G-20 Osaka summit: India refuses to sign declaration on free flow of data across borders | India News, The Indian Express

G-20 Osaka summit: India refuses to sign declaration on free flow of data across borders | India News, The Indian Express

Written by Shubhajit Roy |Osaka |Updated: June 29, 2019 10:41:29 am

G-20 Osaka summit: India refuses to sign declaration on free flow of data across borders

Sources said this issue has become a major point of discord between major developed countries in the G-20 on one side, and India and China on the other side.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo: Susan Walsh)

In a sign of resistance against developed countries led by the US and Japan, which are pushing for free flow of data across borders, India Friday refused to become a signatory to the Osaka declaration on digital economy that was signed by 24 countries and groupings.