1. Preliminary 1.1 The 5-Institute budget seminar on ‘The Union Budget 2019-20: Reforms and Development Perspectives’, was held on 22 July 2019. This seminar brought together five policy experts who shared their thoughts on the union budget 2019 (“Budget”) presented by the National Democratic Alliance – II (“NDA-II”) government on 5 July 2019. The sessionRead more
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1. Introduction Algorithmic bias (“AI bias”) is a phenomenon that occurs when “an algorithm produces results that are systematically prejudiced due to erroneous assumptions in the machine learning process.” One might be led into believing that artificial intelligence (“AI”) based tools should produce unbiased results given they are machine-driven; however, this myth needs to be bustedRead more
The Dialogue organized a roundtable in New Delhi on 5th August, 2019, to discuss the way forward for a progressive data protection law that is rights-based and implements the Supreme Court’s principles on privacy. This note summarizes the discussions from this roundtable, which was conducted under the Chatham House Rule. Session 1: Gaps inRead more
This post is the first in a series of three posts analysing the information technology (“IT”) ecosystem of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Introduction With over 4 billion people online[1], the internet has reshaped how we do business, communicate and conduct governance[2]. As the digital economy evolves, digital security has taken on a distinctRead more
1. Preliminary 1.1 Vishal Misra, a professor of computer science at Columbia University, conducted a seminar titled ‘Routing Money, not Packets’ at The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy on 06 August 2019. Misra presented a condensed version of his research that constructs a detailed model of the internet and studies its incentiveRead more
1. Preliminary 1.1. The Ananta Aspen Centre held its second seminar in its ‘Economy & Policy’ series of events on 01 August 2019. The seminar was on the topic, ‘What are the priorities for the economic growth for India 2019-20? – The Union Budget and After’. This seminar brought together three economic policy expertsRead more
Healthcare in India is plagued with problems – a severe shortage of hospitals, doctors and other health service providers; a large section of the population which is poor and does not have access to health care; and inadequate governmental spending and support[1]. Despite the fact that India is behind more developed countries in the adoptionRead more
Preliminary On 12 November 2018, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”)[1] published the Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for over-the-top (“OTT”) communication services (“Consultation Paper”).[2] This Consultation Paper was deemed necessary due to existing regulatory imbalances between telecom service providers (“TSP”) and OTT service providers, especially since the adoption and usage of OTTRead more
The Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (“PSS Act”)[1] for the first time recognized payments as a different function from a bank’s core functions, such as lending, accepting deposits or managing monetary policy[2]. The Watal Committee Report[3] further explained this difference when it suggested in 2016 that payments must be regulated by a separate, independentRead more
Aparna Sai and Ranajit Dam cover Ikigai Law’s views in their article “Start-up Nation” in the June edition of Asian Legal Business. The article discusses how the startup practice is evolving for law firms and how lawyers are playing a critical role in the development of the sector. Here are some excerpts: Anirudh Rastogi, founderRead more