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Are India’s much-lauded startups failing their women workers?
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by
Abhishek Sekharan and Ambika Tandon
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published
Dec 06, 2021
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filed under:
CISRAW,
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog,
Future of Work
Recent protests outside Urban Company’s head office highlight the gendered nature of work in the country’s digital economy.
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The State of the Internet's Languages Report
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Mar 07, 2022
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last modified
Mar 07, 2022 03:01 PM
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filed under:
RAW Research,
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog
The first-ever State of the Internet’s Languages Report was launched by Whose Knowledge? on February 23, 2022 (just after the International Mother Language day), along with research partners Oxford Internet Institute and the Centre for Internet and Society. This extraordinarily community-sourced effort, with over 100 people involved is now available online, with translations in multiple languages.
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The Internet in the Indian Judicial Imagination
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by
Divij Joshi
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published
Sep 09, 2015
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filed under:
Internet Studies,
Internet Law,
Judiciary,
RAW Blog,
Researchers at Work
This post by Divij Joshi is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Divij is a final year student at the National Law
School of India University, Bangalore and is a keen observer and researcher on issues of law, policy and technology. In this essay, he traces the history of the Internet in India through the lens of judicial trends, and looks at how the judiciary has defined its own role in relation to the Internet.
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Procurement Through Digital Platforms
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SEWA Cooperative Federation and Centre for Internet & Society
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published
Jul 26, 2022
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog
Procurement policies, both public and private, can play a significant role in determining inclusive market participation, particularly for informal women workers and their collective enterprises.
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Essays on #List — Selected Abstracts
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by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
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published
Sep 03, 2019
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last modified
Sep 03, 2019 01:38 PM
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
List,
RAW Blog,
Featured,
Internet Studies
In response to a recent call for essays that social, economic, cultural, political, infrastructural, or aesthetic dimensions of the #List, we received 11 abstracts. Out of these, we have selected 4 pieces to be published as part of a series titled #List on the r@w blog. Please find below the details of the selected abstracts. The call for essays on #List remains open, and we are accepting and assessing the incoming abstracts on a rolling basis.
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How Green is the Internet? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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by
Aishwarya Panicker
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published
Sep 23, 2016
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last modified
Sep 23, 2016 05:02 AM
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Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog,
Environmental Impact
This essay by Aishwarya Panicker is part of the 'Studying Internet in India' series. The author draws attention to the fact that there is little data, debate, analysis, and examination of the environmental impact of the internet, which is true especially for India. She explores four central issue areas. First, as the third highest country in terms of internet use, what is the current environmental impact of internet usage in India? Second, are there any regulatory provisions that give prescriptive measures to data centres and providers? Third, do any global standards exist in this regard and finally, what future steps can be taken (by the government, civil society and individuals) to address this?
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Mobilizing Online Consensus: Net Neutrality and the India Subreddit
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by
Sujeet George
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published
Sep 27, 2016
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last modified
Sep 27, 2016 04:52 AM
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filed under:
Reddit,
Internet Studies,
RAW Blog,
Net Neutrality,
Researchers at Work
This essay by Sujeet George is part of the 'Studying Internet in India' series. The author offers a preliminary gesture towards understanding reddit’s usage and breadth in the Indian context. Through an analysis of the “India” subreddit and examining the manner and context in which information and ideas are shared, proposed, and debunked, the paper aspires to formulate a methodology for interrogating sites like reddit that offer the possibilities of social mediation, even as users maintain a limited amount of privacy. At the same time, to what extent can such news aggregator sites direct the ways in which opinions and news flows change course as a true marker of information generation responding to user inputs.
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Love in the Time of Tinder
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Oct 17, 2016
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog
Service providers and information aggregators mine our information and share it in ways that we cannot imagine.
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Digital native: Lie Me a River
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Mar 19, 2017
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filed under:
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog,
Digital Natives
The sea of social media around us often drowns the truth, exchanging misinformation for facts.
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Datafication of the Public Distribution System in India
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by
Sameet Panda
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published
Dec 31, 2020
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last modified
Aug 09, 2022 08:07 AM
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filed under:
RAW Research,
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog
In this study, we look into the datafication of social protection schemes with a special focus on the Public Distribution System in India. Proponents of datafication claim that the benefits will reach the right person and curb leakages through the automation and digitisation of all PDS processes. Aadhaar is the most important link in the datafication; supporters claim that it makes technology people-centric. This study looks at the status of PDS datafication and its impact on the delivery of the scheme in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. We also try to understand to what extent the stated objective of portability has been met and how far the challenges faced by the rights holders of the PDS have been resolved.
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