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
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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
The draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 (“Bill”) raises many concerns for businesses – start-ups and established companies alike. Companies will be required to revamp several of their operational practices once the Bill becomes an enforceable law. This post provides an overview of some of the practical concerns raised by the Bill to give aRead more
Anish Krishnan, interning with us at TRA for January – February 2018 and Nehaa Chaudhari, Lead – Policy have put together a timeline on key developments on #cryptocurrency law and policy in India. February 10th: Sebi chief states Rules on cryptocurrencies should be out soon. Tyagi, who is part of the committee formed by the government toRead 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
The 2018 budget featured a number of announcements that may be of interest to anyone engaged with the technology sector or the startup ecosystem. This note takes a look at some of these announcements in order to identify how the business environment may be impacted by the 2018 Budget Economic Growth in the last year:Read more