"Do you have sex? How often?"

The government& #39;s asking you. Also, CASTE. Religion. Sexual orientation. Political beliefs!

Believe it or not, this may become India& #39;s #HealthDataPolicy next week. Has all the looks of another commercial phishing venture.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.scroll.in/article/971575/indians-get-just-one-week-to-review-crucial-health-data-policy-the-centres-rush-is-undemocratic">https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp...

Yes, some of those data points can be related to health indices in serious ways. Map nutritional profiles against caste, for instance, and you& #39;ll know.

(There are also other ways in which each of those has a rather urgent bearing on health...you could simply get lynched.)

But with a regime that has fetishised data collection seemingly as an end in itself, a slight absence of credulity is natural. Of course, it& #39;s not an end in itself. "Data is the new oil," remember?

Btw, it& #39;s reasonable to wonder what good Aarogya Setu did.

Is there ever such a thing as judging a data collection enterprise by its intended policy outcomes? Apart from beating Pokemon Go?