India is ushering into a crucial juncture more than seventy years after independence. The country is taking important strides towards emerging as a middle-income economy, provide jobs to millions of people, take global leadership on issues of geopolitical importance and stake claim for a growing superpower. In all of this, data and technology will play […]
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The conference commenced with Padma Shri AS Kiran Kumar emphasizing the significance of adopting emerging technologies in today’s democratic era. He underscored the digital transformation in the economy and the need to digitize essential government services like healthcare, education, banking, and travel. For the Government of India, embracing digital technology is crucial for the nation’s
India currently is at crossroads in terms of taking the next step towards making the country realise the benefits of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence. The NITI Aayog paper rightly identified AI as an important tool to meet India’s development agenda. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the concept used to describe computer systems that are
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The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 proposes a framework to secure the informational privacy of citizens of India. The areas covered by the draft bill include consent, what comprises personal data including sensitive personal data, exemptions which can be granted, grounds for processing data, storage restrictions for personal data, individual rights and right to be
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In light with the growing importance of data protection and the white paper issued by the Ministry, Center for Knowledge Sovereignty, Bharat Niti and The Dialogue, with support from Microsoft, jointly delivered a one-day seminar titled “National Conference on Policy Framework for Data Protection in India”, on 22nd January 2018. Mirror Now was the Knowledge
OverviewThe roundtable event titled Regulation in the Innovation Economy was held at Taj Mansingh Hotel, New Delhi on May 9, 2018. The conference involved participation of 38 people from diverse fields, including corporate sector, government, consultancy, research and academia. The areas discussed for the first roundtable under the series were broadly categorized into twocategories:
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The Act East Policy launched at ASEAN summit at Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar is aimed to strengthen ties between India and the ASEAN countries. Changed geopolitical realities necessitated India to reach out to its ASEAN neighbors with shared historical, cultural, and civilisational linkages. Post-1990’s, tremendous strides in Indo-ASEAN relation were made, from India becoming a
Technology is one of the tools in the fight against the pandemic and Governments around the world have been deploying technological solutions to tackle the threat posed by COVID-19. While Singapore has launched TraceTogether, Australia has come out with COVIDSafe for developing a contact tracing system. Working towards a similar goal, the Indian Government has
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The Dialogue submitted its comments on the Non-personal Data Governance Framework Report by the Committee of Experts with inputs from the various stakeholder consultations. The Dialogue argued for a voluntary data sharing model over a mandatory sharing model for competitive advantage.This data sharing framework should be based on the principles of necessity, proportionality, accountability and
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In the age of Artificial Intelligence governing our lives across sectors, NITI Aayog’s Draft on ‘Responsible AI for all’ is a timely development. There are a number of measures taken by the Government of India, primarily in dissemination of public welfare goods and services i.e. Aadhaar, which works on ‘probabilistic algorithmic systems’. Evaluating the potential
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