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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicMinistry of Electronics and Information Technology

Topic: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

‘Y2K moment, India looking to lead the global AI race’—MeitY Secretary S Krishnan

Speaking at Carnegie India Global Technology Summit 2025 in New Delhi, Krishnan said India is looking to lead by example in building collaborations among democratic nations in the AI space.

AI-driven scams & deepfakes targeting women on the rise—MeitY’s status report to HC

In its report, Centre highlights need to educate users on identifying deepfakes. These observations came on a batch of petitions addressing non-regulation of deepfake tech & AI in India.

‘Too little, too vague’. What draft data protection rules propose & why there are implementation worries

Govt, however, says the rules have been released after extensive consultation with the industry & create a balance between regulation & innovation while also protecting rights of citizens. 

War heroes to NEP, govt plans mobile, web games on ‘national interest themes’ for civic engagement

Games also meant to help with citizens' mental health, behavioural change & problem-solving skills. MyGov platform has invited proposals for development of games.

Oppn MPs walk out of IT panel meet over bid to push data protection bill before it reaches Parliament

Oppn MPs opposed BJP members' attempt to have panel adopt a report on draft data protection bill. The 31-member panel, which has 10 BJP MPs, however adopted report after the walkout.

Despite manpower issues, nearly 1,400 new posts at National Informatics Centre ‘pending approval since 2014’

NIC plays pivotal role in pushing Modi government’s ambitious Digital India programme, as well as making last-mile delivery of government services to citizens a reality.

‘Mobile phones will be among top 10 exports from India from 2024,’ says MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Stating Modi has laid out clear vision of India becoming significant player in global electronics supply chain, he added country will do $300 billion of electronic manufacturing by 2026.

Protecting the users — what the primary aim of a personal data protection legislation should be

The latest iteration of India’s data protection legislation calls for a reminder of why the country needs a Personal Data Protection Bill and what would make it a good one.

‘Step in right direction, toothless Board’ — draft data protection bill elicits mixed response

Data Protection Board may lack separation of powers, said one expert on draft data protection bill. Another welcomed mention of duties that digital citizen will have to adhere to.

In a first, Modi govt uses ‘she, her’ to refer to all genders in draft data protection bill

This is 1st time ‘she’ & ‘her’ have been used to refer to all genders in draft legislation. Data protection bill will likely be tabled in Budget Session of Parliament next year.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.