The proposed ‘Digital India Bill’ holds out the promise of not only upgrading the current legal regime but also redefining the contours of how technology is regulated.
The availability of PC-level data can help elected representatives identify unmet needs in their constituencies and work with the administration and civil society to bridge gaps.
Polio immunisation must continue to be joint effort between central and state governments, and there is a need to look more closely into these trends across PCs and formulate tailored, collaborative interventions to keep India “Polio free”
Now is an opportune time to see how we can take our population-scale shared infrastructure to go beyond its role of ‘identifying and authenticating’ to solve for contemporary challenges that are impeding the competitiveness and resilience of the Indian economy.
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill must serve as a basic layer of protection, with sectoral regulators having the ability to build on this.
An attempt at drawing attention to regions in India with high levels of female child marriage, as well as discussing potential solutions to address the problem.
The gaming sector has grown into a whopping $2.6 billion industry in India, with an estimated count of more than half a billion gamers being served by over 900 companies.
It is imperative that future digital citizens are equipped to traverse through the internet landscape safely, smartly and with nuance.
To realize our ambition of a $10 trillion economy powered by ‘women-led development’, we need gender intentionality built into overall government spending.
The principles of the ‘best interests of children’ and ‘more responsibility on platforms’ should inform India’s approach to data protection for minors.
‘Work-near-home’ centres being developed by the government must at the very least address infrastructure related challenges.
It seems as if a tussle is brewing between India’s monetary and fiscal authorities.