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Vision Document proposes series of policies in J&K *UT to establish Digital J&K Authority Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Dec 5: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to enforce two instruments–Data Governance Framework and Data Management Policy, Information Security and Private Policies, Policy on Procurement for Digital Transformation, Adoption of Ecosystem Architectures and State Data Centre among others. All these Policies and Documents are part of a ‘Vision Document’...

No violation of data privacy of citizens under National Digital Health Mission, Rajya Sabha told India Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 15:51 [IST] New Delhi, Feb 2: There is no violation of data privacy of citizens under the National Digital Health Mission as it enables appropriate use of health data with the consent of an individual, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. The ambitious National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) programme was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his...

Credit: Aditi Agrawal The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare sidestepped a question in the Rajya Sabha, asking if the government would store Indian citizens’ data as part of the the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) with an Indian company, or a foreign one. It only replied that “[t]he selection of vendors for NDHM is compliant with various applicable rules and policies of Government of India”.  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh, who asked the question, also wanted to ...