Tag: digital India
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The Google Tax in India: An Analysis
By Somya Pahi Jena, NALSAR, Hyderabad The Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech in 2016, announced the imposition of an equalisation levy or the Indian version of a ‘google tax’ to be enforced from the 1st of June, 2016. In furtherance of the same, the Equalisation Levy Rules, 2016 were published in the…
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Accessible India Campaign: Building an Inclusive Society
By Shalvi Singh, WBNUJS, Kolkata. Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, formulated the Accessible India Campaign as a nation-wide campaign for achieving universal accessibility for People with Disabilities (PwDs). Consequently, the government on 3rd December 2015 (which is also celebrated as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities) launched…
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Analysing the viability of Net Zero Imports under the Digital India Programme
By Archishman Chakraborty, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. It has been oft repeated with a sigh of cynicism in recurring debates, as to what impedes development in India, as that the heart of the problem lies in the fact that there is no heart at all – a lethargic absence of political will. The current Indian Govt. has…
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Digital India Week
By Piyush Jain, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. Digital India, a flagship programme of the Government of India, aims to “transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy”. The Digital India programme is transformational in nature and would ensure that Government services are available to citizens electronically. It would also bring in public…
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Digital India: Dawn of a New Era
By Pratishtha Sharma, Law College Dehradun. While flipping through the messages my mobile was bombarded with, I underwent a light bulb moment when I bent my eye towards a message which confirmed my train reservation. The neurons inside my brain went back to the long standing lines we used to undergo to get the reservation till the…