That the contents of third-party articles/blogs published here on the website, and the interpretation of all information in the article/blogs such as data, maps, numbers, opinions etc. displayed in the article/blogs and views or the opinions expressed within the content are solely of the author's; and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of NASSCOM or its affiliates in any manner. NASSCOM does not take any liability w.r.t. content in any manner and will not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any kind of liability arising out of any act, error or omission. The contents of third-party article/blogs published, are provided solely as convenience; and the presence of these articles/blogs should not, under any circumstances, be considered as an endorsement of the contents by NASSCOM in any manner; and if you chose to access these articles/blogs , you do so at your own risk.

Varun Sen Bahl

Manager - Public Policy

Reach out to me for all things about data regulation, cybersecurity policy, and internet governance.