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Getting the (Digital) Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Right
— by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Oct 03, 2022 02:56 PMOn the eve of the Tokyo Quad Summit in May 2022, President Biden unveiled the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), visualising cooperation across the Indo-Pacific based on four pillars: trade; supply chains; clean energy, decarbonisation and infrastructure; and tax and anti-corruption. Galvanised by the US, the other 13 founding members of the IPEF are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The first official in-person Ministerial meeting was held in Los Angeles on 9 September 2022.
NHA Data Sharing Guidelines – Yet Another Policy in the Absence of a Data Protection Act
— by Shweta Mohandas and Pallavi Bedi — last modified Sep 29, 2022 03:17 PMIn July this year, the National Health Authority (NHA) released the NHA Data Sharing Guidelines for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY) just two months after publishing the draft Health Data Management Policy.

Surveillance Enabling Identity Systems in Africa: Tracing the Fingerprints of Aadhaar
— by Shruti Trikanad and Vrinda Bhandari — last modified Aug 09, 2022 08:17 AMBiometric identity systems are being introduced around the world with a focus on promoting human development and social and economic inclusion, rather than previous goals of security. As a result, these systems being encouraged in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, sometimes with disastrous consequences.

Deployment of Digital Health Policies and Technologies: During Covid-19
— by Pallavi Bedi — last modified Jul 21, 2022 02:49 PMIn the last twenty years or so, the Indian government has adopted several digital mechanisms to deliver services to its citizens.
What Are The Consumer Protection Concerns With Crypto-Assets?
— by Aman Nair and Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Jul 18, 2022 03:22 PMExisting consumer protection regulations are not sufficient to cover the extent of protection that a crypto-investor would require.
Comments to the draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
— by Anamika Kundu, Digvijay Chaudhary, Divyansha Sehgal, Isha Suri and Torsha Sarkar — last modified Jul 07, 2022 02:39 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) presented its comments on the draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (‘the rules’), which were released on 6 June, 2022 for public comments.
Central Bank Digital Currencies: A solution to India’s financial woes or just a piece of the puzzle?
— by Aman Nair — last modified Jul 04, 2022 10:04 AMThe Government’s Increased Focus on Regulating Non-Personal Data: A Look at the Draft National Data Governance Framework Policy
— by Digvijay Chaudhary and Anamika Kundu — last modified Jun 30, 2022 01:24 PMDigvijay Chaudhary and Anamika Kundu wrote an article on the National Data Governance Framework Policy. It was edited by Shweta Mohandas.
Working paper on Non-Financial Use Cases of Blockchain Technology
— by Vipul Kharbanda and Aman Nair — last modified Jun 28, 2022 12:09 PMMaking Voices Heard
— by Shweta Mohandas — last modified Jun 27, 2022 04:18 PMWe are happy to announce the launch of our final report on the study ‘Making Voices Heard: Privacy, Inclusivity, and Accessibility of Voice Interfaces in India. The study was undertaken with support from the Mozilla Corporation.
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