Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps against ‘data colonisation’, specially by global corporations, and asserted that Indian data must be owned by Indians.
Invoking Mahatma Gandhi’s movement against political colonisation, Mr. Ambani said India now needed a new movement against data colonisation.
“Gandhiji led India’s movement against political colonisation. Today, we have to collectively launch a new movement against data colonisation,” he said in Gandhinagar at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit.
“Data is the new wealth. India’s data must be controlled and owned by Indian people and not by corporates, specially global corporations. For India to succeed in this data-driven revolution, we will have to migrate the control and ownership of Indian data back to India. In other words, give Indian wealth back to every Indian,” he said.
The entire world had come to recognise Mr. Modi as a man of action. “Honorable Prime Minister, am sure you will make this one of the principal goals of your digital India mission,” he said