4 Mar ‘21: Responsible Tech Bulletin
2 min readMar 4, 2021
- Bringing a framework for consent managers while the privacy bill is still not there can create confusion. For e.g., privacy bill says data auditors will create ratings, but #DEPA says consent managers will. @cis_india analysis points to many such issues https://bit.ly/34wjWm8
- The @GoI_MeitY’s National Strategy of Blockchain joins similar strategies by @NITIAayog, National Informatics Center, and an Inter-ministerial committee. @cis_india analysis thus calls for harmonisation, and a more critical look at informational concerns. https://bit.ly/37A6DCK
- Open government data platforms in Brazil, Estonia allow the public and government to co-create datasets. Helps incentivise more disclosure, and builds demand for open data. Also need easier dashboards. More such insights from the Open Data Working Group: lnkd.in/ezuirFF
- This week in #IndiaPulse, @DIRI_ISB uses very granular electricity consumption data for different sectors (agriculture, services, machinery, wood) in Andhra Pradesh to show that economic activity has not fully recovered even by Oct 2020. https://bit.ly/3b7Aaod
- #UnionBudget2021 allocated only 0.3% of budget for @GoI_MeitY. @DataGovNetwork blog finds two-thirds of it for Digital India program, primarily incentive schemes for electronics manufacturing. Long-term institution building has grown paltry 84% since 2015. http://bit.ly/2ZjsdH2
- Conversations about tech policy in India are almost exclusively in English, excluding vast majority of citizens. Our partner @hasgeek is translating its primer on non-personal data into regional languages. Malayalam and Hindi here; other languages forthcoming: http://bit.ly/3tYqjKe
