Unregulated TechFins run by large technology firms such as Microsoft, Google, Huawei, Apple, Facebook, WhatsApp, Amazon, Alibaba, Flipkart, Airtel, and Reliance JIO can easily out-compete traditional financial services firms. Read more »
The Chinese penetration of the critical infrastructure is much beyond the power sector; the broadband infrastructure of India rests on Huawei appliances, administered by BSNL. Read more »
It is of paramount importance to take care of India’s interests at the international regimes for Internet governance and data traffic. Read more »
Cybersecurity is neither expensive, nor intimidating as it was, and small businesses are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks. Read more »
Individual decision-making has increasingly relied on heuristics which has in turn led to cognitive biases and suboptimal decisions. Read more »
The Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 does not define the terms ‘fraud’ and ‘corruption’, allowing losing parties to obtain an automatic stay on enforcement of an arbitral award. Read more »
There are more positives than negatives in Sitharaman’s Budget 2021 with the government seems to be firm on its commitment to revive the economy from the current crisis. Read more »
The four labour codes expanded the ambit of some laws, removed some obsolete provisions, and made compliance easier, tilting the scale in favour of employers with some anti-worker provisions. Read more »
The government must be wary of pushing through the much-needed banking reforms without a proper cost-benefit analysis and a clear regulatory framework. Read more »
The start-ups and the MSMEs must look to reap the benefits offered in Budget 2021 and this is the key to putting the battered economy on track. Read more »