Topic
Geospatial Information Regulation Bill
4 items.
3 Jul 2016
Blog post
Data for Governance, Governance of Data, and Data AnxietiesThe Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) organised a panel discussion on 'The Data Explosion – How the Internet of Things will Affect Media Freedom and Communication Systems?' at Deutsche Welle's Global Media Forum 2016, held in …
5 Jun 2016
Blog post
CIS's Comments on the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016The Centre for Internet and Society is alarmed by the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016, and has recommended that the proposed law be withdrawn in its entirety. It offered the following detailed comments as its submission.
17 May 2016
Blog post
Protecting the Territory, Killing the MapThe politics of making and using maps in India has taken a sudden and complex turn with the publication of the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016. Contrary to the expectations arising out of several government schemes that …
11 May 2016
Blog post
Legal Challenges to Mapping in India #1 - Laws, Policies, and CasesResponding to the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill and the draft National Geospatial Policy made public recently, this post provides an overview of the present configuration of laws, policies, and guidelines that provides the …