A data protection law must grapple both with the needs of the present and the possibilities of the future. We cannot remain stuck in the past.
Brainstorm
One incisive discussion every month on a topic of burning importance by a panel of carefully curated thinkers.
We need to use new enforcement tools for responsive data regulation in India.
The current government has an opportunity of a lifetime to create a new institution that will be central to safeguarding the Republic for decades to come.
At the halfway point of our Brainstorm on Data Protection, we sum up some key insights.
Data is power, and we must restrict the amount of power we allow others to have over us.
Data protection regulation should not stifle innovation. Instead, it should focus on empowering users through information.
The fact that we don't have privacy laws in India is a great opportunity to build one from scratch. Consent need not be its cornerstone.
We must create regulation for data protection not from an ivory tower, but after understanding what the individuals affected by it want.
In which we kick off yet another Brainstorm discussion.
After seven decades of analysis, we know what ails Indian agriculture. That does not mean anything will change.
Indian agriculture may be in bad shape today -- but there is hope. Here is what we must do.
There are many reforms that can help Indian agriculture. But first, we need to change our mindset.
Ambedkar was right. The only way to save our farmers is to allow jobs for them to be created elsewhere.
One problem with Indian agriculture is that farmers are not in charge of their own destiny. How can we change this?
Our farmers suffer as much from lack of knowledge as they do from lack of money. One illustration of this is their use of agrochemicals.
Indian agriculture suffers from an absence of free markets, both in terms of inputs and produce.
Women are the backbone of Indian agriculture. Yet, they are ignored in public policy.
Before we solve the crisis in Indian agriculture, we need clarity on what we are aiming for.
I am skeptical that some grand 'Idea of India' made us or kept us what we are as a nation. As some of the participants in the Brainstorm debate pointed out, those alleged ideas of India animated mainly the elite. The elite is floundering today.