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Blog March 19, 2025

Explainer | AgriStack

Imagine a farmer who can access real-time weather updates, market prices, and expert agricultural advice through a single app. This is the essence of AgriStack—providing farmers with the tools they need to make informed decisions.

Op-ed March 5, 2025

Opinion | DPI integration with AI will elevate the quality of public services as well as risks

By Lakshay Narang

In this article for Mint, Lakshay Naranag, Senior Associate at Artha Global, argues that there are clear benefits in using artificial intelligence (AI) tools with India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI). Such integration is already underway. But its gains must be weighed against drawbacks. Read the article here. Banner Image Source: Unsplash

Op-ed March 3, 2025

Opinion | Air pollution hits health and GDP, yet missing from poll promises

By Dr. Neelanjan Sircar & Ishana Deshpande

In this opinion piece for the Hindustan Times, Neelanjan Sircar, Director, Centre for Rapid Insights, and Ishana Deshpande, Senior Analyst at Artha Global, write about the health and economic impacts of air pollution. Their article discusses the findings of the IVR survey conducted by the Artha Global Centre for Rapid Insights covering over 8500 individuals […]

Report February 20, 2025

Survey | The Health and Economic Impact of India’s Air Pollution Crisis

By Dr. Neelanjan Sircar, Priya Vedavalli, Ishana Deshpande, & Naisha Khanna

A rapid survey conducted across eight highly affected states in November 2024 found that 56% of respondents or their family members suffered from pollution-induced respiratory illnesses.

Blog February 14, 2025

Trauma from India’s second wave may have lingering effects

By Sofia Imad & Nikita Kwatra

A multi-pronged mental health strategy for coronavirus warriors is the need of the hour.

Paper February 14, 2025

Prevalence of COVID-19 In Rural Versus Urban Areas in a Low-Income Country: Findings from a State-Wide Study in Karnataka, India

By Dr. Manoj Mohanan, Anu Acharya, Dr. Anup Malani & Kaushik Krishnan

Overall seroprevalence in the state implies that by August at least 31.5 million residents had been infected by August, nearly an order of magnitude larger than confirmed cases.

Blog February 13, 2025

How one Indian city cracked the problem of urban spread

Ahmedabad does things differently. Two municipal authorities—one for the central city, the other covering a much larger area around Ahmedabad—identify large blocks of land to develop.

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