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Policy Brief February 25, 2020

Unlock Mumbai’s land revenue to upgrade the city

India’s richest municipal body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), faces a funds crunch. It needs to capitalise on its assets and aim for greater revenues from the land market.

Op-ed February 7, 2020

How India’s data bill falls short of offering solutions for regulating digital competition

By Vikram Sinha

The bill’s brute force approach to giving users control over their digital selves through data portability provision runs roughshod over market dynamics.

Op-ed February 5, 2020

Opinion| The costs of congestion: A case study of Mumbai

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Kadambari Shah

From economic efficiency to environmental damage, citizens pay a heavy price.

Paper January 31, 2020

Antitrust and Zero-price Digital Platforms: An Indian Regulatory Approach

By Bhusan Jatania

This paper looks at digital platforms that provide “free” services and analyses the application of Indian competition law to them.

Op-ed January 29, 2020

UPI’s rapid growth proves India can build world-class payments infrastructure from scratch

By Venkatesh Hariharan

Three years ago, even banks did not give Modi govt’s Unified Payments Interface much odds of success. Now, UPI is one of the fastest-growing payment platforms in the world.

Op-ed January 24, 2020

Opinion | Ayushman Bharat can be a success if Modi govt incentivises digital data for private players

By Alex Fager & Prakhar Misra

Modi govt’s proposed Personal Data Protection Bill has to be in conjunction with its blueprint governing India’s health data. But can it make private players participate?

Op-ed January 23, 2020

To keep up with tech and regulate WhatsApp & Amazon, India must adopt ‘futures thinking’

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Prakhar Misra

With the Indian govt’s Personal Data Protection Bill only outlining broad principles governing data, the role of the Data Protection Authority becomes even more important.

Blog January 15, 2020

Appointing the DPA: A Problem of Efficiency

By Prakhar Misra

There has been a fair bit of commentary on the various ways in which the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 has been stripped of adequate checks and balances.

Op-ed December 21, 2019

Opinion | Don’t Just Blame India’s Courts, it’s the Police that Can’t Solve Criminal Cases in Time

By Priya Vedavalli & Tvesha Sippy

The imbalance between police strength and case pendency must be understood through three lenses.

Paper October 18, 2019

Assessing Cities’ Labour Market Efficiencies Using Mumbai Commuting Data

By Dr. Vasant Dhar, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Vaidehi Tandel, Kadambari Shah & Girish Gupta

The average commute on Mumbai’s major routes is longer than an hour, more than double the averages of Singapore, Hong Kong and New York.

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