India’s new data rules put the state above citizens https://idronline.org/article/rights/indias-new-data-rules-put-the-state-above-citizens/
the new rules come eight years after the Supreme Court declared privacy to be a fundamental right. But while they provide immediate powers to the government, they postpone citizens’ rights by 18 months.
The real substance of privacy—clear consent, the ability to take back permission, the right to correct or delete your data, and enforceable timelines for grievances—will not come into effect until mid-2027.
there is no independence evident in the institutions that are meant to ensure accountability
"The answer lies in the details – in comparing specific provisions of the old laws with their equivalents in the new codes."
For example: "the most consequential change concerns retrenchment – the permanent termination of workers’ employment"... under the IDA 1947, establishments "employing 100 or more workers were required to obtain permission from the central or state government before laying off, retrenching, or closing down operations." Under the new code, "Companies with up to 300 employees can now retrench staff without any approval."
In its parliament reply, the government did not provide a complete list of all private companies in which LIC has invested and said that providing an "exhaustive, granular list of companies, in which LIC has invested, may not be commercially prudent and could affect LIC’s operational debt interests." https://thewire.in/government/lic-has-invested-rs-48284-62-crore-in-adani-group-companies-government
Two months after it was reported that the Narendra Modi government quietly devised a $3.9 billion plan to rescue Gautam Adani’s debt-laden conglomerate by directing money from the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India, the government has said in a parliament reply that LIC has invested a total of Rs 48,284.62 crore – Rs 38,658.85 crore in equity and Rs 9,625.77 crore in debt, in Adani Group companies.
04/12/2025