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 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.
The increase in funds allocated for improving the quality of life in urban areas by 12 percent, as pledged in the Interim Budget, is positively received.
This year’s Union Budget was a vote of account, which is a provision in the budgetary process that allows the government to obtain the approval of Parliament for essential expenditures for a limited period before the full Budget is presented.
The IMPRI Center for ICT for Development, IMPRI, Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on the topic “Defense, Foreign Policy and Interim Union Budget 2024-25” on 5 February 2024, under IMPRI 4th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberation and Analysis of Interim Union Budget 2024-25, as part of IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk.
The IMPRI Center for ICT for Development, IMPRI, Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on the topic “Education, S&T, R&D and Interim Union Budget 2024-25” on 4 February 2024, under IMPRI 4th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberation and Analysis of Interim Union Budget 2024-25, as part of IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk.
For India, a forward-looking policy ecosystem would not only attract more investment but also foster innovation and R&D, essential for its technological advancement.