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Debasish Panda was former chairman of Irdai and former secretary of the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. The views are personal
Priced out of India's digital revolution: Taxes weigh on smartphone demand
The smartphone is now part of basic economic infrastructure. A farmer in Vidarbha uses his phone to check mandi prices before selling his produce