1. What is a social stock exchange? 1.1 Social stock exchanges are dedicated platforms that allow investors to purchase stakes in social enterprises, volunteer groups and welfare organizations. Contrary to most capital market exchanges that allow firms to be listed when they meet certain business criteria (see here for Security and Exchange Board of India’sRead more
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1. What is an AI stack? An AI stack is a reference model that lists all infrastructural components that are required to build, train, deploy and scale AI systems. An AI stack is essentially a ‘building’ made up a different ‘tech’ floors placed one over the other with each floor representing one kind of AIRead more
Preliminary The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) is a statutory body that acts as the regulator of the telecommunications sector in India. It was set up by the government of India under section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (“TRAI Act”). The TRAI concerns itself with regulating telecom tariffs, qualityRead more
1. Preliminary The Maharashtra government recently approved the construction of the world’s first Hyperloop between Pune and Mumbai. This mode of transportation is expected to cut the travel time between the two cities from 3.5 hours to under 35 minutes. This post: (i) presents the background of the project; and (ii) identifies policyRead more
1. Preliminary 1.1 Google hosted the fifth edition of its annual Google for India event on 19 September 2019. Google launched a range of products and services during this event and provided an insight into the work it is doing around technology in India. India’s information technology (“IT”) minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, was also invited byRead more
We are delighted to announce the launch of the ‘Digital Technology Policy for India’s USD 5 Trillion Economy’, an IAMAI report authored by Ikigai Law (available here). The report was launched in New Delhi on 24 September 2019 by Sunil Jain (managing editor, Financial Express), Baijayant Panda (national vice president, BJP), Aruna Sundararajan (former secretary,Read more
1. Preliminary 1.1 ‘Budget Speeches Analysis’ is Ikigai Law’s project initiated to (i) identify trends in the word frequency[1] of different keywords in India’s budget speeches, and (ii) compare them against trends in different economic parameters particular to India. This project applies simple analytical tools to detect patterns and derive fresh insights from budget speeches, whichRead more
1. Preliminary 1.1 ‘Budget Speeches Analysis’ is Ikigai Law’s project initiated to (i) identify trends in the word frequency[1] of different key words in India’s budget speeches, and (ii) compare them against trends in different economic performance parameters particular to India. Essentially, this project attempts to apply simple analytical tools to detect patterns in budget speeches,Read more
1. Preliminary 1.1‘Budget Speeches Analysis’ is Ikigai Law’s project initiated to (i) identify trends in the word frequency[1] of different words in India’s budget speeches, and (ii) compare them against trends in India’s economic parameters. Essentially, this project attempts to apply simple analytical tools to detect patterns in budget speeches, which would otherwise not beRead 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