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UPI handles 15B+ transactions a month. Every API that enables interoperability is also an attack surface. The CISO of 2030 must secure the full AI lifecycle, and can’t be hired in 2029.
Full piece: pn.ispirt.in/the-ciso-of-203…
#CISO2030 #CyberSecurityIndia
@rinka_singh, @gelchuri, @theshantanuk
OCEN's quarterly performance reflects growing momentum. Loan disbursements have increased from 5,641 loans worth ₹197.95 crore in Q1 2025 to 41,712 loans worth ₹1,401.91 crore in Q3 2026.
OCEN is not a lender; it is an ecosystem builder.
The next chapter of MSME finance will be built through collaboration. OCEN provides the rails; lenders, LSPs and technology partners can turn them into meaningful credit access for millions of businesses.
Read the complete report: pn.ispirt.in/ocen-quarterly-…
@sharads @parikh_sagar @aaRBee16 @OCEN @GeM_India @sidbiofficial Shresth Vats @GetVantage_Co @TheOfficialSBI @121finance Lanfinance.ai @IDBI_Bank @pnbindia @OPLinnovate @Perfios @finarkein
Every era of AI has been shaped by what it learns from. The next era will learn from real-world outcomes. Outcomes that are longitudinal, spread across institutions, and live. What happened to the patient, the loan, the crop, over years and across institutions. Institutions hold those outcomes today, and AI working inside hospitals and banks will generate more. India should set the rules for how models learn from both. @neelkanthmishra highlights how India’s #DEPA offers a remarkable response to do this. xitter.cf/ANI/status/21081060799…
#WATCH | Delhi | UIDAI Chairperson and World Bank Executive Director Neelkanth Mishra says, "...What is most critical is that 99% of the data in corporations is untouched by AI. None of the companies wants to share this data with AI models because once you've shared it, it's gone. And if you don't have that, then how do you get solutions?.. There is a complete market failure in the data market... India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) law, the data architecture which is based on DEPA (Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture), is a remarkable model for enabling data sharing where the owner of the data still retains control even as it makes it available for certain usage..."
The Export Declaration Form (EDF) backlash is a symptom of a bigger problem: regulatory silos.
RBI regulates under FEMA. GST under GST law. Banks operate under their own systems.
The answer is not less regulation. It is connected regulation:
One transaction → One digital declaration → Multiple authorised government regulators and departments.
The EDF can become the starting point for a Digital EDF that connects RBI, GST, banks, and other relevant systems.
Whole-of-government must begin when regulation is designed—not after the regulation is issued.
pn.ispirt.in/the-edf-backlas…
Manufacturing was the 1st step. India is already building Foxconn-type companies, and 99% of phones Indians use are already made in India. @getpeid's CMF spin-out is step 2: own the R&D, not the badge.
At iSPIRT and in our Vishvamitra initiative, for many years we have highlighted the importance of IP ownership over manufacturing. In the modern Product development process, manufacturing comes at the tail end of the process, as @tarunmehta has also
highlighted many times. The Government should assume this as the default while making the policy.
From Digital Identity to Digital Trust.
As India moves toward DPI 2.0, IDIF explores a decentralised trust layer built around verifiable credentials, selective disclosure, cryptographic proofs and cross-border interoperability — with less dependence on central databases and APIs.
A key building block for the next generation of DPI.
Read: pn.ispirt.in/from-digital-id…
@GoI_MeitY @RBI @NITIAayog
#DPI #DPI2 #DigitalTrust #DigitalIdentity #iSPIRT
In 2023, @RajivKumar1, @svembu and @sharads signed an open letter "India and AI: Need for Urgent National and International Debate."
This week @DarioAmodei published "We Must Pace the Frontier." Altman and Musk agreed within hours.
The debate has arrived.
Our 2023 concern was precise: technological progress is inexorable and largely beneficial — but *adopting* AI without essential due diligence and appropriate safeguards can disrupt the social order at scale.
Note the verb. Adopting. That is deployment.
That distinction still matters.
The labs are converging on pacing *development* — slower capability gains, evaluated by parties they invite in themselves.
Useful. Insufficient. And conveniently, the one lever that costs everyone outside the frontier labs the most.
The sharper risk isn't only how fast capability is built. It's how little stands between a training run and a billion users. That gap is now weeks.
Independent oversight belongs precisely there — between frontier development and deployment.
And oversight cannot rest on a pledge. Pledges are revocable and self-scored.
It has to be enforceable in architecture: verifiable evaluation, auditable AI chains, accredited actors, technical guarantees.
India has been building exactly this. Techno-legal, not just legal.
Last point. Three CEOs agreeing on a Saturday afternoon is not global governance.
Most of the world's AI users live outside the countries drafting these rules. India and the global majority have to be in the room — not briefed afterwards.
