• School-going students these days are enjoying numerous interesting pedagogies like going to labs, virtual excursions of the things that they studied in their textbooks & educational field trips. • Artificial Intelligence (AI) based gaming applications are facilitating a change in the way knowledge is transferred, and are getting increasingly...
• Technological transformations create significant value for producers, consumers & other stakeholders, thereby reshaping value chains across the globe. • While technology has definitely made our lives easier, there are fears that it has become a threat to the human race as automation might lead to mass unemployment. • However,...
• Startups play an integral role in promoting the culture of innovation in a society. And for a society where nearly 50% of the total workforce is engaged in agriculture, innovation is a necessary to make this activity profitable for farmers. • Around 450 agritech startups are in operation in...
• From engineering well-organized wastewater drainage systems in the cities of Harappan Civilization to designing a fridge that can run without electricity, Indian innovation is well acclaimed globally. • Despite these achievements, India lacks way behind in terms of number of patents in force, and even the existing number is...
• The Economic Survey 2018-19 brought forth the need for technology and data analytics in the food sector. • However, studies point out that while agencies such as the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) have taken several initiatives to implement technology and automation, there are gaps in...
• According to Indian experts, developing countries do not possess any chance of reaping benefits from global e-commerce policy draft document. • The inclusion of data localisation in India’s own draft e-commerce policy has been strongly contested by companies like MasterCard, Facebook and Google. • With a 1.3 billion strong...
• The Ministry of Commerce & Industry is looking to frame a policy to boost India’s exports via the e-commerce route. • E-commerce is growing at strong double-digit rates globally with sales of US$ 29 trillion in 2017, and the share of cross border B2C business is also rising. •...
• India has expressed its dissent on the proposed e-commerce rules submitted by EU at the WTO in April 2019. • From India’s perspective, the new rules will undermine the flexibilities available under the GATT and GATS. • India’s position on data sovereignty and localization has been criticised by developed...
• Seventy-six WTO members have mutually agreed to commence discussions for finalizing rules for global e-commerce. • India has declined to be a part of the discussions, as it feels that the stalled Doha round must be completed first. • Some of India’s concerns regarding the rules include unfair market...
Photo by Oleg Magni from Pexels The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) circulated the draft e-commerce policy couple of weeks back in which it proposed regulating cross-border data flows, locating computing facilities within the country to ensure job creation and setting up a dedicated data authority for issues related...
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