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.