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
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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
Preliminary On 12 November 2018, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”)[1] published the Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for over-the-top (“OTT”) communication services (“Consultation Paper”).[2] This Consultation Paper was deemed necessary due to existing regulatory imbalances between telecom service providers (“TSP”) and OTT service providers, especially since the adoption and usage of OTTRead 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
Introduction Hemp, the lesser known cousin of marijuana, has been in the news for all the right reasons lately. The industrial and medicinal uses of the plant have been in the spotlight ever since the United States Senate voted to legalise the cultivation, processing and sale of industrial hemp in June 2018.[1] In IndiaRead more
I. Introduction The Supreme Court’s ban on the sale of alcohol within 500 meters of state and national highways in 2016 caused a significant crunch in the physical retail space available to alcohol vendors in India.[1] Players in the alcohol industry thus began to look to e-commerce as an opportunity for growth. In particular, theRead 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
Monitoring App Based Cab Aggregators Towards A Brighter Future? Even though app-based cab aggregators (“ABCAs”) entered the Indian market much later than traditional radio taxis, they have already started to eclipse the latter in terms of city coverage, fleet size, offerings and pricing.[1] These ABCAs follow a sharing economy model and claim to be technologyRead more
Preliminary On 1st May, 2018, the Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Communications rolled out the draft National Digital Communications Policy, 2018 (“Draft Policy”). Following a round of public consultations on the draft policy, the Union Cabinet approved the final National Digital Communications Policy, 2018 (“Policy”), on September 26, 2018. This Policy, whichRead more