New Geospatial Data Rules: Can India's Mapping Sector Finally Scale?

India's liberalised geospatial data policy, announced in 2021 and progressively operationalised since, has dismantled decades-old licensing barriers for domestic companies working with maps and location intelligence. The question now is whether industry, government, and startups can collectively convert regulatory freedom into a world-class geospatial economy.

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