Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

Does ITA 2000/8 address “Privacy Protection”  and if so, does it do it effectively is a question that is lingering in the industry. It will continue to be a point of debate for the amended ITA 2017 (p). …This is … Continue reading →

This is the continuation of the discussions on the proposed amendments to ITA 2008 being considered by the T K Vishwanathan Committee.. Naavi The proposed amendments to ITA 2000/8 which may come out in the form of Information Technology Amendment … Continue reading →

This is a continuation of our discussions on proposed amendments to ITA 2000 presently under consideration by the T.K.Vishwanathan Committee. For further discussions henceforth we shall refer to the proposed amendments as ITAA2017(p) and the new Act as ITA2017(p). The … Continue reading →

Thinking about the proposed amendments to ITA 2008, my attention was today drawn to the “General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)” which is the new Data Protection Regime being promoted by the European Union. Europe is known to be in the … Continue reading →

The T K Vishwanathan Committee on ITA 2000 amendments is presently working on amendments to the ITA 2000. ITA 2000 was notified with an intention to “Enable and Promote E Commerce”. However, the amendments of 2008 shifted the focus from … Continue reading →

Last year, the Finance Ministry constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the former Finance Secretary, Mr Ratan P Watal, to review the framework related to Digital Payments. The committee submitted its report last month ahead of schedule probably in … Continue reading →