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...
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...
Comic#1 : Purpose Limitation, Trust in Government
As we see various technologies deployed for containing the spread of COVID-19, a lack of adequate purpose limitation and other data protection principles will lead citizens to distrust both the government and the technology...
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 cyber-security and safeguarding against online harms. As the lockdown has led to several interpersonal relations...
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...
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 intermediary liability. The idea of regulating information intermediaries (especially social media) to prev...
