India, March 22 -- The government does not plan to monetise non-personal data through its recently launched platform, AIKosha, which hosts over 300 non-personal datasets from more than 10 entities, minister of state for electronics and information technology Jitin Prasada said on Friday.

"[M]onetisation of non-personal data has not been envisaged at the 'AIKosh' Platform. ... The platform does not engage in the monetisation of data in any capacity; consequently, there will be no purchasers or subscribers," Prasada said in a written response to Shiv Sena lawmaker Milind Murli Deora question in Rajya Sabha.

Deora had asked if the government had set up any mechanism to verify the buyers and subscribers of data from this platform.

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