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Comments to the Draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024: by Abhineet Nayyar, Isha Suri, and Pallavi Bedi (in alphabetical order) — published May 16, 2024 — last modified Jun 11, 2024 10:13 AM — filed under: Telecom, Digital Media, Digital Technologies, Internet Governance
This submission is a response by researchers at the Centre for Internet and Society India (CIS) to the draft Digital Competition Bill, 2024, published by the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL), Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), (hereafter “draft DCB” or “draft Bill”).
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Deployment of Digital Health Policies and Technologies: During Covid-19: by Pallavi Bedi — published Jul 21, 2022 — filed under: Privacy, Digitalisation, Digital Health, Digital Knowledge, Internet Governance, Digital Media, Digital Technologies, Digitisation
In the last twenty years or so, the Indian government has adopted several digital mechanisms to deliver services to its citizens.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Digital Delivery and Data System for Farmer Income Support: by Sameet Panda — published Oct 18, 2023 — filed under: Digital Technologies, Data Governance, Internet Governance, Privacy
This report, jointly published by the Centre for Internet & Society and Privacy International, highlights the digital systems deployed by the government to augment farmer income. It analyses the PM-Kisan and Kalia schemes in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
NIPFP Seminar on Exploring Policy Issues in the Digital Technology Arena: by Admin — published Oct 20, 2019 — filed under: Privacy, Digital Knowledge, Internet Governance, Digital Technologies, Digital India
Anubha Sinha participated in this seminar as a discussant on the "Regulating emerging technologies" panel. The event was held at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on October 10 - 11, 2019.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Techno-solutionist Responses to COVID-19: by Amber Sinha, Pallavi Bedi and Aman Nair — published Aug 10, 2021 — filed under: Digital Governance, Privacy, Digitalisation, Co-WIN, Covid19, Digital Technologies, Internet Governance, Technology, E-Governance
The Indian state has increasingly adopted a digital approach to service delivery over the past decade, with vaccination being the latest area to be subsumed by this strategy. In the context of the need for universal vaccination, the limitations of the government’s vaccination platform Co-WIN need to be analysed.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
UN Questionnaire on Digital Innovation, Technologies and Right to Health: by Pahlavi and Shweta Mohandas — published Dec 31, 2020 — last modified Nov 21, 2022 04:10 PM — filed under: Digital Media, Digital Technologies, Internet Governance, Digital Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) contributed to the questionnaire put out by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on digital innovation, technologies and the right to health. The responses were authored by Pahlavi and Shweta Mohandas, and edited by Indumathi Manohar.
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