Opinion: India wins if Bharat wins
Learning from the experiences of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), the BharatNet project for laying broadband across 2.5 lakh gram panchayats needs to incorporate the strategies that made NHAI successful. Mahatma Gandhi once said that “Real India Lives in Villages”. In an era when broadband has become a necessity, connecting the villages with broadband
Opinion: Quest for a guiding anchor for government’s social welfare schemes Read more at
The governments of welfare states around the world burn significant midnight oil in rolling out social protection measures and schemes and spend considerable government revenue in providing the same. The salient objective of the social protection schemes is to provide a reasonable level of support – be it in the form of food, health, or
People are investing in crypto as they have heard of getting incredible returns
Cryptocurrencies can lead to “dollarisation” of a part of the economy which would be against India’s sovereign interest, top officials of the RBI have told a parliamentary panel, according to sources. “People are investing in crypto as they have heard of getting incredible returns,” said Jaijit Bhattacharya, President, Centre for Digital Economic Policy Research to
Opinion: It’s high time for regulatory intervention to tap monopolistic growth in social platforms
It is high time for the Government to address the problem of interoperability of social networks and achieve the ultimate goal of ending what is called the” Walled Garden” that currently dominates the social networks ecosystem. There has been a pronounced monopolization trend for the digital network market. Social media networks or digital networks due
How Karnataka e-Sahamati framework streamlines consent management for data sharing
The e-Sahamati framework, has been developed by the e-governance department with the help of National Informatics Centre (NIC). Imagine a scenario where the details of crops being grown by 75 lakh farmers is made available to an agriculture aggregator. The farmers will get the best price for their crops and aggregator will overcome its logistics
BharatPe: The coming of age story for Indian startups | OPINION
The recent events at BharatPe signal the coming of age of Indian startup ecosystem, where all the checks and balances mirroring those of large established corporate houses are coming into play, to keep the ecosystem in good stead. The past few years have put the spotlight on the phenomenal wealth creation by a tribe of
Opinion: Budget 2022 dials ‘D’ for Digital
The focus of budget 2022 is digital economy which includes digital infrastructure and digital currency, thereby making it an excellent budget for digital economy. The key highlight of budget 2022 is the Gati Shakti initiative of Government. The initiative encompasses the seven engines for economic transformation which include Roads, Railways, Airports, Ports, Mass Transport, Waterways
The idea of Modi government’s Self-Reliant India campaign will catch up with the budget and speed up
This Budget is going to prepare a roadmap to take the country on a new path of progress by acknowledging the reality of the changes being made on the technological fronts in the future while addressing many of the challenges of the present. Jaijit Bhattacharya. The minutes of the General Budget presented on Tuesday are
Satellite Web: The Next Frontier
India needs to urgently develop its own satellite network for providing ubiquitous high bandwidth satellite-based connectivity across the country. Ignoring this development would imply getting left behind in future space and telecom industries and continuing to be importers of such critical technologies. It would also mean losing out future high paying jobs. In the last
Chinese Whispers: Are Banned China Companies Making A Quiet Comeback In India?
Chinese companies banned under Sec 69A of the IT Act of India, are quietly making a backdoor comeback through what could be largely termed as a “Benami” route. The menace needs to be aggressively tracked and stopped. lmost fifteen years ago, when I and others with exposure to the great Chinese digital game used to