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
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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
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
In the 2G scam, prosecutors allege that the mode in which a former telecom minister received bribes, was by having the briber purchase shares in a company owned by the said minister’s brother at an exaggerated price that had little to nothing to do with the actual valuation of the company[1]. It was to preventRead 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