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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) released a Consultation Paper on Crowdfunding in India on 17th June, 2014 (Consultation Paper). SEBI invited comments and suggestions from the interested stakeholders regarding different possible structures for crowdfunding within the existing legal framework, and related issues. The Consultation Paper proposed a framework for the regulation ofRead more

This article was first published in the Quint, here Over the past ten days, Indians have had to confront two incidents with serious ramifications for our privacy. One, the Prime Minister’s NaMo mobile app, collecting data from 22 features on users’ phones, was allegedly sharing user data with US based analytics company CleverTap without userRead more

[This article was first published on MediaNama, here] Starting 05 April 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) banned banks and other financial sector organizations that it regulates from extending services or dealings to individuals or businesses engaging in virtual currency related transactions. Existing services extended will need to be discontinued within a time period yet toRead more

Anish Krishnan, interning with us at TRA for January – February 2018 and Nehaa Chaudhari, Lead – Policy  have put together a timeline on key developments on #cryptocurrency law and policy in India. February 10th: Sebi chief states Rules on cryptocurrencies should be out soon. Tyagi, who is part of the committee formed by the government toRead more

This is the seventh post, in a twelve (12) part series of posts, to map the opinions of all the stakeholders on the basis of their responses to the consultation paper on Privacy, Security, and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector (Consultation Paper) published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) onRead more

The Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, had published the draft Defence Production Policy, 2018 (draft policy) on 22nd March, 2018. The draft policy is available here. Our detailed comments on the draft policy are available here. In brief, our submissions were: Unmanned aerial vehicles should be included inRead more

This article highlights key takeaways for startups and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the Draft Defence Production Policy, 2018 (available here.), published by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. (Note: the paragraph numbers in the parentheses below refer to those in the Draft Defence Production Policy, 2018) 1. Turnover and prior experienceRead more

This is the sixth post, in a twelve (12) part series of posts, to map the opinions of all the stakeholders on the basis of their responses to the consultation paper on Privacy, Security, and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector (Consultation Paper) published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) onRead more

Increasing representation of women in technology domains and startups, and its associated benefits, has become a focal point of discussions surrounding entrepreneurship, borne out by the theme of 8th edition of the annual global entrepreneurship summit, 2017 – ‘women first, prosperity for all’. As part of our efforts to engage with women working in the domain of emerging technology andRead more

This is the fifth post, in a twelve (12) part series of posts, to map the opinions of all the stakeholders on the basis of their responses to the consultation paper on Privacy, Security, and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector (Consultation Paper) published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) onRead more