Ashwini Vaishnaw, Communications and IT minister has said that the government is planning to create public digital platforms on the lines of united payments interface (UPI) in partnership with the industry and will release a framework soon comprising the use of non-personal data for providing better service to people. Thereafter, such digital platforms will then be opened up to the startup community and industry.
Meanwhile, the government, in February 2022, had floated a draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy 2022 which aims to enhance access, quality, and use of data, in line with the current and emerging technology needs of the decade.
In addition, the minister informed that the government is focussing on things to make sure that telecommunications becomes a vibrant industry. To this end, as per Vaishnaw, the government is making efforts on every basic thing that is required to drive growth.
Further, the minister said that the government is making efforts to establish a semiconductor ecosystem in the country which is going to be the foundation stone for a number of industries in the coming years whether it is the telecom industry, IT hardware industry, automobile, etc..
