The issue is not just that the social value of statistical analysis cannot override the legal obligation to refrain from infringing on personal privacy, but also that the quality of the data itself is often premised on confidentiality being 4  guaranteed: without it, proprietary data would be impossible to collect, and much sensitive data, such as data on personal wealth, would be next to useless.
Dr. Jha was Governor of the Reserve Bank from July 1967 to May 1970, at a time when our economy was going through one of its most challenging phases. The country was shaken by food security concerns, and initiatives to redress them resulted in the much celebrated “Green Revolution”.