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Have to build 1 lakh digital villages, says Ravi Shankar Prasad after talks with Satya Nadella

New Delhi | ByIndo Asian News Service
Feb 26, 2020 08:28 PM IST

“We talked on issue of data sovereignty which is a work in progress,” Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, adding that Digital India was also discussed among several issues in the IT segment.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday discussed on a range of issues including data sovereignty and Digital India with Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Data sovereignty and localisation have been a matter of concern and major technology companies which are mostly based out of India and store data outside the country. Feb. 26, 2020.(ANI)
Data sovereignty and localisation have been a matter of concern and major technology companies which are mostly based out of India and store data outside the country. Feb. 26, 2020.(ANI)

Speaking to reporters here after his meeting with Nadella, IT Minister Prasad said that it was a courtesy meeting which went “very good”.

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“We talked on issue of data sovereignty which is a work in progress,” he said, adding that Digital India was also discussed among several issues in the IT segment.

Data sovereignty and data localisation have been major subjects of debate with the government having introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill in the Parliament last year.

Although the bill allows the transfer of personal data outside India, while transferring “sensitive” personal data outside the country a copy will have to be kept in the country. Data processing or collecting entities will, however, be barred from transferring “critical” personal data outside the country.

Data sovereignty and localisation have been a matter of concern and major technology companies which are mostly based out of India and store data outside the country.

The minister also told the media that he has offered the Microsoft Corporation CEO to adopt few villages in the country and transform them into digital villages in line with the government’s target of establishing one lakh digital villages.

“We discussed a whole range of issues on IT, particularly i have offered to him... We have to establish one lakh digital villages. He can consider adopting some of these digital villages and mentoring it to become a beacon for others to follow,” he said.

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