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On January 04, 2019, the Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, informed the Rajya Sabha that the data protection law has been finalized and the Bill “Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018” will be tabled in Parliament soon. Justice BN Srikrishna committee formed by the Indian government in August 2017 withContinueContinue reading “Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 – India’s Comprehensive Data Privacy Bill to address the Digital Era”

The problem of Non-Performing Assets (NPA) has been pulling down the performance of Indian Economy over the years. It was crucial to bring in a robust mechanism to settle entities sliding into bankruptcy without causing much damage to the economy in a time bound manner. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC or Code) is considered asContinueContinue reading “India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code – Is this a Game Changer?”

During the mid 2017, NPPA( National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority) regulated several medicines and medical devices like cardiac stents, Artificial knee joints to curb profiteering and bring health care afforable to the Indian public under under the Drugs Prices Control Order (DPCO) 2013. NPPA achieved this by radically slashing prices 86% for cancer drugs, 40% forContinueContinue reading “NPPA – Price Cap, Right move?”

124TH Constitution amendment bill passed for providing 10% quota to Economical week section (EWS) for general category over and above the SC/ST/OBC category of 49.5% quota. Bill has been passed by both houses and signed by president on 12-01-2019, by amending article15,16,30 of constitution towards reservation on government jobs and on educational institutions. Now theContinueContinue reading “EWS Act,2019- Economic reservation, is the way forward for India?”

Executive Summary The ‘Seva Mitra’ app promoting the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) involved in privacy breach and misuse of data of around 4 crore citizens in Andhra Pradesh (Seemandhra). The MP of YSR Congress Party has complained, the Smart Pulse Survey which was linked with State Resident Data Hub (SRDH) containing Aadhaar and electoral rollsContinueContinue reading “Data Breach with Political Power”

Recently I came across a news article on a pharma – Patent Challenge case filed by two TB survivors against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to quash its monopoly. I had always wondered about patents and the fuzz surrounding it. So, let’s understand the basics, What is a Patent? It is a legal document granted byContinueContinue reading “Is Indian Patent Law Resilient?”

On 1st May 2016, the Government of India passed a revolutionary law, the Real Estate Regulatory Act. Traditionally real estate was perceived as a shady business owing to the experiences people have with dubious real estate brokers. Furthermore, unethical practices reported in the news put the entire real estate fraternity in bad light. The lawContinueContinue reading “Are home buyers happy after RERA?”

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