Electronic signature Presentation for HR Mobile

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The HR mobile app by airSlate SignNow includes essential features such as document eSigning, cloud storage, and real-time collaboration tools. Users can easily send, sign, and manage documents directly from their mobile devices. This mobile accessibility enhances productivity by allowing HR teams to operate on-the-go.

airSlate SignNow enhances HR processes by streamlining document workflows, which reduces time typically spent on manual signing and approvals. Our HR mobile solution allows for instant eSigning, helping teams expedite hiring processes and employee onboarding. This efficiency leads to improved productivity across your HR department.

Yes, airSlate SignNow seamlessly integrates with various HR tools such as applicant tracking systems and payroll software. These integrations help create a more interconnected HR ecosystem, enabling data to flow smoothly between platforms. Making use of integrations ensures that your HR mobile tasks are collaborative and efficient.

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Any industry involving a large amount of paperwork make use electronic signatures. In other words, all industries make use of electronic signatures because all of them have piles of paperwork to handle. Some examples of such industries include financial, life science, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.Industries such as the pharmaceutical industry, have a number of licenses and other paperwork that they have to handle and keep track of. It can be a tedious task to perform such cumbersome paper processes. Therefore, e-signatures can facilitate an organisation in keeping a track of all this paperwork, by signing electronically.Healthcare industries usually involve time-sensitive documents, which need to be urgently completed. But, it can take days in case of the traditional wet ink paper signatures for the documents to signNow the signer and back, if the parties are geographically scattered. But with electronic signatures, that is not the case. Geographical barriers do not play a role. Documents which earlier needed days to be completed, can now be signed and sent back within minutes, in the click of a button. Furthermore, it takes a long time to bring assets under management. The time taken by the signing process, if wet ink paper signatures are used, may even further delay the process. But by using electronic signatures, the whole process can speed up.Apart from these, there are many paper prone industries which require huge amount of paperwork and with the use of electronic signatures they can make their everyday processes smoother and more efficient.

I have to disagree with many of the answers above. The Arjun MKI & II are both very disappointing vehicles, with signNowly reduced capabilities compared to other modern third and fourth generation MBTs.Let´s start with mobility:The Arjun MkI is powered by a German MTU MB 838 Ka-501 diesel engine. This engine is a modernized version of the MTU MB 838 CaM 500 multi-fuel engine that was first fitted to the Leopard 1 MBT in 1965. Thanks to various upgrades, and the addition of a supercharger, the Ka-501 can signNow 1400 hp while the CaM 500 can only signNow 800 hp. So fans of the Arjun MBT (and its manufacturer) would have you believe that this tank has excellent mobility thanks to a hp/weight ratio of 23,5 (slightly below average for a modern MBT but still within acceptable norms). However, raw engine power is only one of the factors that determines a tank´s mobility. The problem is that because of its outdated design, the Ka-501 engine is big,  heavy, extremely fuel inefficient (a pitiful 200km range on good terrain while other MBTs can easily signNow 500 km) and has very poor performance in terms of rpm and torque. These problems are worsened by the vehicles heavy weight (58 tons for the MkI and 68 for the MkII, the heaviest MBT in the world), meaning that the Arjun struggles to crest even a slight hill.Big, heavy, and terrible fuel efficiency...The current version of the MkII still uses the same outdated, crappy engine, although there are plans to upgrade to a modern American Cummins engine coupled with a French suspension. So far, these plans have yet to materialize. Protection: On paper, the Arjun´s armor is supposedly quite good. On paper.The manufacturer of the Arjun MBT claims that its "Kanchan heavy composite armor" is on par to the British Chobham armor from which it was developed. The Arjun MkI&II can also use locally manufactured ERA blocks, said to equal the performance of Russian Kontact-5 ERA from which they were developed as well. So theoretically, the Arjun´s armor uses excellent materials. The problem here is the design of the armor itself. The arjun´s gun shield is signNowly thinner than other modern MBTs. In addition, the primary gunner sight does not have a extra armor module.Notice how the left side of the turret is completely bereft of any composite armor (those white layers on the other side of the turret front). The gunner sits behind 250mm of spaced steel armor, and that´s it. Any modern APFSDS round will cut through that like it´s butter and vaporize the gunner.Notice the huge weak spot created by the primary gunner sight.So the turret front is terrible. But the turret sides are even worse. Notice how the vaunted "Kanchan heavy composite armor" (the white layers of armor) leave 2/3rds of the turret sides exposed. The turret sides of the Arjun I&II are literally paper thin. Worse, contrary to what the manufacturer claims there are no blowout panels on the Arjun MBT, nor is it equipped with a separate ammunition compartment. Where is that separate ammo compartment you´ve been talking about?This means that virtually round penetrating the turret will ignite the tank´s ammunition and vaporize it in a big fireball.Moving on...Firepower:If you thought the Arjun was a bad tank before, you haven´seen anything yet.The Arjun MKI&II both use the same gun: a 120/55 mm rifled gun inspired by the British L30 rifled tank gun used by the British Challenger 2. Proponents of the tanks will tell you that because the gun is rifled, it is more accurate than the smoothbore guns used on the Abrams or the T-90. That´s bullshit, to put it simple.A rifled gun applies a spinning motion to the round it fires, meaning those rounds will be more stable when travelling through the air and more accurate over range. However, modern ammunition doesn´t need a rifled barrel to be accurate and stable, since they are equipped with little fins at the end of their penetrator, that apply a spinning motion to the round as it travels through the air. Put simply, modern ammunition spins itself, and doesn´t need a rifled gun to be accurate.Notice the little fins at the end of the round.Therefore, the claims that the manufacturer makes about the gun´s accuracy are very doubtful at best. It is claimed that the Arjun has a First Hit Probability (FHP) of 90%, even on the move, thanks to an excellent stabilizing system and Fire Control System (FCS). Comparative trials were conducted between the Arjun MkII and the T-90, where it was claimed that the Arjun MkII outperformed the T-90.However, Indian Army Generals have since come out to say that those trials were rigged by corrupt defense officials, and that the accuracy of the Arjun MBT is vastly overestimated.But the worst of all is the penetrating power of the Arjun´s main gun. At 2km, a round fired by the Arjun can only penetrate 300mm of Rolled Homogenous Armour (RHA).This is pitifully bad. At 2km, this tank won´t even be able to penetrate the side armor of most modern MBTs. As a comparison, most modern APFSDS rounds can penetrate between 700 and 900 mm of armor at 2 km. That´s 3x the penetration of the Arjun. The poor penetrating power of the Arjun is attributed to poor materials used for the penetrators, a low-pressure firing chamber and a short penetrator length.Soooo, if we recap:The mobility of the Arjun is terrible. Its armor is virtually non-existent with huge weak spots all around the turret, and its gun is horrendously inadequate by modern standards.There is a reason why even the Indian Army refuses to use the bloody thing. Only 100-200 Arjuns have been ordered to placate the government and DRDO (the Arjun manufacturer), while the Army relies on 1250 T-90 and 2500 T-72 MBTs.

