Considering the current cost of living and inflation, the threshold of Rs 50,000 is a meagre amount for individual taxpayers and therefore, it is expected to be raised to a minimum of Rs 1 lakh in the election interim budget
The report noted that as the pandemic disrupted economic activities, the government responded swiftly, leveraging the strength of digital public infrastructure, commonly known as India Stack, to facilitate online, paperless and cashless access to various public and private services
An Indian state government has fixed security issues impacting its website that exposed the sensitive documents and personal information of millions of residents. The bugs existed on the Rajasthan government website related to Jan Aadhaar, a state program to provide a single identifier to families and individuals in the state to access welfare schemes. The bugs exposed the copies of Aadhaar cards, birth and marriage certificates, electricity bills and income statements related to registrants, as well as personal information such as their date of birth, gender and father's name.
Artificial Intelligence: The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) recently brainstormed with nearly 15 domain experts from EY to PwC to stay in step with sweeping technology shifts and plan future public service delivery models using AI.