The absence of robust data protection standards, increased scope for fraud and the fractured experience of previous integrations show why government must not rush this move

About a fourth of Accredited Social Health Activist workers on Covid duty were not provided masks.

India witnessed a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths during the second wave that took place between March and June 2021. This brief calls for the adoption of an evidence-based strategy to effectively tackle the pandemic.

This post breaks down COVID-19 morbidity and mortality data in Mumbai to understand gender-wise and age-wise trends.

This blog analyses ward-level containment strategies during the first and second wave of COVID-19 in Mumbai

Data privacy conversations are incomplete without acknowledging how leading mobile operating systems have been gaining access to granular data on smartphone users, write Meenaz Munshi, Anushka Bhansali and Hemant Adrakar. Excerpts from the blog: “Even a basic minimal configuration of both iOS and Android handsets can share data with Apple/Google, on average, every 4.5 minutes even when the phone is […]

Harsh Vardhan Pachisia and Sharmadha Srinivasan argue that technology is not a silver bullet for governance. Technical solutions must be supplemented with structural improvements to ensure effective delivery of public services. Excerpts from the blog: “The current vaccination programme for a significant proportion of its population – age 18-45 years – requires compulsory registration on its online platform, CoWIN. […]

How can behavioural science be used to support the adoption of safer practices? Our project in Punjab to encourage early testing during the COVID-19 pandemic holds important lessons for public health communication campaigns

In this piece, the authors outline how states have harnessed institutional reform, decentralised governance, and social mobilisation to fight the pandemic.

A national geospatial policy should encompass vital principles of governance that set up the ecosystem for success.