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Expectations From Technology And The Indian State: Comparing Interventions And The Judiciary, Nupur Chowdhury, Nidhi Srivastava
Expectations From Technology And The Indian State: Comparing Interventions And The Judiciary, Nupur Chowdhury, Nidhi Srivastava
Nupur Chowdhury
The Indian State’s expectations from technology in terms of its role in economic development has been an important factor, in shaping public policy in India. Post-independence the government through its five year plans laid the essential groundwork for sustained public investment in technology development in specific sectors, like agriculture. Since the early eighties, the interventions were more forthright – departments were set up to channel public research investment and promote technologies like biotechnology and information technology. This illustrated a shift from purposive technology towards embracing an all-encompassing technology vision that formed the core of the economic development agenda, considered a …
Decision On Bt-Brinjal: Issues Of Legal Certainty, Nupur Chowdhury, Nidhi Srivastava
Decision On Bt-Brinjal: Issues Of Legal Certainty, Nupur Chowdhury, Nidhi Srivastava
Nupur Chowdhury
The recent decision of the government of India to impose a moratorium on the release of Bt-Brinjal has been hailed by civil society and scientists alike as a victory for transparency and has demonstrated that the government is responsive to societal demands. This decision is also important since it could set a precedent within environmental regulation with reference to technologies with significant environmental risks. However, the decision also reflects a clear departure from procedure and its legal basis is tenuous and therefore the risk of it being reversed remains. This establishes a clear case for ensuring legal certainty in environmental …
Technical Capacity, Policymaking And Food Standards: An Overview Of Indian Experience, Nupur Chowdhury, Sanjay Kumar
Technical Capacity, Policymaking And Food Standards: An Overview Of Indian Experience, Nupur Chowdhury, Sanjay Kumar
Nupur Chowdhury
The SPS Agreement in the WTO gives legal validity to the CODEX standards. Since the developed countries have been at the forefront of setting the food standards in the CODEX, the developing countries have been increasingly engaged in the CODEX, and also in the WTO, with an objective to increase their exports of the agricultural and food products. But such objective and desire have often been stymied by the lack of institutions which can sustain the intense technical negotiations at the CODEX. If these participations are not qualitatively satisfactory, the very objective of such participations is not fulfilled. But since …
Regulatory Supervision Of Emerging Technologies: A Case For Nanotechnology In India, Nupur Chowdhury
Regulatory Supervision Of Emerging Technologies: A Case For Nanotechnology In India, Nupur Chowdhury
Nupur Chowdhury
Regulatory supervision of emerging technologies is seen as unfriendly to business ventures entering uncharted areas. However, technologies like nanotechnology should be supervised as they pose potential environmental risks and health hazards. The initial investments into research in such technologies are public-funded and, hence, it is important to consider questions of efficiency in resource allocation, the need for transparency and public involvement in decision-making.