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Digital payments can usher in an era of prosperity

During its G20 presidency, India, through the use of open technologies and sharing knowledge about DPIs freely, can bring global prosperity

Whether it is the coconut seller who accepts payments via QR code, or a luxury e-commerce app, a rising tide lifts all boats.(HT Archive)

Published on Jul 28, 2023 10:27 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani, Tanuj Bhojwani

The three Cs to resolve our poverty of attention

We live in an age of magical technology; but it is leaving us burnt out. Separating the digital environments for our Create, Curate and Communicate modes can help rediscover peace in the digital world

Many people try to get around this by separating their digital lives into work and personal. But these boundaries don’t really help us in controlling our attention. (Shutterstock)

Published on Feb 19, 2022 07:33 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani, Tanuj Bhojwani

How to secure India against Covid-19

A national mission, with public and private sector participation, focused on vaccinating all Indians can set a global benchmark

A research scientist works inside a laboratory of India's Serum Institute, the world's largest maker of vaccines, which is working on vaccines against the coronavirus disease, Pune, May 18, 2020(REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 31, 2020 11:58 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

How to vaccinate a billion people

India’s current vaccine set-up may not be enough. But the Aadhaar experience can help

India has a long and accomplished history of immunisation. But that infrastructure can’t be used because the immunisation that is now required — over one billion, possibly two billion, vaccinations in less than two years — is very different in speed and scale to the current system(REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 31, 2020 07:36 AM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

The Aadhaar verdict will help us leapfrog to a more equitable society, writes Nandan Nilekani

The apex Court has supported the inclusive vision of the project first defined in 2009, and upheld its validity

A woman goes through the process of finger scanning for the Unique Identification (UID) database system, also known as Aadhaar, at a registration centre in New Delhi, India, January 17, 2018(REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 26, 2018 11:09 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

State-run banks must be privatised | Nandan Nilekani

Technological disruption has made it even more critical for State-owned banks to shape up. The failure of audit controls in the Nirav Modi case or NPAs also demonstrates how not just transactional banking, but even audit that needs a technological reimagining

By divesting from public sector banks, and yet devising a way to keep the upside of their future growth, the exchequer can still capture the value that is inexorably being eroded from these banks(Hemant Mishra/Mint)

Updated on Mar 12, 2018 09:13 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

Why Aadhaar infrastructure should be opened up for private innovation

There is very little motivation to improve the infrastructure when it only serves the poor who do not have a voice. Universal access and usage is needed to keep public service providers on their toes, as supporters and critics will be vocal about their demand from the infrastructure.

Aadhaar has always been thought of as universal digital infrastructure, not just a scheme.(Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Updated on Feb 12, 2018 09:49 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

Union Budget 2018: The focus on human capital stands out | By Nandan Nilekani

If quality education has to be delivered, we need to take a learner-centric approach, while supporting the teachers who make the biggest difference to quality learning

Purnima Haika , the top scorer in classX at the Eklavya Model Residential School at Rayagada in Odisha. An important initiative in the Union Budget 2018 is the plan to start Eklavya Schools in tribal areas such as the very successful Navodaya Vidyalayas.(Vipin KUmar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Feb 01, 2018 06:03 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

How to make businesses GST compliant? Make GST business compliant

The GST system has enrolled close to 10 million businesses onto a single national technology backbone, the GSTN, and already collected over Rs 3 lakh crores in taxes in less than 6 months. GST was welcomed because it aimed at creating an incentive for compliance, rather than punishment for non-compliance

The GST system has enrolled close to 10 million businesses onto a single national technology backbone, the GSTN, and already collected over Rs 3 lakh crores in taxes in less than 6 months(Reuters)

Published on Jan 23, 2018 01:57 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

Aadhaar is an evolving endeavour, UIDAI responsive to public concerns | By Nandan Nilekani

As the usage of Aadhaar grows, there has been concern a unique identifier such as Aadhaar being seeded in multiple databases opens up the possibility of deep profiling and tracking. These fears are over-hyped and baseless.

What delights me the most though is that the Aadhaar architecture is flexible. We should applaud the UIDAI for being responsive to the concerns of the public.(Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 17, 2018 09:19 AM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

Five ways FasTag can help solve Delhi’s vehicular problem

If used smartly, the FasTag, a radio-frequency identification tag attached to each car, can bring about a revolution in solving many of the vehicular problems Delhi and other cities in India are currently facing

FasTags can implement congestion pricing. This is a model perfected by London and Singapore. Delhi, especially, with the subcontinent’s most extensive metro network, and yet the 3rd highest density of cars (424 cars per 1,000 people), needs congestion pricing. The pricing itself can be dynamic to affect demand(AP)

Updated on Nov 13, 2017 08:43 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

Demonetisation was a defining moment in India’s journey to a less-cash economy

Now that people can move money with ease, we will see services and products being built for the unseen majority. We’re already seeing an explosion of startups in cash flow-based lending

Visitors walk past a sign for a digital or cashless economy at a Digital Wealth Fair promoting e-payments in Mumbai on January 3, 2017(AFP)

Updated on Nov 07, 2017 07:02 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani: young population can either build cities or bring them down

A young population and its ambitions can either build cities or bring them down, depending on how their energy is channelled. India’s youngsters are straining at the doors closed to them, and one way or another, the wood will give way. Nandan Nilekani writes.

Updated on Sep 29, 2013 02:58 PM IST

ByNandan Nilekani

A massive dividend, but can we cash in?

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: India's young would-be consumers could transform the country - if only we let them. Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys and chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, writes.

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Updated on Jan 03, 2011 01:23 PM IST

None | ByNandan Nilekani

Getting rid of our phantoms

Identity systems linked up with an IT-enabled process that interlinks our various departments would, besides making citizen information and identity more verifiable, make the relationship between the State and the citizen infinitely less traumatising, writes Nandan Nilekani.

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Updated on Jun 29, 2009 10:35 PM IST

None | ByNandan Nilekani

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