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.
Looking beyond the ‘tech’ aspects of digital public infrastructure to how it interacts with users as individuals, as collectives, and in societies.
Despite the ‘openness’ of the UPI architecture, a concentration of market power in the UPI ecosystem is no secret.
In this research study for the Lancet Citizen’s Commission on Reimagining India’s Health Systems, we highlight how healthcare came to be seen as a politically viable and electorally rewarding issue in some, but not nearly enough, States.
While the amendments being proposed are well-intentioned, they are likely to present many operational challenges for businesses and the government, besides risking the freedom of speech of India’s digital citizens.
Even though RBI’s no-card-storage norms are well-intentioned, a hurried transition can end up disrupting digital payments in 2022, adversely affecting both customers as well as merchants.
India’s privacy law must balance the rights of children with online safety. The blanket requirement for parental consent for those aged below 18 years must make way for a graded approach along with a digital literacy curriculum.
