<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that India will chart its own course on the future of the Internet.<br />''<br />'' He said, over eight hundred 20 million internet users in the country deserve to have their own way to decide what kind of internet they want. Mr. Chandrasekhar said this while interacting at a Session at the India Global Forum held in Dubai, UAE today.<br />''<br />''The Minister asserted that India did not have to follow any other country or global practice for its policy-making on the future of the Internet.  <br />''<br />''Speaking about the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill that is now open for consultations, the Minister said, Protecting the digital rights of Indian citizens is an obligation of the Government. But, the government does not see this as a binary at the expense of slowing down the ecosystem for innovation that exists in India and in partnerships with other countries.</span><br />