Digital Public Infrastructure: A dubious way to foster competition
Applying a DPI philosophy to every digital sector to combat monopolistic tendencies could place an undue burden on state resources.
In this article for Mint, Neha Jain and Sharmadha Srinivasan, Senior Analyst and Principal, Artha Global, discuss that DPI has a clear role in public service delivery but stretching the use of these platforms for aims that are best left to antitrust authorities is risky on three significant counts. Excerpt below:
“The use of DPI could contribute to three main risks: inefficient allocation of state resources, potential market failures on account of government-led DPI and compromised regulatory integrity.”
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