Answer is based considering Mk-2.A comparison table:ARMOR: It is comparable to any western tank and better than the T-90S. It consists of ERA Mk2 and Kanchan composite Armor. Arjun can take a point blank hit from T-72. demonstrated the capability to defeat HESH and APFSDS rounds, which included the Israeli APFSDS rounds.A new honeycomb design of Non-Explosive and Non-Energetic Reactive Armour (NERA) along with nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection equipment is present on Mk2. Entire Electronic protection suit (LWR, RWR, Laser dassler, EW Jammers). Arjun Mk2 uses a Mobile Camouflage system to reduce it’s signature made by DRDO, same is used on T 90S as well. All this active and passive protection systems are on par with any modern western tank.FIREPOWER:It has a 120 mm rifled cannon which will be replaced by a smoothbore in upcoming HNS Mk2. Missile firing capacity is only in Merkava, T 90 and Arjun. Arjun uses Indigenous DRDO CLGM. Also a Themobaric Round has been made for Arjun Mk2 which is superior to any ammunition as of now. It also has BEL made 12.7mm RCWS and Includes Friend-foe identification device.Includes Day/night, thermal capable panoramic vision. So firepower is at par with any western tank.Moreover Arjun can Fire easily while moving at 25Km/hr whereas T-90S can do only upto 16 Km/hr.VECTRONICS: However, the area that will see the Arjun Mk.2 emerging as a true new-generation MBT will be vectronics, and in particular the battlespace management system (BMS), which has been designed to operate at the unit-level and below, and which will synthesise the battlespace situational awareness picture for the unit commander, whether it be a mechanised infan­try regiment or an armoured regiment. The MBT and selected infan­trymen will thus become situational awareness platforms. Vectronics of Arjun Mk-2 are part of BMS(Battlefield Management System which was derived from F-INSAS) lateron these system will be integrated in APCs, IFVs and T72/90s.Arjun and several prototypes of TATA kestrel(Ordered as pilot project) are the first to get test the BMS based network centric system. Hence Arjun is more Network Centric and have better situational awareness than any other tank in IAs inventory.CONTROVERSIAL TOPICSArjun had been the centre of criticism only for one reason Weight.Arjun Mk2 when fully loaded is 68 ton.Similarly:Challenger fully loaded= 72.5 TonLeopard=63 TnMerkava=65 tonM1A2 fully loaded=72 tonWhat needs to be realised is that whenever we talk about weight and start abusing and criticising the Arjun as “Overweight Fat pig” when ground pressure of Arjun Mk2 is less than T-72, it is not the tank’s fault rather the theory on which it is built . All other tank the IA uses are Medium Battle Tank hence lower weight which emphasises on mobility but the western tanks are based on supreme firepower with robust protection and crew comfort hence the weight, the same theory on which Arjun is made.Also as of now Arjun is the only tank in IA inventory to have AC for the crew, T-72 CIA got ot later and T-90 was to be done but Russia had objections with same. Needless to say the major motivation behind it was to face the Pakistani M1A1 Abrams which was then offered by US to Pakistan but never made into Pakistani Inventory.But we need to see the tank as a whole ecosystem which consists ofRoads it will travel in it’s host countryMaximum capacity of local bridges can takeAll other assets to make it cross ridges rivers like (ARV, BLT,trucks and wagons etc).While the last has been taken care by DRDO and other agencies, the civilian Roads and bridges have way less capacity than 60 ton(Approx Deassembled weight of Arjun). Needless to say the normal roads are made not even keeping in mind about the civilians, you will find a big pit within a fortnight, imagine the condition of road just after a 68 ton beast rams over it. Only National highways are capable of carrying Arjun’s weight. In other terms Arjun might be ready but India’s Road network doesn’t seems in a mood to do so. Unlike in developed country where the max load of these roads are set keeping in mind their strategic importance.Arjun Train Wagon:Arjun On truck:Arjun Bridge:Arjun BLT:Future Upgrades underway:1.Use of HNS(High Nitrogen Steel) made by DRDO and produces by Jindal Steel Hisar to bring weight to 50–58 ton range.2.New hull and turret are designed in collaboration with Dynamatic technologies and Alicon group and TATA power SED.3.New Bharat powerpack 1500 HP instead of existing 1400 Hp (Below pic : Test rig).4. Integration of indigenous APS, as of now Israeli APS can be used on Mk2 if needed.5.New 120 mm Smoothbore cannon.CONCLUSION:Firepower, Protection, Situational awareness, Electronic Warfare: Arjun Mk2 is comparable to any western tank if not better.Logistics: Arjun is as weak as any western tank if moved inside India, even western tank will face problems in transportation in India, let alone Arjun. For that the motor roads have to be constructed accordingly.Pic Credits: Trishul-trident, DFI, DRDO tech focus and Google and Myself.Literature: Trishul-trident

Thanks for A2AAnswer is based considering Mk-2.A comparison table:ARMOR: It is comparable to any western tank and better than the T-90S. It consists of ERA Mk2 and Kanchan composite Armor. Arjun can take a point blank hit from T-72. demonstrated the capability to defeat HESH and APFSDS rounds, which included the Israeli APFSDS rounds.A new honeycomb design of Non-Explosive and Non-Energetic Reactive Armour (NERA) along with nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection equipment is present on Mk2. Entire Electronic protection suit (LWR, RWR, Laser dassler, EW Jammers). Arjun Mk2 uses a Mobile Camouflage system to reduce it’s signature made by DRDO, same is used on T 90S as well. All this active and passive protection systems are on par with any modern western tank.FIREPOWER:It has a 120 mm rifled cannon which will be replaced by a smoothbore in upcoming HNS Mk2. Missile firing capacity is only in Merkava, T 90 and Arjun. Arjun uses Indigenous DRDO CLGM. Also a Themobaric Round has been made for Arjun Mk2 which is superior to any ammunition as of now. It also has BEL made 12.7mm RCWS and Includes Friend-foe identification device.Includes Day/night, thermal capable panoramic vision. So firepower is at par with any western tank.Moreover Arjun can Fire easily while moving at 25Km/hr whereas T-90S can do only upto 16 Km/hr.VECTRONICS: However, the area that will see the Arjun Mk.2 emerging as a true new-generation MBT will be vectronics, and in particular the battlespace management system (BMS), which has been designed to operate at the unit-level and below, and which will synthesise the battlespace situational awareness picture for the unit commander, whether it be a mechanised infan­try regiment or an armoured regiment. The MBT and selected infan­trymen will thus become situational awareness platforms. Vectronics of Arjun Mk-2 are part of BMS(Battlefield Management System which was derived from F-INSAS) lateron these system will be integrated in APCs, IFVs and T72/90s.Arjun and several prototypes of TATA kestrel(Ordered as pilot project) are the first to get test the BMS based network centric system. Hence Arjun is more Network Centric and have better situational awareness than any other tank in IAs inventory.CONTROVERSIAL TOPICSArjun had been the centre of criticism only for one reason Weight.Arjun Mk2 when fully loaded is 68 ton.Similarly:Challenger fully loaded= 72.5 TonLeopard=63 TnMerkava=65 tonM1A2 fully loaded=72 tonWhat needs to be realised is that whenever we talk about weight and start abusing and criticising the Arjun as “Overweight Fat pig” when ground pressure of Arjun Mk2 is less than T-72, it is not the tank’s fault rather the theory on which it is built . All other tank the IA uses are Medium Battle Tank hence lower weight which emphasises on mobility but the western tanks are based on supreme firepower with robust protection and crew comfort hence the weight, the same theory on which Arjun is made.Also as of now Arjun is the only tank in IA inventory to have AC for the crew, T-72 CIA got