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Dear Reader,
In keeping with recent times, March was a crucial month for tech policy and regulation for the country. The much awaited Personal Data Protection bill was not brought forward for discussion in Parliament and likely will be discussed in the next session. In a boost to merchants, consumers and payments companies, the PAPG guidelines have also been deferred by a period of 6 months.
On another note, the cover story for our March issue analyses the role of AI in the future of the economy, and addresses the concern that it will reduce employment opportunities. Another piece does a deep dive into the proposal to mandate traceability of social media messages in India, and examines whether it holds up to the principles laid out by the Puttaswamy Test of the Supreme Court. As always, stay tuned for more updates from the developments in the tech policy space in the country!
Best Wishes
Kazim Rizvi
Founding Director, The Dialogue
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This is the 13th article in the weekly series of Expert’s Opinion, where we talk to academics who study AI or other emerging technologies and their impact on society and the world.
This week, we spoke to Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director at The Dialogue. The Dialogue is a leading voice in India’s policy ecosystem, with a focus on technology, energy, strategic affairs and development studies. The Think-Tank and Civil Societies Programme picked The Dialogue as one of the world’s Top 10 think-tanks to watch out for in 2020.
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Privacy forms an intrinsic part of our everyday life. So much so – that the Supreme Court declared it to be a Fundamental Right under the Indian Constitution. The Government too is working to legislate a Data Protection Law to better protect our privacy.
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India is proactively shaping the international agenda on a wide array of issues in the post-COVID world and this is very much evident in its new foreign policy, which is a wide-ranging legislation.
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Encryption technology has popularly been used for varied purposes including secure communication. This allows for individuals to communicate amongst each other without anyone else being able to monitor the content of such conversations.
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he Dialogue conducted a webinar on ‘The Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways (PAPG) guidelines’ on March 30, 2021, to spur discussion and progressive discourse around the issues surrounding the PAPG guidelines put forward by the RBI, and evaluate the optimal policy measures that can be put in place to address these challenges in the Indian context
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The discussion at the event revolved around India’s upcoming foreign trade policy for 2021-26, with a focus on the role of e-commerce exports in boosting MSME’s and the economy at large. The discourse allowed for diverse views to be presented, with the role various stakeholders can play in regulating this sector in a positive manner being highlighted.
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