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Navigating Children’s Privacy and Parental Consent Under The DPDP Act 2023
- Children, Privacy, Tech
In the context of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 this paper looks at different pathways via which India can implement age verification and parental consent.
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Building Digital Ecosystems for India: From Principles to Practice
- DPI, Tech
An implementation blue book to provide a framework for practitioners, policymakers and innovators to develop and scale digital ecosystems in an inclusive and sustainable manner.
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The Political Journey of Healthcare in Select Indian States
- Healthcare
The Quantum Hub worked with the Lancet Citizen’s Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System to examine the socio-political determinants of attention to health in five Indian states – Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand.
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A Framework for Intermediary Classification in India
- Tech
As India prepares a new Digital India Act, this paper takes a fresh look at intermediary classification from a proportionate and risk-based approach to regulation.
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Towards Regulating App Stores
- Competition, Startups, Tech
A study to assess the competitive landscape in the app store market in India, highlight pressing concerns of developers, and determine the need, if any, for government intervention.
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COVID-19: The Gendered Impact on Urban Informal Workers in Delhi NCR
- COVID, Gender, Labour
A study on the subject of women informal workers – their pre-pandemic vulnerabilities, impact of COVID-19 on their life choices and institutional policy responses in Delhi NCR.
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Towards a gender-responsive and inclusive economic recovery for India in the COVID-19 context
- ECONOMIC RECOVERY, Gender
Suggestions for a macroeconomic recovery framework that places special emphasis on women and girls, including monetary and fiscal policy measures as well as innovative financing options to achieve gender-equitable outcomes.
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Levelling the playing field: Protecting the Interests of Automobile Dealers in India
- Auto
Undertaking a comparative analysis of OEM-dealership agreements in India and abroad, this study makes the case for a policy intervention to safeguard dealer (and consumer) interests in India.
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Keeping Fraudulent Apps off App Stores
- INTERMEDIARY LIABILITY, Tech
A policy brief to highlight the need for strengthening oversight mechanisms on app stores.
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Making a Gender Responsive Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme
- SOCIAL SECURITY
In the context of the pandemic and its severe impact on livelihoods in urban areas, this study looks at the principles that should underline a gender responsive urban employment guarantee scheme.
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EBooks: Building Blocks of India’s Knowledge Economy
- Education, Taxation, Tech
Despite the positive externalities associated with inexpensive books, eBooks are not afforded a favourable tax environment in India.
