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Medha Garg

Medha Garg

Parliament

Budget Session 2025: A Digital Rights Review

The Budget Session of Parliament, held from January 21 to April 4, 2025, included a recess from February 13 to March 10 for Standing Committee reviews. Key discussions covered various national issues, including digital rights and freedoms.
10 April, 2025
12 min read
Rubayya TasneemRubayya Tasneem & Medha GargMedha Garg
transaprency

Quarterly Transparency Report for January-March, 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, IFF's transparency vertical filed 15 RTI applications to seek accountability from public institutions on digital rights issues and received some significant information with a mix of some omissions and evasions.
03 April, 2025
6 min read
Medha GargMedha Garg & Rubayya TasneemRubayya Tasneem
AI

Parliamentary Standing Committee pushes for AI in Broadcasting and a Unified Media Regulation

On March 21, 2025, a parliamentary panel urged AI to curb misinformation and sought stakeholder input on the proposed Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill in its report on I&B Ministry grants.
28 March, 2025
7 min read
Medha GargMedha Garg
Parliament

Action Taken Reports reveal the revival of the Broadcasting Bill and dismiss claims of an Aadhaar data breach

On March 11, 2025, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology released two reports on media regulation and digital security.
17 March, 2025
6 min read
Medha GargMedha Garg & Injila Muslim ZaidiInjila Muslim Zaidi
Income Tax Bill

IFF writes to the Select Committee to review the digital search and seizure powers under the Income Tax Bill, 2025

IFF calls for a review of the Income Tax Bill, 2025, highlighting concerns over digital search powers, privacy, and the need for stronger constitutional safeguards.
10 March, 2025
6 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta & Medha GargMedha Garg
DPDP Rules, 2025

IFF’s Response to MEITY on the Draft Data Protection Rules

The Draft Data Protection Rules, 2025 weaken privacy rights, expand government surveillance, undermine RTI, and lack accountability, failing to meet constitutional standards for data protection in India.
05 March, 2025
6 min read
Apar GuptaApar Gupta, Medha GargMedha Garg, Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka & Rubayya TasneemRubayya Tasneem
budget

2025 Budget and Digital Rights: Artificial Intelligence Takes Centre Stage

This post summarises the key budgetary allocations for MeitY, MHA, MIB, and DoT, with a specific focus on items which have implications for digital rights. The Union Budget for 2025-2026 reveals a mixed trend in fund allocation for these 4 Ministries as compared to 2024-2025.
11 February, 2025
10 min read
Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka & Medha GargMedha Garg
Data Protection

A Guide to Data Protection Compliance for Civil Society Organisations in India

An explainer on how civil society organisations can ensure compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025.
31 January, 2025
13 min read
Medha GargMedha Garg
op-ed

Safety of Children Online: A Privacy Trade-off?

Amid the global moral panic over online child safety, and in context of the recent Draft DPDP Rules, 2025, this post highlights the need for a more thoughtful approach that considers broader implications.
19 January, 2025
5 min read
Medha GargMedha Garg & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka
Data Protection

First Read on the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025: Here’s what you need to know

Read our initial analysis of the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025.
09 January, 2025
17 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan, Injila Muslim ZaidiInjila Muslim Zaidi, Medha GargMedha Garg, Rubayya TasneemRubayya Tasneem & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka

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