Edition 27: Transforming Digital World: Draft Digital Competition Bill 2024
The 27th edition of Spotlight delves into the Indian digital ecosystem within the Draft Digital Competition Bill 2024 context. It highlights the draft bill's impact on consumers by analysing the impact of ex-ante regulation on user interface and user experience, the most significant aspect of
Edition 26: Winds of Change: The Shifting Paradigms of Indian Broadcasting Sector
The 26th edition of the Spotlight delves into the regulatory changes within the Indian Broadcasting Sector, especially the concerns surrounding the draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023.
Edition 25: Draft Guidelines on the Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns
The 25th edition of the Spotlight focuses on the Draft Guidelines on Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India has invited comments on the proposed guidelines. CUTS submitted its comments, which are accessible
Edition 22: Burning the Forest and Planting the Seeds
The 22nd edition of the Spotlight focuses on the most significant climate event of the year 2022 – COP 27. The UN flagship event on climate change hosted by Egypt this year delivered on the Loss and Damage Fund. Still, it failed to address the
Edition 21: The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2022
The 21st edition of the Spotlight brings to you the analysis of The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2022. In this edition, we focus upon the policy level interventions introduced through this bill; which may or may not have been necessary for creating a significant impact
Edition 19: Unravelling the CoFT Uncertainty
The 19th edition of the Spotlight brings to you an account of the recent regulatory developments on the operationalisation of card-on-file-tokenisation (CoFT). In this edition, we unravel the looming uncertainty which led to stakeholders’ uproar and throw light on CUTS’ successful advocacy efforts in requesting
Edition 18: Consumer Broadband Labels (CBLs) empowering consumers
"This 18th issue of Spotlight discusses the consumer's right to make an informed choice through broadband labels, following TRAI recommendations to enhance broadband speed and connectivity. Stay safe and healthy!"
Edition 17: Electrifying Transportation through Policies: Ingredients of an EV Policy in Indian Context
The 17th Edition of Spotlight brings you an overview of policy developments around electric vehicles (EV) in India focussing on specific issues in the policy design and implementation stages that need to be addressed for a smooth transition to electric mobility.
Edition 16: E-commerce Landscape in India: Regulatory Uncertainty Amidst Unparalleled Growth
The 16th Edition of Spotlight brings to you an analysis of the e-commerce landscape in India, with focus on the Draft National E-commerce Policy, 2021 which was referred to by various media articles.
Edition 15: Recurring Jurisdictional Turf-war between CCI and Sector Regulators – Towards Solution
This edition discusses a frequently occuring phenomenon of jurisdicttional truf-war between the Competition Commission of India and sector regulators, and also presents some ways to deal with this recurring issue.
Edition 14: The Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020: Over-regulation or Optimal Regulation?
"It is with pleasure that we present the 14th edition of Spotlight to you. This edition will examine the optimality of new regulation in the e-commerce space, i.e. the Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020. At a time when the digital economy is witnessing a boom, these
Edition 13: Developments in the Indian Power Sector & the Draft Electricity Amendment Bill Are the steps sufficient?
The 13th edition of the Spotlight explores the Indian power sector in the context of the Draft Electricity Amendment Bill 2020.
Edition 12: Guidance, but Minimal Comfort Competition Guardrails for Business Collaborations in Response to COVID-19
"It is with pleasure that we present the 12th edition of Spotlight to you. These are unprecedented times, with people all over the world learning new ways of living, working, and surviving. Thus, it is only fitting for us to be discussing the impact of COVID-19
Edition 11: Hanging by a Thread – What lies ahead for Indian Textiles & Clothing Industry post-COVID-19?
The 11th edition of the spotlight looks at the textiles and apparel (T&A) sector in India amidst the national lockdown necessitated by the global pandemic caused due to the SARS-Cov-2 virus.
Edition 10: The Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2020
The 10th Edition of Spotlight looks at the Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
Edition 9: Curious Case of District Mineral Foundations in India
The ninth edition of the spotlight evaluates the utilization of funds collected by District Mineral Foundations across major mining states in India.
Edition 8: Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
The eighth edition of Spotlight looks at Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019.
Edition 7: Implications of Global Energy Transition on World Geopolitics and opportunities for Asia
The seventh edition of Spotlight looks at Implications of Global Energy Transition on World Geopolitics and opportunities for Asia.
Edition 6: Big Fish Eat Small Fish – Gaps in International Merger Control Regimes
The sixth edition of Spotlight looks at the existing loopholes in Merger Control regimes across the world and the ongoing global discussion to cover those gaps.
Edition 5: Electric Vehicles in the National Clean Air Programme and FAME-II: Are We Driving in the Right Direction?
The fifth edition of Spotlight looks at the incentives being provided for e-vehicles in India as part of the framework of tackling air pollution.
Edition 4: Electricity Distribution Sector in India: Has UDAY helped in India Shining?
The fourth edition of Spotlight assesses the flagship scheme of Government of India to revamp the electricity sector in the country, the Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme.
Edition 3: Turbulence in Indian Skies
The third edition of Spotlight traces the Turbulence in the Indian Skies following the consecutive failure of two major airlines in India. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions.
Edition 2: Big Tech and Antitrust
It is with pleasure that we introduce Spotlight to you - a new, monthly publication by CUTS International. Spotlight brings you a snap analysis on topical policy issues of general interest, with the objective of informing our readers and igniting discussion. It will cover a
Edition 24: The Rajasthan Platform based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Act
The 24th edition of the Spotlight focuses on the Rajasthan Platform based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Act, enacted on July 24, 2023.
Edition 23: Gaming is fun! But it also needs to address Consumer Grievances
The 23rd edition of the Spotlight focuses on the grievance redressal framework prescribed for online gaming in the IT rules, 2021 notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on 6th April 2023.
Edition 20: India’a Power Crisis
The 20th edition of the Spotlight brings to you an account of the recent power crisis in India. In this edition, we highlight the concerns, both evident and hidden, that have led to long duration of power cuts across the country. The focus is also
Edition 1: Ups & Downs in India’s Digital Transformation in the Last 5 Years
It is with pleasure that we introduce you to Spotlight – a new, monthly publication by CUTS International. Spotlight brings you a snap analysis on topical policy issues of general interest, with the objective of keeping our readers informed and igniting conversation. We plan to
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