Data Is the New Oil

i r c t c, the Indian railway catering and tourism co operation has a virtual monopoly in ticketing. The web site boast details of close to 11 point seven cor passengers,. Details like name, age, mobile number, gender, address andemale. It expects to earn one thousand crow rupees from this endeavor. Many entities will be interested, of course. But privacy advocates believe that government could continue to claim public good and sell data to private organizations.