There is a need to clearly define the focus areas which could Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, agriculture and food logistics, Liquefied Natural Gas production and distribution, warehousing, and e-auto rickshaws. There is a need for political stability in states as policy predictability is essential for attracting investments. Constant improvement of human resource can lead … Continue reading Attracting Foreign Investments

Multiplicity of parties and plaints. Questions whether the parties are representative of their respective religious communities. Repeated failure of the mediation efforts. The apprehension of communal disharmony and violence. The volume of text supporting the claims of the parties (15 sealed trunks containing over 30,000 pages). Language of the supporting documents (e.g. Awadhi, Persian, Sanskrit) … Continue reading Ayodhya Dispute – Challenges

Important excerpts from The Hindu: PM-JAY – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana PM-JAY is the flagship scheme of the government with an aim to bring quality healthcare to around 50 crore poor and vulnerable Indians. The scheme gives annual healthcare benefits of up to Rs.5 lakh for every entitled family. PM-JAY aims to ensure improved … Continue reading Performance of PM-JAY

The fundamental rights of the people are jeopardised. There is an adverse impact on the justice delivery system. Lack of essential items like food, fuel etc. Preventing the people from hoarding essential items is a challenge. Restrictions on movement thus affecting daily life of people especially the elderly, children and people in need of medical … Continue reading Problems/challenges during Lock-down

Important excerpts from The Hindu: Government officials face hardly any punishment for violating the law by denying applicants the legitimate information sought by them. The State and Central Information Commissions, which are the courts of appeal under the Act, failed to impose penalties in about 97% of the cases where violations took place in 2018-19. … Continue reading Right to Information

Important excerpts from The Hindu: Darknet, known as the underworld of the Internet. Cyberdome, the Kerala State police department’s premier facility dedicated to prevent cybercrime and mitigate security threats to the State’s critical information infrastructure. Darknet is a layer of the Internet accessible only by using special software like Tor (The Onion Router), or I2P, … Continue reading DarkNet

Important excerpts from The Hindu: In a digital economy, data is the central resource. Data is so important that it has been compared to oil, water, property etc.  How data will be employed fruitfully, and its value captured, will decide a nation’s rank in the emerging new global geo-economic and geo-political hierarchies. A new concept … Continue reading Data Localistation