Technology, Policy and Inclusion looks at the intersections between public policy and technology in India. It explores the barriers in instituting effective governance and examines how these can be mitigated through technological interventions in developing countries.
Increased digitization of the economy has added to the development challenges in India and issues such as exclusion and social inequality. This volume stresses the need for governments to leverage technology to bring more vulnerable and marginalized groups into the fold of financial and social inclusion. It also focuses on the importance of regulation for a responsible integration of technologies and minimizing risks. The book includes examples and case studies from different areas including management of the COVID-19 pandemic through digital means, real estate digital infrastructure, digital census, e-markets for farmers and government interventions that uses technology to deliver financial services in remote areas of the country. It also outlines various solutions for fostering equity and socio-economic development.
The volume will be of interest to students and researchers of public policy, political science, development studies, and sociology as well as policy professionals and technocrats.
Technology, Policy and Inclusion looks at the intersections between public policy and technology in India. It explores the barriers in instituting effective governance and examines how these can be mitigated through technological interventions in developing countries.
List of Figures vii
List of Tables x
Editor bios xi
List of Contributors xiv
Foreword xix
Preface and Acknowledgements xxi
1 Technology and Policy: Points of Intersection 1
Anjal Prakash, Aarushi Jain, Puran Singh, and Avik Sarkar
2 Digital Governance: A Case of COVID Management in India 15
Aarushi Jain, Ankit Anand, and Isha Mahajan
3 Digital Census and Application of Advanced Technologies in Census:
Perspectives from the Forthcoming Census of India 43
Abhishek Jain and Varinder Kaur
4 Envisioning Smart Real Estate Digital Infrastructure for Madhya Pradesh 75
Mausmi Hajela, Girish Sharma, and Sudhir Chaudhary
5 Critical Success Factors for Enabling a National Data Exchange Platform
116
Ankit Anand
6 Striving to Build Citizens Trust in Digital World: Data Protection Bill
(2021) of India 141
Charru Malhotra and Anushka Bhilwar
7 Digital Education Leading to a Digital Divide: As an Emerging Form of
Inequality 162
Jyoti Sharma
8 Old Caste Exclusions and New Digital Divides 179
Anant Kamath
9 Improving Farmer Income through Digitisation: Analysing e-Markets 206
Abhisheik Vishwakarma and Amrita Chakraborty
10 Technology and Financial Inclusion: A Study of Technologys Role in the
Continuity of Banking Agents 225
Sanal Gupta and Puran Singh
Annexure- 1 249
Annexure- 2 251
Index 252
Anjal Prakash is the Clinical Associate Professor (Research) and Research Director at Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, India.
Aarushi Jain is the Policy Director at Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business, leading educational initiatives, projects, government engagements and outreach activities.
Puran Singh is an Associate Professor of Finance at the School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi), Himachal Pradesh, India.
Avik Sarkar is currently associated with the Indian School of Business (ISB), Mohali, India, working and teaching in the areas of data, emerging technology, and public policy.
