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Difficulty: EasyExplicit and Fact-Based Information Extraction

Read the following passage carefully:

In October 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched the National Data Governance Framework Policy to standardize non-personal data access across central ministries. Under the framework, all tech startups registered with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) are granted free access to anonymized public datasets, provided their research operations are based entirely within India and they receive no foreign funding. However, foreign-funded startups—even if registered with DPIIT—must pay an annual processing fee of ₹50,000 for dataset access. Furthermore, access to datasets involving critical national infrastructure requires prior security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs, regardless of the entity's funding structure.

Based on the passage, which condition must a DPIIT-registered startup fulfill to obtain free access to anonymized public datasets?

  1. It must conduct its research operations entirely within India and not receive any foreign funding.Answer
  2. B
    It must obtain prior security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs before submitting its dataset application.
  3. C
    It must pay a standard annual processing fee of ₹50,000 to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
  4. D
    It must be co-registered with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises alongside its DPIIT registration.

Answer

A DPIIT-registered startup must conduct its research operations entirely within India and receive no foreign funding to get free access to anonymized public datasets.
The passage directly asserts that free access to anonymized public datasets is subject to two explicit conditions for DPIIT-registered startups: their research operations must be based entirely in India, and they must receive no foreign funding.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the specific sentence in the passage that mentions conditions for free access to anonymized public datasets.
Identified statement: DPIIT-registered startups receive free access provided 'their research operations are based entirely within India and they receive no foreign funding.'
Explicit fact extraction requires identifying the exact qualifiers attached to the rule.
2
Compare the criteria for free access with the conditions given in the options.
The requirement of domestic research base combined with no foreign funding matches the explicit statement in the passage.
Filters out distractors that confuse conditional requirements for foreign-funded entities or critical infrastructure data.

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Explicit and Fact-Based Information Extraction
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