There has been an uptick in the use of technology in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments have had to be swift and agile with response strategies. A variety of technology ap...
View PublicationOver the course of UPA-II and Narendra Modi’s first government, Aadhaar was mandated to link with a range of government services, and such a move attracted significant opposition...
View PublicationMumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bengaluru and various other cities have been the locus of COVID-19 infection in India. Given that these cities also have some of the highest population densiti...
View PublicationTaiwan has been singularly successful in designing and implementing effective COVID-19 policy responses. As the pandemic draws on -- these are early days yet -- observing, analysin...
View PublicationIt is widely accepted that sharing of health data will reap benefits to relevant parties involved in the ecosystem. Yet, sharing of the data poses a threat to privacy of individual...
View PublicationSero-surveillance provides estimates of antibody levels against infectious diseases and is considered the gold standard for measuring population immunity due to past infection or v...
View PublicationRandomised controlled trials (RCTs) have become a popular methodological choice for policy analysis in the developing world. Through a review of literature in multiple disciplines,...
View PublicationGovernments, globally, are turning to data and technology to improve governance, speci cally service delivery, with tools such as digital healthcare sensors and the Internet of ing...
View PublicationIn this paper, we undertake a study of 28 states to establish the issues with their revenue budgets’ fiscal marksmanship. We particularly focus on the grants received from the Ce...
View PublicationAutomated Decision Systems (ADS) have proliferated in recent years, in India as elsewhere, enabled by a rise in big data. They are increasingly crucial components of consumer-marke...
View PublicationIn light of the Indian lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many migrant workers fled from cities. This research tests the prevalence of the virus among retur...
View PublicationThe ongoing public health crisis due to COVID-19, coupled with the nationwide lockdown and the impending economic hardships, has created a unique law and order challenge. This note...
View PublicationThis note comprehensively documents the policies and strategies that Kerala government adopted in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. As other states develop their own guidelines ...
View PublicationWith Indian states developing their own guidelines and strategies for COVID-19 response, this note documents policy decisions and announcements of all Indian states (except Kerala)...
View PublicationPradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) is a relief package of Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore announced to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme is built upon twelve different schemes al...
View PublicationIn early February, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced a budget of Rs 33,441 crore. The body has jurisdiction over 13 million people — and Mumbai requires sign...
View PublicationThis paper looks at digital platforms that provide “free” services and analyses the application of Indian competition law to them. It elaborates on why the scale and charact...
View PublicationThis paper charts how western economies raised income tax over time in order to identify learnings for India. It draws on Piketty and Qian’s paper where they argue that ...
View PublicationMumbai’s congestion is infamous. The megacity’s roads are clogged every single day, leading to something far worse than simple inconvenience. It means the destruction of the ci...
View PublicationIndian macro policy has been operating under an implicit 2-4-6-8 framework, which are the targets for the sustainable current account deficit, the desired level of retail inflation...
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