ot later and T-90 was to be done but Russia had objections with same. Needless to say the major motivation behind it was to face the Pakistani M1A1 Abrams which was then offered by US to Pakistan but never made into Pakistani Inventory.But we need to see the tank as a whole ecosystem which consists ofRoads it will travel in it’s host countryMaximum capacity of local bridges can takeAll other assets to make it cross ridges rivers like (ARV, BLT,trucks and wagons etc).While the last has been taken care by DRDO and other agencies, the civilian Roads and bridges have way less capacity than 60 ton(Approx Deassembled weight of Arjun). Needless to say the normal roads are made not even keeping in mind about the civilians, you will find a big pit within a fortnight, imagine the condition of road just after a 68 ton beast rams over it. Only National highways are capable of carrying Arjun’s weight. In other terms Arjun might be ready but India’s Road network doesn’t seems in a mood to do so. Unlike in developed country where the max load of these roads are set keeping in mind their strategic importance.Arjun Train Wagon:Arjun On truck:Arjun Bridge:Arjun BLT:Future Upgrades underway:1.Use of HNS(High Nitrogen Steel) made by DRDO and produces by Jindal Steel Hisar to bring weight to 50–58 ton range.2.New hull and turret are designed in collaboration with Dynamatic technologies and Alicon group and TATA power SED.3.New Bharat powerpack 1500 HP instead of existing 1400 Hp (Below pic : Test rig).4. Integration of indigenous APS, as of now Israeli APS can be used on Mk2 if needed.5.New 120 mm Smoothbore cannon.CONCLUSION:Firepower, Protection, Situational awareness, Electronic Warfare: Arjun Mk2 is comparable to any western tank if not better.Logistics: Arjun is as weak as any western tank if moved inside India, even western tank will face problems in transportation in India, let alone Arjun. For that the motor roads have to be constructed accordingly.Pic Credits: Trishul-trident, DFI, DRDO tech focus and Google and Myself.Literature: Trishul-trident

The Information Technology Act, 2000 came into force on 17.10.2000 vide G.S.R No. 788(E) dated 17.10.2000 and for the first time, a legal definition of “Computer”, “Data”, “electronic record”, “Information” et al were provided. The said Act gave a legal recognition to the electronic records and digital signatures and in Chapter IX thereof provided for penalty and adjudication. Section 43 of the Act interalia provided that in case of unauthorised access, download or copying or damage to data etc, the person responsible shall be liable to pay damages by way of compensation not exceeding one crore rupees to the person affected.Apart from civil liability provided under Section 43, Chapter XI (Sections 63 to 78) of the Act of 2000 provided for criminal liability in cases of Tampering, Hacking, publishing or transmitting obscene material, misrepresentation etc. Apart from the same, Section 72 of the Act provided for penalty in case of bsignNow of confidentiality and privacy and laid that in case any person who has secured access to any electronic record, Data or information, discloses the same to any other person without obtaining the consent of the person concerned, he shall be punished with imprisonment upto two years or with fine upto Rupees one lakh or with both.However, the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 were not adequate and the need for more stringent data protection measures were felt, the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 was enacted which came into force on 27.10.2009. The said Amendment Act brought in the concepts like cyber security in the statute book and widened the scope of digital signatures by replacing the words “electronic signature”. The amendment act also provided for secure electronic signatures and enjoined the central government to prescribe security procedures and practices for securing electronic records and signatures (Sections 15-16) The amendment Act also removed the cap of Rupees One Crore as earlier provided under Section 43 for damage to computer and computer systems and for unauthorised downloading/ copying of data. The said Amendment Act also introduced Section 43A which provides for compensation to be paid in case a body corporate fails to protect the data. Section 46 of the Act prescribes that the person affected has to approach the adjudicating officer appointed under Section 46 of the Act in case the claim for injury or damage does not exceed Rupees Five crores and the civil court in case, the claim exceeds Rupees Five crores. The amendment act also brought/ introduced several new provisions which provide for offenses such as identity theft, receiving stolen computer resource/ device, cheating, violation of privacy, cyber terrorism, pornography (Section 66A-F & 67A-C). The amendment act also brought in provisions directing intermediaries to protect the data/information and penalty has been prescribed for disclosure of information of information in bsignNow of lawful contract (Section 72A)With the enactment of the Amendment Act of 2008, India for the first time got statutory provisions dealing with data protection. However, as the ingredients of “sensitive personal data and information” as well as the “reasonable security practices and procedures” were yet to be prescribed by the Central Government, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology vide Notification No. GSR 313 (E) dated 11th April 2011 made the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information ) Rules, 2011 (the said rules). Rule 3 of the said rules defines personal sensitive data or information and provides that the same may include information relating to password, financial information such as bank account or credit card details, health condition, medical records etc. Rule 4 enjoins every body corporate which receives or deals with information to provide a privacy policy. Rule 5 prescribes that every body corporate shall obtain consent in writing from the provider of the sensitive information regarding purpose of usage before collection of such information and such body corporate will not collect such information unless it is collected for a lawful purpose connected with the function or activity of such body corporate and collection of such information or data is necessary and once such data is collected, it shall not be retained for a period longer than what is required. Rule 6 provides that disclosure of the information to any third party shall require prior permission from the provider unless such disclosure has been agreed to in the contract between the body corporate and the provider or where the disclosure is necessary for compliance of a legal obligation. The Body corporate has been barred to publish sensitive information and the third parties receiving such information have been barred to disclose it further. Rule 7 lays down that the body corporate may transfer such information to any other body corporate or person in India or outside, that ensure the same level of data protection and such transfer will be allowed only if it is necessary for performance of lawful contract between the body corporate and provider of information or where the provider has consented for data transfer. Rule 8 of the said rules further provide reasonable security practises and procedures and lays down that international standard IS/ISO/IEC 27001 on “Information Technology- Security Techniques- Information Security Management System- requirements “ would be one such standard.The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology further issued a press note dated 24th August 2011 and clarified that the said rules are applicable to the body corporate or any person located within India. The press note further provides that any body corporate providing services relating to collection or handling of sensitive personal data or information under contractual obligation with any other legal entity located within India or outside is not subject to requirements of Rules 5 &6 as mentioned hereinabove. A body corporate providing services to the provider of information under