A. INTRODUCTION: On 11 May 2020, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) released the ‘Aarogya Setu Data Access and Knowledge Sharing Protocol’ (“Protocol”). The Protocol is issued by the chairperson of the ‘empowered group on technology and data management’ (“EG”), which is one of the 11 empowered groups created by the National ExecutiveRead more
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Against the backdrop of a federal government appointed committee examining possible governance structures for non-personal data in India, this piece looks at various data marketplace models around the world. Data marketplaces are platforms to bring together providers and customers of data, often for a price. In September, the government of India (“Government”) constitutedRead more
Summary: In order to resolve the confusion created due to the various policies launched by the Indian government in the e-mobility sector, this post provides a timeline of the different steps taken by the government to introduce and encourage e-mobility in India. I. Introduction Like many other countries around the world, including Norway,Read more
An edited version of this piece by Nehaa Chaudhari was first published by Inc42 and is available here. About ten days ago, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) appointed Committee of Experts chaired by Justice Srikrishna (Srikrishna Committee) released its final recommendations on what India’s data protection framework should look like. It alsoRead more
On 9th August 2017, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) released a consultation paper on Privacy, Security, and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector (“Consultation Paper”) as a step towards developing a robust data protection framework to safeguard consumer interest in the telecom sector. TRAI is expected to release its final recommendations on the subject soon.[1]Read more
On 29th May, 2018, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) released the draft Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 (“Regulations”), aimed to curb the problem of unsolicited commercial communication, or spam, for telecom subscribers. As stated in the accompanying press release, TRAI has chosen to adopt Distributed Ledger Technology (also known as “blockchain”)Read more
Background The Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) RS Sharma has announced that TRAI will soon release its final recommendations on data privacy and security in the telecom sector.[1] These recommendations will be based on the responses received to the TRAI’s consultation paperon Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data inRead more
The Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, had published the draft Defence Production Policy, 2018 (draft policy) on 22nd March, 2018. The draft policy is available here. Our detailed comments on the draft policy are available here. In brief, our submissions were: Unmanned aerial vehicles should be included inRead more
This article highlights key takeaways for startups and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the Draft Defence Production Policy, 2018 (available here.), published by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. (Note: the paragraph numbers in the parentheses below refer to those in the Draft Defence Production Policy, 2018) 1. Turnover and prior experienceRead more