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In a judgement[1] (“Ritesh Sinha Judgement”), a three judge bench of the Supreme Court of India observed that the fundamental right to privacy is not absolute and is limited by certain factors instead. The issue raised before the bench was whether a person can be compelled to submit his/her voice samples for the purposes ofRead more

  Introduction This post traces the development of India’s foreign direct investment (“FDI”) policy in relation to the e-commerce industry. It analyses the stakeholders’ contemporaneous responses to these developments and also maps the push and pull factors which may have influenced the government to introduce certain policy changes. The beginnings of FDI in e-commerce TheRead more

Ikigai Law acted on Doxper’s US$4 million fund raise from Alkemi Ventures. [1] The round also saw participation from Rainforest Venture Network, existing investor growX Ventures and angel investors. Doxper provides a digital pen and encoded paper-based solution to helps doctors and hospitals automatically digitise health records. Since doctors continue to use pen and paper there is a ‘zeroRead more

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

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. 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

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

1. Preliminary The union budget of India for the year 2019-2020 was presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 05 July 2019. This was the National Democratic Alliance – II (“NDA-II”) government’s first budget. Shortly after Sitharaman’s presentation of the budget, IndiaSpend, a non-profit organization that uses open data to analyse India’s socio-economic issues, publishedRead more

1. INTRODUCTION   The Indian union budget was declared on 05 July 2019 by the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman. This was the first budget presented by the Narendra Modi government in its second term. The budget speech is available here, highlights released by the union government are available here, the Finance Bill, 2019 is availableRead more

1. PRELIMINARY 1.1 The finance ministry presents the economic survey (“ES”) of India in the parliament every year before the union budget. This document is prepared by the finance ministry and the chief economic adviser. The ES presents the finance ministry’s views on the annual economic development of India. This post highlights major observations fromRead more