a contractual obligation directly with them however has to comply with Rules 5 &6. The said press note also clarifies that privacy policy mentioned in Rule 4 relates to the body corporate and is not with respect to any particular obligation under the contract. The press note at the end provides that the consent mentioned in Rule 5 includes consent given by any mode of electronic communication.Data Protection relates to issues relating to the collection, storage, accuracy and use of data provided by net users in the use of the World Wide Web. Visitors to any website want their privacy rights to be respected when they engage in e-Commerce. It is part of the confidence-creating role that successful e-Commerce businesses have to convey to the consumer. If industry doesn't make sure it's guarding the privacy of the data it collects, it will be the responsibility of the government and it's their obligation to enact legislation.Any transaction between two or more parties involves an exchange of essential information between the parties. Technological developments have enabled transactions by electronic means. Any such information/data collected by the parties should be used only for the specific purposes for which they were collected. The need arose, to create rights for those who have their data stored and create responsibilities for those who collect, store and process such data. The law relating to the creation of such rights and responsibilities may be referred to as ‘data protection’ law.The world’s first computer specific statute was enacted in the form of a Data Protection Act, in the German state of Hesse, in 1970.The misuse of records under the Nazi regime had raised concerns among the public about the use of computers to store and process large amounts of personal data.The Data Protection Act sought to heal such memories of misuse of information. A different rationale for the introduction of data protection legislation can be seen in the case of Sweden which introduced the first national statute in 1973.Here, data protection was seen as fitting naturally into a two hundred year old system of freedom of information with the concept of subject access (such a right allows an individual to find out what information is held about him) being identified as one of the most important aspects of the legislation.In 1995, the European Union adopted its Directive (95/46/EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereinafter, the Directive), establishing a detailed privacy regulatory structure. The Directive is specific on the requirements for the transfer of data. It sets down the principles regarding the transfer of data to third countries and states that personal data of EU nationals cannot be sent to countries that do not meet the EU “adequacy” standards with respect to privacy.In order to meet the EU “adequacy” standards, US developed a ‘Safe Harbour’ framework, according to which the US Department of Commerce would maintain a list of US companies that have self-certified to the safe harbor framework. An EU organization can ensure that it is sending information to a U.S. organization participating in the safe harbor by viewing the public list of safe harbor organizations posted on the official website.Data protection has emerged as an important reaction to the development of information technology. In India data protection is covered under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (hereinafter, the Act). The Act defines ‘data’ as, “‘data’ means a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions which are being prepared or have been prepared in a formalized manner, and is intended to be processed, is being processed or has been processed in a computer system or computer network, and may be in any form (including computer printouts magnetic or optical storage media, punched cards, punched tapes) or stored internally in the memory of the computer”. Protection of such data and privacy are covered under specific provisions in the Act. In the recent past, the need for data protection laws has been felt to cater to various needs. The following analyses the position of data protection law with respect to some of the needs.Data Protection Law In Respect of Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES)India started liberalizing its economy in the 1990’s and since then a huge upsurge in the IT business process outsourcing may be witnessed. Financial, educational, legal, marketing, healthcare, telecommunication, banking etc are only some of the services being outsourced into India. This upsurge of outsourcing of ITES into India in the recent past may be attributed to the large English-speaking unemployed populace, cheap labour, enterprising and hardworking nature of the people etc. Statistics have shown that the outsourcing industry is one of the biggest sources of employment. In a span of four years, the number of people working in call centers in the country supporting international industries has risen from 42,000 to 3,50,000. Exports were worth $5.2 billion in 2004-2005 and are expected to grow over 40% this fiscal year. US is currently the biggest investor in Indian ITES, taking advantage of cheap labour costs. Statistics indicate that software engineers with two-years experience in India are being paid about 1/5th of an equivalent US employee.Concerns about adequacy of lawBPO FraudsWith globalization and increasing BPO industry in India, protection of data warrants legislation. There are reasons for this. Every individual consumer of the BPO Industry would expect different levels of privacy from the employees who handle personal data. But there have been situations in the recent past where employees or systems have given away the personal information of customers to third parties without prior consent. So other countries providing BPO business to India expect the Indian government and BPO organizations to take measures for data protection. Countries with data protection law have guidelines that call for data protection law in the country with whom they are transacting.For instance, in, the European Union countries according to the latest guidelines, they will cease to part with data, which are considered the subject matter of protection to any third country unless such other country has a similar law on data protection. One of the essential features of any data protection law would be to prevent the flow of data to non-complying countries and such a provision when implemented may result in a loss of "Data Processing" business to some of the Indian companies.In the recent past, concerns have been raised both within the country as well as by customers abroad regarding the adequacy of data protection and privacy laws in the country. A few incidents have questioned the Indian data protection and privacy standards and have left the outsourcing industry embarrassed. In June 2005, ‘The Sun’ newspaper claimed that one of its journalists bought personal details including passwords, addresses and passport data from a Delhi IT worker for £4.25 each. Earlier BPO frauds in India include New York-based Citibank accounts being looted from a BPO in Pune and a call-center employee in Bangalore peddling credit card information to fraudsters who stole US$398,000 from British bank accounts.UK's Channel 4 TV station ran broadcast footage of a sting operation exposing middlemen hawking the financial data of 200,000 UK citizens. The documentary has prompted Britain's Information Commissioner's Office to examine the security of personal financial data at Indian call centers.In the absence of data protection laws, the kind of work that would be outsourced to India in the future would be limited. The effect of this can be very well seen in the health-care BPO business, which is estimated to be worth close to $45 billion. Lack of data protection laws have left Indian BPO outfits still stagnating in the lower end of the value chain, doing work like billing, insurance claims processing and of course transcription. Besides healthcare, players in the retail financial sector are also affected. Financial offshoring from banks is limited because of