After all, Tea is the second most preferred beverage worldwide, second only to water. A 2021 statistic pegs the global production of tea at almost 6 million tonnes (5,966,467 to be exact) a year. Although a slightly older statistic, this infographic by IIP using the 2011-12 NSS data puts a +91% preference for tea over […]
As Osama Manzar, the director of DEF reminded us, data is costly. We might not think so with our monthly recharges in an urban setting, but for a lot of rural India, even a photocopy machine is kilometres away, divided by access, gender, and expenses of travel and day of lost wage. This is what […]
Digital Empowerment Foundation hosted a workshop in Panchgani, Maharashtra, with over fifty journalists, media researchers, and practitioners, where we talked about data, privacy, security, mis/disinformation, and more. This is one part of our report from the workshop. Read More
One step forward, several steps back: with one big win for press freedom, one huge blow for freedom of speech, parts of history being erased, and several instances of violence, this week has been a (mostly downhill) coaster ride – that’s what this week’s TypeRight takes a glance at. Read More
This edition of TypeRight looks into some recent updates on the Aadhaar push for welfare benefits and how the deadlines turn deadly. Read More
In previous chapters of TypeRight we have talked about the necessity of teaching the impacts of AI to the public and the necessity of advanced computer education including AI/ML tools to more students, but today we deal with something else – it is AI that is teaching us. We also have a conversation with ChatGPT […]
In an earlier edition of TypeRight, we spoke of the UN’s Global Digital Compact that was one of the decisions of the recent Internet Governance Forum – and how the Digital Empowerment Foundation was planning to conduct the consultation of the same in India. Read More
In an earlier TypeRight, we discussed the issues surrounding digital, app-based attendance for the country’s employment program, the NREGA, and how the lack of digital access leads to exclusions. Today we look at a recent update on the issue: Aadhaar-based payment scheme on the NREGA. Read More
Indian Internet Governance Forum conducted a series of workshops to discuss the multi-stakeholders approach to achieve meaningful last-mile connectivity which has affected people across different age groups and gender, especially from marginalised sections of the society, although India is the second largest user of the internet. Osama Manzar, Founder and Director of Digital Empowerment Foundation, […]
This week, we look into the several issues surrounding a forced digitalisation in the country’s employment guarantee scheme, and how it leads to even more exclusions. Read More