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Policy Brief June 10, 2021

IDFC Institute response to draft National Geospatial Policy, 2021

By Rajeswari Parasa, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Vikram Sinha & Sridhar Ganapathy

In this document, the general principles that should serve as the the foundation of the policy are discussed. Next, the implementation of the policy, in particular regarding its authorities and tools are discussed. The terms proposed for opening geospatial data along with the elements of privacy and standards that should be kept in mind are […]

Blog June 3, 2021

COVID-19 testing strategy in Mumbai

By Sofia Imad & Manvi Mehta

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

Blog May 26, 2021

COVID-19 mortality in Mumbai

By Sofia Imad, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Sridhar Ganapathy & Rajeswari Parasa

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.

Paper May 7, 2021

RCTs for policy in India – Ethical Considerations, Methodological Concerns and Alternative Approaches

By Sneha P

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have become a popular methodological choice for policy analysis in the developing world.

Journal Article May 7, 2021

The Practice of Flexible Inflation Targeting in India – A Preliminary Assessment

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha & Prakhar Misra

This paper examines how RBI’s flexible inflation targeting framework has worked in India.

Paper April 27, 2021

Case Study: Water Provisioning in Punjab

By Vaidehi Tandel, Sharmadha Srinivasan, Harshita Agrawal & Prakhar Misra

In Punjab, rural water supply has traditionally been provided by the state government with villages having a few handpumps, piped schemes and so on.

Paper April 26, 2021

The Challenge of Measuring Governance at the Subnational Level

By Dr. Reuben Abraham, Vaidehi Tandel, Kadambari Shah & Vibhav Mariwala

Indices offer a straightforward means to gauge and evaluate a nation’s advancement in key governance objectives, relying solely on a single number for assessing performance may have drawbacks, particularly for large and diverse countries.

Paper April 22, 2021

Facial Recognition Technology in Law Enforcement in India: Concerns and Solutions

By Priya Vedavalli, Prakhar Misra, Tvesha Sippy, Avanti Durani, Neha Sinha & Vikram Sinha

The paper outlines the use cases of FRTs in the Indian context, unpacks the technological and institutional aspects governing FRTs and offers short- and long-term solutions that must be implemented before the wide-scale deployment.

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