statutory compliance requirements and data privacy laws protecting sensitive financial information in accounts. In the Human Resource (HR) domain, there are many restrictions on sharing of personal information. In the medical domain, patient history needs to be protected. In credit card transactions, identity theft could be an issue and needs to be protected. Companies in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector and healthcare have excluded applications/processes which use sensitive information from their portfolio for offshoring till they are comfortable about the data protection laws prevalent in the supplier country.Since there is lack of data protection laws in India, Indian BPO outfits are trying to deal with the issue by attempting to adhere to major US and European regulations. MNCs have to comply with foreign Regulations so that they don’t lose on their international partners. There are problems involved in this. Efforts by individual companies may not count for much if companies rule out India as a BPO destination in the first place in the absence of data protection law.Today, the largest portion of BPO work coming to India is low-end call centre and data processing work. If India has to exploit the full potential of the outsourcing opportunity, then we have to move up the value chain. Outsourced work in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)-intensive areas such as clinical research, engineering design and legal research is the way ahead for Indian BPO companies. The move up the value chain cannot happen without stringent laws. Further, weak laws would act as deterrents for FDI, global business and the establishment of research and development parks in the pharmaceutical industry.Looking to the above scenario, we can say that for India to achieve heights in BPO industry stringent laws for data protection and intellectual property rights have to be made. . Thus, a law on data protection on India must address the following Constitutional issues on a "priority basis" before any statutory enactment procedure is set into motion:(1) Privacy rights of interested persons in real space and cyber space.(2) Mandates of freedom of information U/A 19 (1) (a).(3) Mandates of right to know of people at large U/A 21.Once the data protection rules are enforced in India, companies outsourcing to India are unlikely to dismantle the systems they have in place straightaway, and move data more freely to India. Hence ,the need for data protection laws would win over the confidence of international business partners; protect abuse of information; protection of privacy and personal rights of individuals would be ensured; there would be more FDI inflows, global business and the establishment of research and development parks in the pharmaceutical industry & impetus to the sector of e-Commerce at national and international levels would be provided.Data protection law in India (Present status):-Data Protection law in India is included in the Act under specific provisions. Both civil and criminal liabilities are imposed for violation of data protection.(1) Section 43 deals with penalties for damage to computer, computer system etc.(2) Section 65 deals with tampering with computer source documents.(3) Section 66 deals with hacking with computer system.(4) Section 72 deals with penalty for bsignNow of confidentiality and privacy. Call centers can be included in the definition of ‘intermediary’and a ‘network service provider’ and can be penalized under this section.These developments have put the Indian government under pressure to enact more stringent data protection laws in the country in order to protect the lucrative Indian outsourcing industry. In order to use IT as a tool for socio-economic development, employment generation and to consolidate India’s position as a major player in the IT sector,amendments to the IT Act, 2000 have been approved by the cabinet and are due to be tabled in the winter session of the Parliament.Proposed amendments:-The amendments relate to the following[22]:(i) Proposal at Sec. 43 (2) related to handling of sensitive personal data or information with reasonable security practices and procedures.(ii) Gradation of severity of computer related offences under Section 66, committed dishonestly or fraudulently and punishment thereof.(iii) Proposed additional Section 72 (2) for bsignNow of confidentiality with intent to cause injury to a subscriber.It is hoped that these amendments will strengthen the law to suffice the need.Data Protection Laws In Order To Invite ‘Data Controllers’.There has been a strong opinion that if India strengthens its data protection law, it can attract multi-national corporations to India. India can be home to such corporations than a mere supplier of services.In fact, there is an argument that the EU’s data protection law is sufficient to protect the privacy of its people and thus lack of strong protection under Indian law is not a hindrance to the outsourcing industry. To enumerate, consider a company established in EU (called the ‘data controller’) and the supplier of call center services (‘data processor’) in India. If the data processor makes any mistake in the processing of personal data or there are instances of data theft, then the data controller in the EU can be made liable for the consequences. The Indian data processor is not in control of personal data and can only process data under the instructions of the data controller. Thus if a person in EU wants to exercise rights of access and retrieve personal data, the data controller has to retrieve it from the data processor, irrespective of where the data processor is located. Thus a strong data protection law is needed not only to reinforce the image of the Indian outsourcing industry but also to invite multi-national corporations to establish their corporate offices here.Data Protection And TelemarketingIndia is faced with a new phenomenon-telemarketing. This is facilitated, to a large extent, by the widespread use of mobile telephones. Telemarketing executives, now said to be available for as low as US $70 per month, process information about individuals for direct marketing. This interrupts the peace of an individual and conduct of work. There is a violation of privacy caused by such calls who, on behalf of banks, mobile phone companies, financial institutions etc. offer various schemes. The right to privacy has been read into Article 21, Constitution of India, but this has not afforded enough protection. A PIL against several banks and mobile phone service providers is pending before the Supreme Court alleging inter alia that the right to privacy has been infringed.The EC Directive confers certain rights on the people and this includes the right to prevent processing for direct marketing. Thus, a data controller is required not to process information about individuals for direct marketing if an individual asks them not to. So individuals have the right to stop unwanted marketing offers. It would be highly beneficial that data protection law in India also includes such a right to prevent unsolicited marketing offers and protect the privacy of the people.Data Protection With Regard To Governance And PeopleThe Preamble to the Act specifies that, the IT Act 2000, inter alia, will facilitate electronic filing of documents with the Government agencies. It seeks to promote efficient delivery of Government services by means of reliable electronic records. Stringent data protection laws will thus help the Government to protect the interests of its people.Data protection law is necessary to provide protection to the privacy rights of people and to hold cyber criminals responsible for their wrongful acts. Data protection law is not about keeping personal information secret. It is about creating a trusted framework for collection, exchange and use of personal data in commercial and governmental contexts. It is to permit and facilitate the commercial and governmental use of personal data.The Data Security Council of India (DSCI) and Department of Information Technology(DIT) must also rejuvenate its efforts in this regard on the similar