The rules restrict data transfer for Significant Data Fiduciaries based on data categories while allowing smaller entities to transfer the same types of data abroad.
State governments can do much more with data if they learn to use it across departments. All they need is a data stewardship body and a detailed action plan.
The Indian State failed to evolve from the design set by the British. Today, the structure undermines its development goals—prioritising data can help.
India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.
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