At the outset, we would like to thank the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for inviting comments on the National Digital Health Mission: Health Data Management Policy”, which forms a part of the larger National Digital Health Mission (2017) from the public and ensuring the participation of civil society in the lawmaking process. The Dialogue hopes to aid the Government in conceiving a comprehensive framework for the management of health data while balancing both the objectives of the State and a citizen’s right to privacy as envisioned by the Supreme Court of India in the K.S Puttaswamy vs. Union of India judgement.
As a part of our submission, we have commented on particular aspects of the policy that can be built upon further and have also tendered our recommendations on the same.