lines. However, the best solution can come from good legislative provisions along with suitable public and employee awareness. It is high time that we must pay attention to Data Security in India. Cyber Security in India is missing and the same requires rejuvenation. When even PMO's cyber security is compromised for many months we must at least now wake up. Data bsignNowes and cyber crimes in India cannot be reduced until we make strong cyber laws. We cannot do so by mere declaring a cat as a tiger. Cyber law of India must also be supported by sound cyber security and effective cyber forensics.Indian companies in the IT and BPO sectors handle and have access to all kinds of sensitive and personal data of individuals across the world, including their credit card details, financial information and even their medical history. These Companies store confidential data and information in electronic form and this could be vulnerable in the hands of their employees. It is often misused by unsurplous elements among them. There have been instances of security bsignNowes and data leakages in high profile Indian companies. The recent incidents of data thefts in the BPO industry have raised concerns about data privacy.There is no express legislation in India dealing with data protection. Although the Personal Data Protection Bill was introduced in Parliament in 2006, it is yet to see the light of day. The bill seems to proceed on the general framework of the European Union Data Privacy Directive, 1996. It follows a comprehensive model with the bill aiming to govern the collection, processing and distribution of personal data. It is important to note that the applicability of the bill is limited to ‘personal data’ as defined in Clause 2 of the bill.The bill applies both to government as well as private enterprises engaged in data functions. There is a provision for the appointment of, “Data Controllers”, who have general superintendence and adjudicatory jurisdiction over subjects covered by the bill. It also provides that penal sanctions may be imposed on offenders in addition to compensation for damages to victims.The stringency of data protection law, whether the prevailing law will suffice such needs, whether the proposed amendments are a welcome measure, whether India needs a separate legislation for data protection etc are questions which require an in-depth analysis of the prevailing circumstances and a comparative study with laws of other countries. There is no consensus among the experts regarding these issues. These issues are not in the purview of this write-up. But there can be no doubt about the importance of data protection law in the contemporary IT scenario and are not disputable.

YES Obviously,Six months ago, when Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, visited Bengaluru and met the iSpirit team, he was curious about ‘India Stack’. He was also eager to know about the rapid pace at which the country managed to register 95 percent of its citizens on an identification database called Aadhaar. The volunteers of iSpirit—a software product think tank—obliged and a crack team consisting of Nandan Nilekani, Pramod Varma, Sanjay Jain along with Sharad Sharma, Founder of iSpirit, made a presentation to Gates about India’s digital revolution waiting in the wings.In the end, Gates saw the ‘India Stack’ as the shining beacon of technology to propel change. He is known to have used the words “cutting-edge” and was overheard saying, “there are few countries which can boast of a digital infrastructure as sophisticated.” He added that the vision of transforming India through application of technology had received new impetus.On India Stack, Nilekani, Co-founder of Infosys and former Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), says, “This is a technology platform that delivers complete services to citizens transparently and is focussed on improving lives.”. He adds that it was a product of several years of innovation starting with the UIDAI’s Aadhaar platform. “This is India’s single most important innovation to formalise India’s domestic economy through digital services,” he says.What is India Stack?In simple terms, India Stack is:· A paperless and cashless service delivery system.· The stack is a new technology paradigm that is scalable to handle massive data inflows, and is poised to enable entrepreneurs, citizens and governments to interact with each other transparently.· It is an open system to electronically verify businesses, people and services.· It gives the data to the concerned individual and lets him decide who he can share the data with. The smartphone will be the delivery platform for services such as digital payments, identification and digital lockers.· It is the largest application programming interface (API) on the planet.· Poised to change the lives of 1.1 billion Indians.This open API policy was conceived around 2012, when the Central government realised that it cannot deliver citizen services on its own efficiently. So it proposed, based on its experience with Aadhaar, an open-data initiative supported by an open API policy, which would pave the way for private technology solutions to build services on top of Aadhaar. This was a signNow development because it was the first time that the government conceded it needed entrepreneurs to build on top of a stack to deliver services.Here are the 5 tenets of India Stack and the Startups leveraging itPaperless identification: Aadhaar’s 12-digit unique identification number, floated by the UIDAI in 2009, has more than one billion Indians registered who have became the basis for the India Stack. The government uses the platform to transfer subsidies directly into the beneficiaries' accounts. Today, Jandhan Yojana (the subsidy scheme) and Aadhaar, along with mobile, are termed as the JAM trinity for public services. The JAM has delivered direct benefits of Rs 61,000 crore in the form of fertilizer subsidies and other welfare schemes. Over 190 million accounts have been opened so far as per records available on Jandhan website. All these accounts have been opened after using Aadhaar, which has helped beneficiaries receive money in their accounts.“The advantages of such a system are that all leakages in the subsidy and welfare system disappear,” says Nilekani.This system of identification and delivery of services is already being used by the startup world. One only has to visit the 50,000 merchants aggregated by Novo Pay to understand how money transfers happen digitally for citizens with the aid of the local kirana store. Novo Pay uses the Aadhaar platform to verify citizens to enable them to open bank accounts or transfer money to any bank across the country, or make payments for bills or buy products through the kirana network.“We use Aadhaar to deliver banking services to citizens. Novo Pay’s network operating centre also tracks the business cycle of each kirana which gives them an overview of the financial services that consumers experience,” says Srikanth Nadhamuni, Co-founder of NovoPay. In the future, the company can also work with banks to verify and provide loans to people through the kirana network. “We are going after the long tail and it is a business that takes years to build, which when it signNowes critical mass can change financial services in the country,” says Nadhamuni. The smartphone can also become central to verification because all the information goes to the registered phone number.