Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy

On 27^th May, 2022, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the revised draft National Data Governance Framework Policy. The development comes after a strong criticism of the previous ‘Draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy, 2022’, which was opened for public consultation in February, 2022.

Impact: Data Security - The NDGFP standards and rules will ensure data security and informational privacy.

• Data-driven Governance - The NDGFP is the first building block step of the Digital Government Architecture that in turn will accelerate Digital Governance to maximize data-driven governance.
• Efficient Service Delivery-It shall provide greater scope for better, more informed decision making and more efficient service delivery.
• Boost to Al based Research and Startup Ecosystem