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13 September 2025

Why India Needs a Better Policy Graveyard: Lessons from the IT Act, 2000

The policy lifecycle doesn’t end with enactment. As digital harms evolve, India must build institutional muscle for policy termination before outdated laws create new risks

Ranjana Kushwaha is a research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and a Policy Research Consultant at the Institute for Governance, Policies and Politics (IGPP). 

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