(from L-R) Sridhar Rao, CEO Novopay with Vinod Khosla, Chairman Khosla Labs and Srikanth Nadhamuni, Chairman NovopayPaperless payments: Novo Pay also allows mobile payments through the smartphone. This can become India Stack’s signature delivery mechanism to make India a digital cash economy. The paperless payment is a brainchild of the National Payments Council of India (NPCI), which is a consortium of Indian banks. This organisation along with iSpirit floated the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which will make mobile payments cardless and completely digital. It will break the back of foreign payment platforms or switches (MasterCard and Visa), which so far charged high commissions to settle rupee transactions.The UPI allows consumers to transact directly through their bank account with a unique UPI identity, which syncs to Aadhaar’s verification and connects to the merchant, the settlement and the issuing bank to close a transaction. In a single swipe the transaction is complete, without any middleman (like the Visa and Mastercard switch) to facilitate the transaction.Here is an explanation of how this system works.There are several companies offering paperless payments today, like PayTM, FreeCharge and MobiKwik. There is a startup called FonePaisa, which is aggregating all payment apps under one platform to pay the kirana or any business. YourStory reported first on how Flipkart can use PhonePe, a startup that it acquired, to enable payments through the UPI. Let us say that the consumer is browsing through a catalogue and he finds his favourite product. He opts to pay through the UPI method. Flipkart’s system asks the consumer for his or her UPI identity and the consumer inputs it. Then, a bank notification pops up on the Flipkart app or in the bank’s app asking the consumer to authenticate the transaction. The consumer inputs his fingerprint as authentication and the transaction is settled between the banks, the e-commerce company and the customer.“Most of us are building this form of payment for even retail transactions. Imagine that this system can bring 50 million mom-and-pop stores online and they can accept digital payments because of the UPI,” says Ritesh Agarwal, Co-founder of FonePaisa, adding that India will have a hybrid payments industry and that there will not be any one payment stack that will remain popular.FonePaisa's team is building seamless digital payments for consumes with offline merchants & can build on top of the Aadhaar framework to enable payments.However, the UPI will benefit Indians who have never experienced digital payments, and is clearly focussed on bringing 900 million Indians into the digital fold. “The only problem with the long tail is cultural. Will people begin to trust digital cash over physical cash? It becomes a hard habit to break. However, it is an opportunity nevertheless,” says Sarath Naru, Managing Partner of VentureEast.Paperless documents: Although digitisation is growing, India consumes the largest amount of paper. According to corporate ratings and research agency India Ratings, the per-capita consumption of paper is 9kg and is all set to double by 2020 because of the growth of the education industry. But with smartphone prices dropping, at least financial services and the healthcare industry can move to a paperless scenario in major cities with the help of India Stack. The Stack’s APIs allow startups to bring solutions that can make documents go digital.A large consumer goods company can use the India Stack to file taxes and track the filings made by its entire ecosystem, of distributors or dealers to reconcile taxes, to avoid legal complications arising from double taxation. This automated service provided by startups with the India Stack gives the corporate a dashboard and performance analytics on the right amount of taxes paid and owed. Startups like Clear Tax and Tax Mantra can provide this scalability by using India Stack. The platform can also be secured for each corporate with their own digital identity. The use cases for paperless documents are plenty.E-KYC: Today, many banks are yet to insist on an e-KYC (electronic Know Your Customer) on their platforms. However, when they integrate their infrastructure with India Stack, the Aadhaar number becomes the defacto KYC. Prepaid digital wallet Oxigen allows e-KYC. Axis Bank has allowed Aadhaar to become the e-KYC platform across all its 2,000 branches.“A key challenge for the customers while opening bank accounts is providing address proof, identity proof and physical copies of documents. E-KYC simplifies the customer experience for the Aadhaar-registered individuals to open bank accounts” says Shikha Sharma, CEO of Axis Bank. Only the top 50 banks in India have agree to make e-KYC a norm.Digital signature: This would be the last mile to cross, and can be made simple between two or more parties executing contracts over the mobile. Individuals or entities can use the Aadhaar ecosystem to send digital signatures on a certified or legal document. Today, most HR offers are online documents that contain digital signatures. But there is a single source of paper still. Imagine, if the entire document is a digital template. When an employee has to accept an offer, he sends the document duly signed by a digital signature. This has several applications too.A road not far awayIn many ways, India is a complex nation. It has cultural differences, yet technology seems to be the tool that can break barriers. Yet, England’s exit from Europe signals a new shift in the world. It is fast becoming a world that is shrinking back into nationalism and protected markets. India has a huge domestic market where services can be streamlined with the help of technology. Any delay on that front can be detrimental, in the form of lack of education and healthcare. “India is a nation of extremes. We are solving problems, but the services aided by technology must signNow a larger mass of people faster,”

Electric car, defining the future, redefining the automobile, fully connected to the world at large — there are probably half a dozen such companies announced per year, and sooner than later they all show their true, vaporware colors. It’s no secret that a most of top automakers are making – or plan to make – all-electric cars. Tesla Motors Inc. and Toyota Motor Corp.’s Prius are arguably the most prominent among the crowd. But Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Ford Motor Co., Chevrolet, BMW, and others are currently manufacturing all electric cars and have big plans for better cars with longer ranges. However, there’s a new player on the horizon – one that you would have probably never heard of until CES-2017 . That’s because it’s a strange combination of public, yet secretive information.Faraday Future is an American start-up technology company, backed by Chinese investors and focused on the development of intelligent electrical vehicles.Faraday Future has reported that it has built a team from former Tesla, GM, Ferrari, Lamborghini, BMW, Audi, Apple, SpaceX, and Hulu employees. Main body:Nick Sampson — Product Architect, former Vehicle and Chassis Engineering for Tesla Model SRichard Kim — Head Design, former BMW i8 Concept, BMW i3 ConceptSilva Hiti — Sr. Dir. of Powertrain, former lead powertrain at Chevy VoltPontus Fontaeus — Interior Design, former Lambhorgini, Ferrari, Land RoverPage Beermann — Exterior Design Chief, former Creative Director at BMWPorter Harris — Batteries, former SpaceXIn January 2017 the company presented its latest technology at the CES in Las Vegas, claiming that their car makes all other cars redundant.FF 91 - A vehicle with the horsepower of a Ferrari and the driving range of a Tesla?DesignFF 91 is built upon company’s Variable Platform Architecture (VPA), it’s a new breed of electric mobility that provides user with super car performance but the comfort of ultra luxury vehicle. VPA tech will allow Faraday to build new vehicles on the same platform architecture, dramatically reducing time to market for future vehicles.This solution consists of a modular wheelbase, modular battery infrastructure, and modular motor configurations. it’s capable of several potential battery and motor configurations. The flexible powertrain features a monocoque vehicle structure where the chassis and body are a single form, giving measurable improvements in overall vehicle rigidity, safety, and handling. The all-wheel drive system provides greater traction, control, and of course, precise power distribution.The rear wheels also have a few degrees of left and right movement, dramatically reducing the FF 91’s turning radius despite its long 126-inch wheelbase.Depending on the configuration, the all-electric drivetrain utilizes either two or three electric motors to deliver up to 1,050 hp, and the heavy