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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. […]

This post explores the COVID-19 testing strategy in Mumbai during the first two waves of the pandemic.

Throughout the pandemic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) released daily and granular information on a variety of indicators. In this first part of our series analysing this data, we deep dive into COVID-19 mortality in Mumbai.

The model presented in this note intends to support state governments allocate limited COVID-19 vaccine doses to maximise the impact of the vaccination campaign

The Madhya Pradesh Police launched the Pracademic Action Research Initiative (with) Multidisciplinary Approach Lab (PARIMAL), a collaborative initiative under the DG Research and Policy Cell, with IDFC Institute as a principal partner.

The government needs a clear plan for navigating this new digital world. An analysis of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) allocations in Budget 2021-22 shows that there are significant gaps here.

For those uninitiated about the world of police budgets, we have put together a primer to understand the various aspects of police expenditure at the Union level.

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. 

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.