For those uninitiated into the world of police budgets, we have put together a primer to understand the various aspects of police expenditure at the Union level. We also present a comparison of the expenditure under various heads between the actuals of 2019-20, revised expenditure of 2020-21, and bu...
IDFC Institute carried out a comprehensive COVID-19 seroprevalence study in Karnataka based on data collected from a representative sample of households in 20 districts in the state from mid-June through August 2020. It found that the state alone has 31.5 million COVID cases, with 44% of rural citiz...
Ashwin MB +, Rajeswari Parasa, Sneha P
Introduction
The strict national lockdown from March 24th disrupted the economy and worsened the pre-existing socio-economic vulnerabilities of the informal workforce. India saw a precipitous rise in unemployment rates - from 8...
This year’s budget witnessed some important shifts in affordable housing, urban sanitation and public health, and transportation.
Affordable Housing
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on urban issues such as inadequate housing, poor waste management and sanitation, lack o...
COVID-19 has forced us to reckon with the rapidly changing nature of governance. It has highlighted the need for judicious deployment of technological tools and frameworks in multiple areas -- from crisis response to benefits delivery and tracking. Governments will have to look at setting up the rig...
For those uninitiated into the world of police budgets, we have put together a primer to understand the various aspects of police expenditure at the Union level. We also present a comparison of the expenditure under various heads between the actuals of 2019-20, revised expenditure of 2020-21, and bu...
The COVID-19 pandemic’s economic and public health shocks highlighted many long-running issues in India’s urban areas - from unmanaged population density and overcrowded public transportation systems to pollution and lack of sanitation. However, the many predictions during the pandemic abou...
Lack of transparency and alleged under-reporting of COVID-19 testing, cases, and deaths has drawn widespread criticism. The problem of determining the reliability of COVID-19 data in developing countries is even more acute as the pandemic has tested most public health systems. We have investigated t...
IDFC Institute carried out a comprehensive COVID-19 seroprevalence study in Karnataka based on data collected from a representative sample of households in 20 districts in the state from mid-June through August 2020. It found that the state alone has 31.5 million COVID cases, with 44% of rural citiz...
Ashwin MB +, Rajeswari Parasa, Sneha P
Introduction
The strict national lockdown from March 24th disrupted the economy and worsened the pre-existing socio-economic vulnerabilities of the informal workforce. India saw a precipitous rise in unemployment rates - from 8...
During COVID-19 outbreak, Prof. Anup Malani, Manoj Mohanan, Anu Acharya, Sofia Imad and Pritika Hingorani conducted a sero-prevalencce study in Mumbai. This survey was led by the BMC, Niti Aayog, and TIFR. The first round report shows 57% of slum population and 16% of non-slum po...
In this short comic series, we will highlight some data governance dilemmas in the times of the pandemic and share with you our reading list on the subject. This week we discuss health data aggregation and data protection for telehealth. Digital healthcare has become vital dur...
In this short comic series, we will highlight some data governance dilemmas in the times of the pandemic and share with you our reading list on the subject. This week we discuss data for social protection. Despite the introduction of various digital platforms for identifying and authe...
