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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
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
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
2024

Winter Session 2024: A Digital Rights Review

The session saw the introduction of 5 bills of which 4 were passed by the Lok Sabha and 3 by the Rajya Sabha. Several disruptions and protests have marked this session.
31 December, 2024
10 min read
Internet Freedom FoundationInternet Freedom Foundation
Parliament

IFF welcomes the newly constituted IT Standing Committee

As the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications & IT was reconstituted after the 18th Lok Sabha elections, IFF offers inputs on its 2024-25 subject roster and highlights the need to address recent privacy threats.
27 November, 2024
6 min read
Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka, Disha VermaDisha Verma & Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan
Legislative Brief

Legislative Brief on Digital Rights for Winter Session 2024

In our legislative brief on digital rights for the Winter Session 2024, we highlight key areas of concern pertaining to digital rights and freedoms, data privacy, data protection, censorship and other concerns that require extensive deliberation in the Houses of Parliament.
22 November, 2024
6 min read
Karthika RajmohanKarthika Rajmohan & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka
Monsoon Session

Monsoon Session 2024: A Digital Rights Review

The Monsoon Session of Parliament came to an end on August 09, 2024, when both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die. During the Session, the Parliament presented and passed the Union Budget for 2024-2025. 
16 August, 2024
6 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar
Parliament

2024 Budget and Digital Rights: A Tech-onomic Survey

This post summarises and analyses the 2023-24 Economic Survey from a digital rights and tech policy perspective.
13 August, 2024
7 min read
Disha VermaDisha Verma
budget

2024 Budget and Digital Rights: Data Protection Board and IndiaAI Mission get fresh allocation; funds for long-established schemes see reductions

This post summarise 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 2024-2025 reveals an overall increase in funds allocation for these 4 Ministries as compared to 2023-2024.
24 July, 2024
15 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Shravani Nag LankaShravani Nag Lanka
Legislative Brief

Legislative Brief on Digital Rights for Monsoon Session 2024

Our legislative brief for the Monsoon Session 2024 provides a recap of the key developments around digital rights during the 17th Lok Sabha (2019-2024). It also highlights some of the focus areas within the larger issues of privacy, free speech, surveillance, etc.
18 July, 2024
9 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Disha VermaDisha Verma

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