Strict Laws in India against depicting wrong maps

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/depicting-an-incorrect-map-of-india-could-land-you-a-rs-100-crore-fine-313676.html

While the intention seems right, how does this affect community mappers? Any thoughts?

Isn’t this about the “Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016”? For that bill, there already exists another discussion thread, so please see (and comment) there:

http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=54512