Kris Gopalakrishnan committee

In news:

• Kris Gopalakrishnan committee has submitted its recommendations regarding data governance in India

About the committee:

• The committee was formed by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
• The main purpose of the committee was to study various issues related to non-personal data.
• The report’s proposed regulation would require companies to share their private data, excluding “proprietary data”, at no remuneration.
• This is to reduce data monopolies and enable Citizens, startups, researchers, and the government can request data for purposes of national security, legal, public interest, and economic purposes to create a level playing field.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Kris Gopalakrishnan committee recently in news is related to the field of:

(a)Export promotion

(b)Data governance

(c)Pharmaceutical manufacturing

(d)Logistics development

Answer to Prelims Question