Govt-appointed experts' panel suggests regulating data, checking monopolies

The government has invited feedback from public on the report submitted by the committee to fine-tune the suggestions of the panel for non-personal data governance

An experts' committee set up by the government under the chairmanship of Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has highlighted the need to regulate data, and expressed alarm at the imbalance being created by dominant internet giants such as Google, Facebook and Amazon.

A report submitted by the panel to the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MietY) said that not only economic, but also most critical social, political and cultural activities will depend upon data, and allowing data monopolies in a large consumer market like India could lead to the creation of imbalances in bargaining power.

"This may be the right time