Last week, our team submitted its feedback on the proposed policy on National Data Governance Framework (#NDGFP) by @GoI_MeitY. 🧵Here’s a summary of our key suggestions. (1/n)
@DataGovNetwork First, what is the National Data Governance Framework Policy? (2/n)

Last week, IDFC Institute collaborated with Madhya Pradesh Police (MPP) in the launch of PARIMAL (Pracademic Action Research Initiative with Multidisciplinary Approach Lab) within @MPPA_bhopal. We congratulate MPP on their commitment towards evidence based policing (1/n). PARIMAL is an initiative under the DG Research & Policy Cell. Our Assistant Director & Junior Fellow, @AvantiDurani explained how the lab will follow a three-pronged approach of training, research and collaborations to amplify incremental efforts towards police reform. (2/n)

1/10 || What can policymakers do to improve Indian #cities post the #pandemic ?

With @wef, we interviewed experts to talk about 7 important aspects. Find quick insights from their recommendations in this thread >>>

- Read our blog for more context:
idfcinstitute.org/blog/2021/indi… 2/10 || Planning: Bimal Patel & Shlomo Angel

- Manage the spatial growth of cities and allow them to build more,
- Plan road networks for future horizontal expansion,
- Revoke faulty policies that constraint the use of floor space to build vertically.

A proposed change in WhatsApp’s #privacy policy has dominated headlines and prompted users worldwide to rethink their choice of messaging apps. Since then, WhatsApp has undertaken multiple efforts to clarify how the change affects users. #thread
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https://twitter.com/davidmarcus/status/1348351094687113217

WhatsApp has over 400 million monthly active users in India (one-fifth of their global user base) and handles over 1 billion messages a day globally tcrn.ch/2XKWiib
WhatsApp Business claims to have 50 million users globally bit.ly/35NIeIY
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#YearinReview Here is our list of 5 of the most interesting papers on state capacity this year! Devesh Kapur's 'Why Does the Indian State Both Fail and
Succeed?' seeks to explain why India tends to have a better record on specific tasks like eradicating polio—where delivery is episodic with inbuilt exit—than on things like improving public health outcomes more generally.

#YearInReview Here is a snapshot of our interesting work on #policing this year! The #COVID19 lockdown posed a unique law and order challenge, and the police were at the forefront. @_NehaSinha, @AvantiDurani, @priveda22 & @TveshaSippy curated a list of measures for #police and the prison administration during and post lockdown bit.ly/2X1vERk

#YearInReview - We shared #ideas for better #cities (1/9)

1 - The future of cities post-pandemic
2 - Resilient dense cities
3 - Managing urban expansion
4 - Better data for policy making
5 - Financial capacity of Mumbai
6 - Costs of congestion in Mumbai
7 - Lessons from Japan 1. The future of cities post-pandemic (2/9)

The pandemic poses new challenges for cities. In @BBCTheRealStory, @VaidehiTandel discussed this with Edward Glaeser from @Harvard, Astrid Haas, Policy Director from @The_IGC and @ProfMCarmona from @ucl

bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

#blogpost | Benford's law application to India's district-level #COVID19 data suggests that the quality of data is largely acceptable for decision making. (Data from
@covid19indiaorg)

Read the analysis by @HAdarkar and Sridhar Ganapathy here: idfcinstitute.org/blog/2020/nove… Also check out our earlier thread explaining Benford's law and why it matters here:

https://twitter.com/IDFCinstitute/status/1326863995337273345

The detailed results of the first round of Mumbai SARS CoV-2 serosurvey have just been published in the @LancetGH (1/5)
thelancet.com/journals/langl… The 1st round of the serosurvey (July) found a seroprevalence of 54% in slums and 16% in non-slum areas and the 2nd round (Aug) found 44% in slums and 17% in non-slums. Read @muradbanaji’s analysis for more (2/5)
science.thewire.in/health/mumbai-…

Here is our #WeeklyDigest! Our #COVID19 #Seroprevalence study found that #Karnataka alone had ~31.5 million cases, with 44% of rural citizens and 54% of the urban population affected. For more details, check our #PressRelease: idfcinstitute.org/blog/2020/nove… Our earlier #Mumbai seroprevalence study comparing slums versus non-slums has been published by the @TheLancet. Link here.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#PoliceReform: Police are the public’s first interface with the criminal justice system & crime registration is a crucial first step in the process. Not registering a crime fails to deter criminals, thus stymieing the process of justice. (1/n) The results from our survey on 'Safety Trends And Reporting of Crime' revealed underreporting."This could be because victims themselves refrained from approaching the police [..] or the police did not register the case for various reasons", explain @AvantiDurani & @_NehaSinha.