Our 2023 letter is here. It reads better today than we would have liked.
change.org/p/india-and-ai-ne…
We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.
Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training.
You can read the full post here: darioamodei.com/post/we-must…
India needs to focus on building ecosystems, not just companies.
In China, Xiaomi can produce a world-class EV from scratch in 18 months due to the thriving ecosystem of EV manufacturing.
In AI also, China is focusing on ecosystems and winning over American AI.
For India to become an economic Vishwaguru, building ecosystems is key.
What happens when trust in Digital Infrastructure collapses? What are the takeaways for stakeholders concerned?
Read this piece from our SAKRAM room to find these answers:
pn.ispirt.in/aiims-delhi-and…
#cybersecurity #digitalmedia #databreach
With the pricing debate around UPI, it is pertinent to clarify the initial design objectives. UPI was always meant to be a protocol - a public good that carried a private industry on its back.
@sharads writes about the pitfall of ignoring the economic value that UPI brings & why the belief that a cut of every transaction is the only way to fund UPI is flawed.
#UPI #public #public_good #MDR #consumers #DPI
Read: financialexpress.com/opinion…
The proof of a deep-tech fund is in its outcomes. Were undeserving ventures funded? Were deserving ones turned away?
CEA V. Anantha Nageswaran pushes for auditing innovation on impact and what was knowable then, not playing safe with hindsight paranoia.
#DeepTech #Policy #IndianEconomy #PublicPolicy
What if the biggest barrier to ease of doing business isn't just over-regulation, but regulatory cholesterol as well?
The invisible friction created by disconnected regulatory systems slows businesses, increases compliance costs, & reduces predictability. Our latest blog explores how connected systems, not consolidated systems, can help eliminate this friction while preserving regulatory autonomy.
pn.ispirt.in/alternate-way-o…
@Sudhirzsingh @sharads @narendramodi @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @PiyushGoyal @cabsect_india @FinMinIndia @nsitharaman @TanuviT & Amit Jain
#MSME #EoDB #Regulation #ConnectedSystems #compliance #DPI
How does India avoid the trap of “Digital Colonisation” and overcome geopolitics in cross-border trade?
We need to break the silos in trade.
Intuitively, what is digital must ultimately be governed through digital means. Cross-border trade governance can no longer remain trapped in regulatory silos in the data-driven Al era.
Hence we need to use our prowess in DPI, connect all trade administration systems in to one single DPI driven framework, that removes Silos and provide both an ease of business as well as empower smart policy making on trade to get best out of our cross border trade.
Read the complete piece at: financialexpress.com/opinion…
@narendramodi , @nsitharaman , @PiyushGoyal , @NITIAayog , @cabsect_india , @sharads , @Sudhirzsingh , Amit Jain, @TanuviT
ProductNation/iSPIRT retweeted
This video perfectly illustrates why India needs a system that eliminates information asymmetry and enables every citizen to know what law applies, where it applies, and when it applies.
It makes a compelling case for a Transparency of Regulation Act (TORA).
TORA should mandate a technology-driven, legally backed single source of truth that contains every Act, Rule, Regulation, Notification, Circular, and Public Order applicable at any given time. Citizens should no longer have to search across dozens of websites or rely on intermediaries to understand their legal obligations.
With today's advances in AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), it is entirely feasible to build applications that can instantly tell a citizen the law applicable to a specific situation. Armed with authoritative information, citizens can challenge an official on the spot whenever an action is inconsistent with the law.
Transparency, however, must be backed by accountability. If an official continues to enforce a rule contrary to the authoritative repository, despite being presented with the correct legal position, the law should provide for appropriate penalties. Accountability is what transforms transparency from an aspiration into a right.
The principle is simple: if citizens are expected to know the law, the State must be legally obligated to make the law knowable.
@MLJ_GoI @sanjeevsanyal @NITIAayog @DPIITGoI
@PMOIndia @Product_nation
#TORA #EoDB #ease_of_business #ease_of_living
इस अधिकारी ने रेहड़ी पटरी वालो को बहुत परेशान किया हुआ है एक तरफ @narendramodi जी रेहड़ी पटरी वालो के लिए तरह तरह की योजनाओं पर काम कर रहें है और ये अधिकारी मोदी जी की छवि धूमिल करने का काम कर रहा है।
India was the world’s back office.
Now it wants to build the products the world runs on.
#Semiconductors. #AI. #Telecom. #Drones. #Deeptech
Not just services. Not just consumption.
Ownership. IP. Manufacturing. Platforms.
A #product_nation mindset changes everything:
→ better jobs
→ stronger supply chains
→ global leverage
→ technological sovereignty
The next Indian decade will be powered by #Indian products.
@AshwiniVaishnaw Ji's interview with The Week captures this path very lucidly.
theweek.in/theweek/cover/202…
