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Industry News: Information and Communications
IoT security: A major concern in today’s worldedit
The growing threat related to the security of IoT is quickly becoming a reality as new attack methods emerge. IOT is particularly at risk as the wide array of connected devices both inside and outside the business are very difficult to monitor and control.
CyberSecurityIoTWhy budget must give IoT a pushedit
Building an application ecosystem, preparing the network infrastructure and establishing strategic partnerships are essential to helping develop sustainable business models for 5G-enabled IoT services
IoTIndustry News: Future of Mobility
‘Missing’ employment data confirms worst fears: A treatise on the future of workedit
The allegedly ‘buried’ jobs report, based on National Sample Survey Office’s first periodic labour force survey (PLFS) after demonetisation, shows that India’s unemployment rate attained a 45-year high of 6.1% during 2017-2018.
Electric vehicles to get cheaper as import duty on its components slashededit
The import of battery packs for EVs will now attract 5 per cent tax. The customs duty on battery packs for mobile phone has been doubled to 20 per cent. Import duty slashed on electric vehicle components.
Electric VehiclesImport DutyFAME-II should incentivise EV usage instead of subsiding asset purchasesedit
FAME-I was certainly successful in commencing India’s mission of zero-emission mobility, but in 2019, FAME should help the country meet the intended outcome: incentivising EV usage instead of merely subsiding asset purchases.
Electric VehiclesFAME IISIAM welcomes import duty cut on EV componentsedit
Country’s apex automotive body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers has welcomed the government’s move to reduce the customs duty on import of parts and components of electric vehicles. It said the decision will aid local assembly and consequently, EV adoption as well.
Electric VehiclesIndustry News: Education
An in-depth analysis of India’s past education budgetsedit
The budget allocation for education as per the 2018-19 budget was seen less 4% higher than the estimates found in the revised budget of the current year. In 2017-18 budget, Rs 79,685.95 crores was pegged as an outlay for spending on education which was later revised to Rs 81,868 crores.
BudgetEducationReinventing teaching can reform educationedit
Reforming education requires deciding what education is for. I believe that critiquing the way we teach is dependent entirely on knowing ‘why we teach’.
Education SystemIndustry News: Skilling
Emphasis should be given on IT infrastructure and skill levels to implement AI, says expertsedit
There lies an inherent contradiction within the Indian higher education framework. On the one hand, we have the most competitive education ecosystem in the world; on the other, the quality of the educational experience that the typical student undergoes in college and university falls well short of standards demanded by current global and industry imperatives.
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