One of the most complex challenges for start-up founders in India is hiring and maintaining competent employees. Competition for top talent is high in a thriving start-up ecosystem. To solve this, many entrepreneurs adopt Employee Stock Ownership Plans (“ESOPs”) as a tool for attracting and retaining key personnel. In this post, we will look at […]
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Withdrawal of Personal Data Protection Bill The Central Government on Wednesday withdrew the heavily deliberated Data Protection Bill, 2019 (“Bill”) as per a statement circulated to Members of Parliament in the ongoing monsoon session. The Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the bill was deliberated at great lengths by the
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has broadened the scope of using digital signature certificates in executing certain documents through its notification dated September 26, 2022, amending the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“Act”).The first schedule of the Act excludes certain transactions or documents from the Act’s purview thereby invalidating the use of digital signatures.
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“?????”) published the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (“???? ????”) on November 18, 2022 for public consultation. The 2022 Bill is open for comments from the public until December 17, 2022.The previous iterations of the data protection bill have been shortened and revised to bring in
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The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued the Special Economic Zones (Third Amendment) Rules, 2022 (“Amendment”) which provides new provisions in relation to work from home. Prior to the Amendment, the removal of assets from a Special Economic Zone (“SEZ”) such as laptops, video projection system(s) and documents required special permission from the development
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