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.
Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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