NEW DELHI: In July this year the number of transactions on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the payment backbone of India, aggregated a record 6.28 billion. This is but a mere slice of India’s rapidly emerging digital economy; it is generating millions of data points about individuals, which have the potential to be monetised. India […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Last week the Supreme Court signalled its displeasure at electoral handouts or freebies. It has since ordered the setting up of a high-powered panel to set out a blueprint to nix what it believes is a drain on scarce national resources. Simultaneously PM Narendra Modi broke ranks with fellow politicians and called for […]Read More

NEW DELHI : With Bhashini, India has launched an audacious project to democratise its digital economy. This platform will collate the available technology to accelerate Internet access, both in text and voice, in local languages. At present, access to the internet is mostly in English, though only 10% Indians are proficient in it. Undoubtedly, it […]Read More
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