Discuss the significance of public sector data sharing in promoting inclusive and efficient governance. In the country, outline the types of public data and suggest strategies to overcome these challenges.

Government enacted the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 to govern the principles of storage and sharing of public personal data of the public. Significance of public sector data sharing for inclusive and efficient governance: Entregate criminal justice system: data sharing b/w CCNTS, courts, prisons (e-prisons) to ensure speedy trials and justice to victims. Interpol: cross country sharing of data to bring offenders.

UDISET: informal decision by district authorities on school's performance. AB Digital Health Mission: digitisation of health records, telemedicine, last mile delivery of health services. AEPS: Aadhaar enabled payment, DBT to weed out bogus beneficiaries, reduce corruption. SFMS: set inter bank secure messaging system for correct transfer of funds. Autofiling of forms (GST forms, CMCA portal). Challenges in sharing public data: - Against Right to Privacy (Article 21): people have right over usage of their personal data. - Cybersecurity challenge: hacking, digit arrest SAMS, pegasus snooping.

Strategies to overcome challenges: - Consent based sharing of data: best practices from EU's GDPR. - DPDP Enact Data empowerment 2 Jurisdiction Architecture. - Restrictions on cross-border transfer sharing of children data without parent consent. - Ensure of public data after use has been completed. - Data is the new oil and is been potential to generate numerous benefits if processed & shared lawfully.