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Update for all players interested in the medical, pharmaceutical and/or health-tech industry. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified the New Drugs and Clinical Trial Rules, 2019 (“New Rules”). Prior to this notification clinical trials in India were governed by a scattered set of rules and guidelines mainly found under the Drugs and Cosmetic Act,Read more

 1. Preliminary On 20 February 2019, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”)[1] published a report titled ‘India’s Trillion-Dollar Digital Opportunity’ (“Report”)[2] in collaboration with McKinsey & Company. This report was prepared in consultation with the Government of India (“Government”), various state governments and private stakeholders. The report was conceived with three primary objectives. 1.1Read more

There has been recent public uproar regarding levying of an extra charge in the name of ‘internet handling fee’ and caught in the midst of it are online digital merchants/service providers like Paytm, Bookmyshow and others. Generally a merchant has to pay a cost (which is linked to the value of sale) to the bankRead more

A recent interim order passed by the Delhi High Court in the matter of PVR Ltd. vs Just Dial Ltd may have grave implications for the business model followed by most aggregation platforms. Deep-linking, framing and content extraction practices undertaken typically by content aggregators may land them in to trouble. The way content aggregation platforms (takeRead more

1. PRELIMINARY The European Commission on March 12, 2019 adopted the ‘Implementing Regulation on rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft’ along with the ‘Delegated Regulation on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems’ (“Regulations”) and its Annex. If objections are not raised by the EU Parliament or byRead more

Introduction With the increasing fanfare around Blockchain technology and the potential it holds for the future, commercial enterprises – Blockchain based and otherwise – are experimenting with paying salaries in cryptocurrency. This initiative broadens the cryptocurrency ecosystem[1] and also helps retain the best tech talent.[2] This post outlines the current cryptocurrency payment ecosystem, industry experienceRead more

This article argues that India’s draft National E-Commerce Policy will harm its startups. An edited version of this article was first published in the Economic Times on Saturday, 16 March 2019. The version published by the Economic Times is also available online, here.   About two months from now, the US government will start to imposeRead more

The Union Cabinet approved[1] the National Policy on Software Products, 2019[2] (“Policy”) on 28.02.2019. The Policy aims “to develop India as a software product nation and a global leader in conception, design, development and production of software products.”[3] The Policy will be implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”)[4] in collaboration withRead more

  I. Preliminary The National Policy on Electronics 2019 (“Policy”)[1] was released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”)[2] on 25.02.2019. The Policy, which recognises the electronics industry as the “world’s largest and fastest growing industry”[3], seeks to “position India as a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (“ESDM”) by […]Read more

The National Health Policy, 2017[1] (“Policy”) envisaged the creation of a digital health technology ecosystem, aiming to leverage the potential of digital health data. The advantages of such digitalization and the potential of technology can hardly be overlooked, yet the proposals in this policy essentially involve large-scale creation, collection and sharing of health data. AnRead more