Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Data is nation’s asset, must be secured, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad, who holds the Law and Justice, Electronics and Information Technology and Communications portfolios, was delivering the Late Thakur Prasad Centenary Memorial Lecture on 'Data Privacy, Data Security and Data Sovereignty'.

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Govt proposes to send Personal Data Protection Bill to joint select committee

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