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[Smitha Francis @smithskf]

India may not benefit from Industry 4.0 https://t.co/VuXB7U0f8e
If India doesn't promote indigenously designed "smart" products, public digital infrastructure provision and data protection may only subsidise foreign digital corporations’ innovations and increase thr mkt power

[Smitha Francis @smithskf]

Wrong time again! Continuing delusion abt RCEP is dangerous. It will only incentivise more import-dependent production. When will they accept the evidence that the argt abt imported intermediates increasing export competitiveness is untenable? http://103.82.220.134/pdf/WP227.pdf

[KS Chalapati Rao @KSC_Rao]

World Bank discontinues 'Doing Business' report after probe finds data altered to favour China – ThePrint https://t.co/pBh2vCB0l1

[Smitha Francis @smithskf]

India cannot hope to reduce foreign dependence in tele. sec. just by promoting ‘manufacturing of goods’. Our foreign dependence in this crit. digital infrastructure layer will reduce only when product designs (including softw/algorith.s) using Indian data, are nationally owned.

[Smitha Francis @smithskf]

My take on the PLI scheme for telecom and network products:
Fault-lines in telecom PLI scheme https://t.co/jvXdTuCbob

[Smitha Francis @smithskf]

My take on the PLI scheme for telecom and network products:
Fault-lines in telecom PLI scheme https://t.co/jvXdTuCbob

[The India Forum @TheIndiaForum]

Defiant misinformation by TV news & newspapers, which retain a higher degree of public trust, may be upheld as ‘evidence’ of wrongdoing, leading to assault or arrests of citizens. This damage cannot be undone through an apology, writes @anniezaidi.

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[The India Forum @TheIndiaForum]

If privatisation leads to large losses of jobs in India, there is bound to be a massive political backlash. If the public perceives that important public assets are being sold on the cheap, to a few businessmen, there are bound to be allegations of a scam.
https://t.co/vzjwk7hWE9

[Shruti H Chaturvedii 🇮🇳 @shrutih29]

Thread: A personal episode from the past that I feel is very relevant to be shared today, especially for parents of young girls.

I was 18, when my first cousin morphed my face with that of a male school friend in extremely compromising position.

[Strategic Perspectives Foundation @SpfAdmin]

https://t.co/UhkY8v14Kg via @NewIndianXpress ‘The invaders of the past came in battleships. Now they sneak in through that shiny device in our pocket. If they want to do business in our country, we should lay the ground rules.’ @itsanandneel senses the danger! @PMOIndia @M_Lekhi

[Jayan Jose Thomas @jayanjthomas]

Kerala State Planning Board is organizing ‘Kerala Looks Ahead’ during February 1-3, 2021. The speakers at the inaugural session will include Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, and Dr. Soumya Swaminathan.

To view a particular session, visit https://t.co/hjzJz1tU1l

[Balasubramaniam @ThiruGeneva]

@Winnie_Byanyima @peoplesvaccine @WHO @DrTedros "The vaccine science, knowhow and technology, paid for in large part by more than $100bn of taxpayers’ money, can no longer be treated as the private property of pharmaceutical corporations." @kateelder @jamie_love @BerniceWLee @CarolynDeere

[Madhyam @MadhyamDelhi]

Reimagining DFIs in the Times of COVID-19 and Beyond

By Kavaljit Singh | Briefing Paper # 44 | January 28, 2021

https://t.co/ccoghkDKfV

[Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork]

However, a few opponents to the waiver continued their “diversionary” tactics on grounds that the proponents must offer more evidence as to why they cannot avail themselves of the existing flexibilities in the #TRIPS Agreement.
Read more: https://t.co/ewNq7WaoaZ
#covid19 #vaccine

[Strategic Perspectives Foundation @SpfAdmin]

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A neutral judicial process works by the acceptance of the aggrieved in the process. The corporate fiat will never be acceptable & will eventually lead to conflict. A dangerous precedent with far reaching consequences! @PPFNewDelhi @CSDR_India @NEquaker

[vivan sharan @SharanVivan]

Latest USTR stance on India's digital tax regime.

[KS Chalapati Rao @KSC_Rao]

What official data shows us about #FDI from #China is the proverbial tip, even if it is not of an iceberg. Poorly organised official agencies have never been able to tell about the ground reality. And that includes the intl bodies. In any case, no point in celebrating selloffs

[Strategic Perspectives Foundation @SpfAdmin]

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Apple now plays Judge, Jury & Executioner. Don’t know about Parler & it’s crimes. But such decisions must be by judicial intervention & not by corporate fiat. #OS & #PlayStore hegemony! @PMOIndia @GoI_MeitY @rajepant1 @smita1900 @PPFNewDelhi @NEquaker

[Strategic Perspectives Foundation @SpfAdmin]

https://t.co/sy2F6nErGd Comparison chart for messaging apps. The problems of #surveillance through the #OS & playstore is another matter though! @colhunnybakshi @LevinaNeythiri @PPFNewDelhi @smita1900 @DikshitSmita @NEquaker #AtmaNirbharBharat #VocalForLocal #PoornaSwaraj

[Strategic Perspectives Foundation @SpfAdmin]

@smita1900 Ma’am, Twitter and no corporate should be allowed to become the Judge, the jury & the executioner. This will make them the worst of the dictators. We need Judicial intervention for deciding this.

[Smitha Francis @smithskf]

PLI’s focus on sales-based incentivisation has failed to factor in both the continuing import dependence by foreign companies & their local subcontractors, and also lack of focus on R&D by private industry. Scheme must link incentives directly to R&D, not sales! @smita1900

[Smitha Francis @smithskf]

Our take on the PLI Scheme
Electronics industry needs a different window @KSC_Rao @smita1900 @MenonPvg @SpfAdmin @rejikjoseph @https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/electronics-industry-needs-a-different-window/article33503077.ece