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On November 4, 2026, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology published the concept for a "Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture" (DEPA). According to heise online, the concept proposes that "Training Data Providers" such as hospitals, banks, and government agencies hand data over to a central "Data Exchange Plattform" (DEP), where, after anonymization and encryption, it is made available to AI companies as "Training Data Consumers" to train models according to the platform's rules. The report states that the concept is primarily aimed at India's domestic AI models but does not exclude foreign users, and says it could benefit public healthcare, education, and bank credit. There are currently no facts on subsequent developments.
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India proposes DEPA data platform concept: enabling AI models to legally access hospital and bank data
India's Ministry of Electronics and IT has proposed the "Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture" (DEPA): hospitals, banks, government agencies and other "Training Data Providers" hand data over to a central "Data Exchange Plattform" (DEP), where it is anonymized and encrypted before being made available to AI companies as "Training Data Consumers" to train models under the platform's rules. The concept is primarily aimed at India's domestic AI models, but does not exclude foreign users, and is said to benefit public healthcare, education and bank lending. India has previously funded projects such as the Unified Payments Interface and Bharat Taxi to safeguard digital sovereignty.