battery packs give the FF 91 a very low center of gravity (zero gravity mode). They are all 3-phase permanent magnet motors. According to Faraday, that’s enough power to propel the FF 91 from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.39 seconds. There is no production car that fast on the road today. Even after Tesla pushes out a planned update to Ludicrous Mode on the Model S P100D, its 0 to 60 time will improve to 2.4 seconds.From the front fascia to the signature “UFO line” that runs down the mid section of the car, the exterior design is driven by aerodynamics. But Faraday innovated beyond the shape of the car. Take the “active wheels,” which automatically rotate an inner disc to seal off the gaps between spokes and further improve aerodynamics at high speeds. All of the bodywork is said to have been designed with aerodynamics in mind first, resulting in a drag coefficient of just 0.25.BATTERYIt will have 15 percent higher specific energy than a Tesla Model S 85 kW-hr pack. That works out to 98 kW-hr.The company is aiming for the highest energy density which allows for larger crumple zones than on the Tesla Model S.Single or groups of cells can be replaced.It’s a multi-cell solution (like Tesla’s), in a single cell, thermal-runaway fault tolerant (will not propagate to other cells)Module designed for mass production, utilizing new processes and technologiesSame battery design to be used in all vehicles with only a change in capacity (no change in voltage.The new car, called the Faraday Future FF 91, is claimed to be capable of 0-60mph in 2.39sec – potentially making it the quickest electric car in production.Approximately 4.5 hours to charge the battery from 50% to full, using a 240V home charger system included in the purchase of the carAutonomousYes, the FF 91 unsurprisingly features self-driving modes, including ‘driverless valet’, whereby the driver can leave the car to park itself, by introducing a fully retractable 3D lidar solution (first ever car with this feature), working together with 13 long- and short-range radar sensors, 10 high-definition cameras, and 12 ultrasonic sensors. Full self-driving is still a bit far off in the future, but at launch the FF 91 will already support several autonomous modes.However, it shows embarrassing failure in the CES show.[1]Futuristic Interior and FeaturesDozens of screens of all shapes and sizes replace traditional instrument panels and controls, unlike single great big touchscreen in Teslas. Dozens of individual screens surround the driver and the front and rear passengers, presenting information and providing interfaces for controls. There are even screens in the pillars on the outside of the car, welcoming the driver by name as he or she approaches the vehicle.But the best part about Faraday’s system is that it’s tied to a profile. It doesn’t need a key, but the face. Car starts on facial recognition. All of your settings and preferences will automatically be adjusted by the vehicle. Beyond the screens, interior cameras offer security and facial recognition (and even by detecting expression and moods) to automatically adjust settings and in addition with the help of antennas, it receive and process data, share route plans, media and other data remotely, with the car remembering seating positions, music and movies, climate control settings, Quad-zone climate control, heating and cooling seats, seat massage settings, recline angle of the rear zero gravity seats and so on when they next climb aboard.There are no door handles. Instead, buttons open and close motorized coach doors, fitted with sensors.FF 91 offers the next generation connectivity. The company has teamed up with LeEco, a global internet company that blends content, devices, application, and distribution to a first-of-its kind ecosystem. FF EcoSystem integrates your digital lives into FF 91, learning about your preferences over time and becoming smarter.Future Faraday FF 91 is designed with panoramic roof, smart dimming glass technology, and is operated by users tapping on the glass, and the in-house hybrid connectivity solution ,keeps the car and mobile devices within connected to the internet via multiple wireless carriers and multiple network technologies. Dual roof-mounted antennas that also broadcast Wi-Fi to connect passengers’ mobile devices.There are no mirrors. High-definition displays replace the rear view and side view mirrors, and HD cameras positioned around the vehicle provide a far wider range of view than any traditional mirrors.Exterior vehicle lighting has changed a great deal over the past two decades,the “FF” logo pattern lighting in place of a front grille and on the lower side panels. This lighting not only illuminates the ground when passengers enter and exit the car, but also glows and pulses when the vehicle is in autonomous mode. Once learned, this communicates to nearby pedestrians that the vehicle is driving itself, by changing pattern.Market StrategyHowever, they didn’t have denounce the actual price yet, but online booking has been started. A $5,000 refundable deposit reserves your place in line, and the first 300 reservations will have the option to upgrade their orders to a special FF 91 Alliance Edition this coming March. The company hasn’t yet clarified what special features will be included on the Alliance Edition model.In short, FF91 is no less than a futuristic car obviously. It has not been launched yet, and is likely to be in the market next year. Apparently Faraday Future has suggested just a concept so far, and even may be failure (easier said than done). But the ideas they have implemented in the concept, was even beyond many movie makers. It surely will encourages more competition in vehicle industry, however I highly doubt on it own success because of the instability of the company. Because-On January 4, 2016, at the US Consumer Electronic Show (CES-2016), they revealed their 1,000 hp (750 kW), 200 mph (320 km/h), single seat race-car concept, with many smart features. No specific details were given for these potential car designs other than the race-car concept. But with too much hype, sooner they expressed disappointment that the only design shown was of a high end concept race-car that would never actually be produced, instead of a production car for the everyday driver. The press quickly dismissed the car as vapor.Multiple key management figures, including acting CEO Ding Lei and ex-Ferrari North America chief Marco Mattiacci, reportedly left the company in December 2016.The company has been going through financial/funding controversies. Also, It is still unclear who the CEO of Faraday Future is.Work on its new factory in Las Vegas was halted by the company constructing it, reputedly over unpaid invoices.A year full of turmoil with Faraday’s main financier, lawsuits filed by vendors alleging millions in unpaid bills.Also, It was an embarassing failure while demonstrating the driverless parking in CES event.Also, I personally being an Elon Musk fan, I doubt if Faraday Future would be able to rule the market any soon when your competitors are Tesla Motors with Elon Musk being CEO. As many of the employee in FF are ex employee of TESLA, Faraday might be targeting the high-end electric car market, which Tesla has had to itself so far. On the other hand, Tesla has long been known to eye the broader market, so perhaps Faraday intends to go after that market. But that would require its mega plant to be as efficient as the existing ones of competitors which can assemble more than 5,00,000 cars per year (that too if it plans to make a car for common people, and not just for wealthy).Tesla’s gigantic factoryFaraday Future reveals Nevada megafactory it hopes will topple Tesla‘Despite all the naysayers and the sceptics we will persist,’ said Faraday Future’s senior vice president Nick Sampson at the FF 91’s launch.SOURCE :http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car...https://www.yahoo.com/tech/farad...http://bgr.com/2017/01/04/farada...Footnotes[1] Watch the moment a driverless car tipped to be better than Tesla went haywire during live parking demo streamed to millions