Category Center for ICT for Development

AI makes social emancipation imperative

Artificial intelligence (AI) is many things to many people: a gold rush for venture capitalists and young entrepreneurs (besides the smart alecks who simply append AI to their company’s name in a public offering of shares), a potential destroyer of jobs, a multiplier of skills for those who know how to wield its power, a solution to missing manpower in countries with falling birth rates and dwindling populations, a possible threat as potent as nuclear weapons when deployed to control swarms of deadly, autonomous drones targeting a faraway enemy.

The Evolution of India’s Labour Landscape

The gains made by the working-class post second World War started fading away in the post liberalization era. Not just the basic mode of production underwent metamorphosis, the density of the organized working class diminished substantially in India.

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME II)

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME II) aims at promoting a conducive environment, financial ability and infrastructure for use of electric vehicles. This article explores current developments in the implementation of FAME II scheme and analyses the hindrances in detail. The article concludes with some approach based suggestions to favour Electric Vehicles (EV) adoption in India. 

Charting Urban India’s Budgetary Landscape: Interim Budget 2024 & Viksit Bharat @ 2047

Cities in India are envisioned as engines of growth. Any meaningful long-term vision for India would be incomplete without planning for the cities and quite rightly, urbanization is considered as one of the country’s top developmental challenges.

The Intersection Of Data Protection Act 2023 And Employee Privacy Rights: Balancing Workplace Surveillance And Data Security

The intention of passing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“the DPDP Act”) by the government was to protect the private information of the citizens. This applies to the workplaces where the data related to employees is collected and processed for different reasons such as insurance, medical records, financial security benefits and other similar reasons.

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