{"id":13581,"date":"2023-07-31T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13581"},"modified":"2025-04-02T05:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T00:03:26","slug":"national-digital-nagrik-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-digital-nagrik-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"National Digital Nagrik Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About National Digital Nagrik Forum:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>online platform<\/strong> that aims t<strong>o advance the rights of traders and consumers<\/strong> and other sections of society, and<strong> shape policy to boost the digital trade economy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The forum a<strong>ims to raise awareness about digital regulations<\/strong> and h<strong>elp build the capacities of citizens<\/strong> to engage with innovation via <strong>expert sessions and instructional materials.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: To <strong>shape policy discourse around digital economy trade in India <\/strong>with a view to c<strong>ontributing to the Government of India\u2019s vision of creating a trillion-dollar digital economy<\/strong> while maintaining an open, safe, trusted and accountable internet ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li>It will c<strong>onduct awareness camps, digital and physical dialogues and trainings<\/strong>, as well as targeted outreach to stakeholders from government, private sector and civil society,<\/li>\n<li>It will focus on <strong>five core themes.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The first pillar<\/strong> consists of c<strong>onsumer protection and online safety <\/strong>with a core focus on <strong>efficient grievance redressal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> pitfalls of digital cartelisation <\/strong>and <strong>how a level-playing field is necessary to discourage discriminatory and anti-competitive practices <\/strong>in the online world are part of the <strong>second pillar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Third<\/strong>, the p<strong>otential of Indian digital technologies to not only transform retail and industrial trade<\/strong> but also <strong>boost employment <\/strong>and expand the investment footprint.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourth<\/strong>, a<strong> first principles-based taxation policy <\/strong>that encourages certainty and productivity, especially for sectors with high growth potential, while p<strong>reventing illegal activities such as tax evasion and money laundering.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Finally<\/strong>, the forum will s<strong>tudy emerging technologies,<\/strong>such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, <strong>to assess their impact on retail trade<\/strong> and, at the same time,<strong>safeguard consumers\u2019 interests.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT)?<\/h3>\n<p>The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) is the apex body of the trading community in India. It was founded in 1990 with the aim of representing and protecting the interests of traders. CAIT has over 8 crore members and over 40,000 affiliated trade associations across India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/delhi\/ciat-traders-body-announces-national-digital-nagrik-forum-8867521\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Traders\u2019 body announces National Digital Nagrik Forum<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Digital Nagrik Forum is an online platform that aims to advance the rights of traders and consumersand shape policy to boost the digital trade economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}