We are thrilled to announce that Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN) has been conferred with the prestigious Digidhan 2021-22 award for their Special contribution to the promotion of Digital Payments. …
Volunteer Hero: Amit Ranjan
“That will never work!” To iSPIRT volunteers, those four words are a rallying cry. Words that make us intrepid souls smile with a quiet confidence and inspire an iron will …
iSPIRT’s response to Union Budget 2023
Budget 2023 – Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) the ‘Mantra’ for New India iSPIRT Foundation, a technology think-and-do tank, believes that India’s hard problems can be solved only by leveraging public …
RBI Rationalized Reporting Process for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
iSPIRT is pursuing the Stay-in-India Checklist 2.0 with Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India, targeted to bring Ease of Doing Business for start-ups. Our efforts …
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WANI 3.0: Unleashing Business Innovation and Open Wireless Network Growth for Universal Connectivity
PM-WANI has allowed sachetised access to WiFi connectivity. However, the true vision of WANI standard, where small business owners can participate as network service providers resulting in fast network growth, …
A New Chapter for Sahamati
Can public-tech usher in cash-flow lending at scale for small businesses? We will soon find out. Early pilots of the Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN) have gone well. But they …
ONDC – Is it the next game changer for Digital India?
If you have not come across ONDC – Open Network for Digital Commerce, its time you know about it and this post is to help better understand what problem it …
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Balloon Volunteers – Sixth Session
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” ~ Mahatma Gandhi This is one of the core values that we cherish at iSPIRT. We …
PM-WANI: Business models
India, a large country with a lot of geographical and economic diversity, faces interesting challenges with last-mile connectivity for internet users. PM-WANI programme provides a powerful technical and policy framework …
38% of India’s Unicorns Are Not “Indian”
India currently has 90 unicorns – startup companies that are valued at over $1b – and will likely soon have 100 unicorns, becoming the third such country after the USA …
NavIC Grand Challenge Launched by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union minister on 17th May 2022
At the Fourth National Startup Advisory Council Meet held on 17.05.2022 under Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles Shri Piyush Goyal, the …
iSPIRT Foundation’s Response to Union Budget 2022
Union Budget 2022 – Imprints of using Digital public infra with Private innovation iSPIRT Foundation, a technology think-and-do tank, believes that India’s hard problems can be solved only by leveraging …
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Bharat Distributed Ledger (BADAL) for accelerating trusted commerce in India
India has made rapid progress in digitisation of the economy in the last decade becoming a world leader in identity systems, digital payments and tax, and a new data sharing …
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Confidential Clean Rooms in DEPA
We are at the cusp of a data empowerment revolution in India. The DEPA architecture and its first instantiation, the Account Aggregator (AA) framework are empowering individuals and businesses to …