Data Governance in Emerging Economies to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

India Country Report Based on the Workshop Data Governance for Good Health & Well-Being: India’s Way Forward to Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Bengaluru, September 8-9, 2022)

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Arul George Scaria

National Law School of India University

Vikas Kathuria

School of Law, BML Munjal University

Shraddha Kulhari

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Vidya Subramanian

National Law School of India University Bengaluru

Date Written: February 28, 2024

Abstract

This report contributes towards making a preliminary assessment of data governance approaches with a pivot to Sustainable Development Goals in emerging economies with a focus on India. It draws on the insights gathered from bringing together various stakeholders at the workshop organized in Bengaluru. Written in the specific context of SDG 3, this report underscores the role of data governance for good health and well-being in India. Following a brief introduction to the project under which the report was produced, it is structured in four sections. Section 2 provides a detailed background on the selection of SDG 3 and India for studying data governance in emerging economies. Section 3 offers an overview of the existing legal framework for data governance in India. This section not only analyzes open data initiatives but also maps the judicial and legislative steps towards safeguarding personal data, while highlighting the ongoing efforts to legislate non-personal data sharing. Section 4 leverages insights from the workshop to analyse the roles played by the public sector, the private sector, and startups for ascertaining the scope of data governance in the Indian healthcare sector. Section 5 summarises the findings and emphasises the importance of a data governance framework for achieving the SDGs, particularly SDG 3 in India. The report concludes with a set of questions aimed at developing a research agenda to contribute to building a data governance framework in emerging economies such as India.

Keywords: Data governance, sustainable development goals, good health and well-being, emerging economies, personal data, non-personal data, open data, data sharing

Suggested Citation

Scaria, Arul George and Kathuria, Vikas and Kulhari, Shraddha and Subramanian, Vidya, Data Governance in Emerging Economies to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

India Country Report Based on the Workshop Data Governance for Good Health & Well-Being: India’s Way Forward to Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Bengaluru, September 8-9, 2022)

(February 28, 2024). Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-08, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4837653 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4837653

Arul George Scaria (Contact Author)

National Law School of India University ( email )

Nagarbhavi
Bangalore, KS Karnataka 560072
India

Vikas Kathuria

School of Law, BML Munjal University ( email )

Shraddha Kulhari

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ( email )

Marstallplatz 1
Munich, Bayern 80539
Germany

Vidya Subramanian

National Law School of India University Bengaluru ( email )

India

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