Last week, @_NehaSinha was part of the #policedialogues hosted by @fayedsouza, where along with Devika Nadig and Mr. Shivanadan, she discussed whether our police are citizen friendly. Further to that we discuss #PoliceReform and Public trust. (1/n)

https://twitter.com/_NehaSinha/status/1306060227347914753

Our 2017 SATARC survey revealed that 75% to 91% of the people across the four surveyed metropolises—Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Delhi believed that the police can be relied upon when needed. (2/n)

22 Sep is celebrated as #PoliceReformsDay in India. The date marks the 2006 landmark judgment in Prakash Singh v. Union of India—where the Apex Court issued 7 directives for #policereforms. Ahead of it, we’ve curated a list of webinars on the status of policing and reforms. (1/n) Is our police citizen friendly? This core question is answered by a panel featuring @_NehaSinha, Devika Nadig and D Sivanandhan in a discussion hosted by @fayedsouza (2/n)

#Staffpicks: We share IDFC Institute staff’s favourite Indian newsletters for your weekend reading pleasure. Listed below are the newsletter link with an excerpt of its self-description. (1/n) “The Nutgraf is a 10-min newsletter sent at 10 AM IST every Saturday. It connects the dots and synthesizes one big event in business, technology and finance that happened over the week in India.” the-ken.com/the-nutgraf/ (2/n)
@TheKenWeb

This evening @fayedsouza hosted #thepolicedialogues with @_NehaSinha, Devika Nadig and D Sivanandhan to discuss the very pertinent question—“Are police officers citizen friendly?” Key takeaways below (1/n) @IPF_ORG Former Mumbai Police Commissioner—Mr. D Sivanandhan argued that the #IndianPolice are not unfriendly towards citizens. Through pandemics, earthquakes, floods and tragedies the police have always been the first responders to a crisis. (2/n)

Speaking at a #webinar on the Indian Health Financing Landscape, @CafeEconomics makes the following observations relating to 1) #FiscalCapacity 2) #PoliticalEconomy 3) #Federalism (1/n)

@dvararesearch @IndiaSpend India's #PublicHealthExpenditure is well predicted by its income, however compared to neighbours and other #LMICS, its public health spending is lower. This is despite India's Tax/GDP ratio gradually rising over the years. (2/n)

.@WiredUK & @Accenture hosted a digital briefing on ‘Innovating through Uncertainty’ with Paulette Rowe, @nebuer42 & Rachel Barton. Here’s a #thread on key takeaways. @GregWilliams718

(1/n) Considering the #taiwanmodel and #keralamodel, the panel discussed how previous experience with outbreaks made a huge difference to the ways in which governments responded to the #pandemic. ( 2/n)

How vulnerable was India’s work-force even before the #lockdown? Ashwin MB, @Rajesvari7 & Sneha P analyse PLFS data and find that at least 62.7% of the rural workforce and 49.7% of the urban workforce are ineligible for any social security provisions(1/n)
bit.ly/workforcevulne… They look at the proportion of workers within different occupations without any social security provisions, formal contract or PF/pension etc. They also consider the median income of each occupation. (2/n)

This week’s #sundaybrief gathers policy lessons for and from India in #health #economy and #urbanplanning. 1/4 #EconTwitter @CafeEconomics compares the macroeconomic variables of India’s previous economic crises with the current shock. He argues that the #COVID-19 crisis is different, and calls for developing a new policy response. 2/4

bit.ly/2Ex7Xea

#WATCH : Our Urban team recommends the new video series “Pop Culture Urbanism”with @PacificLegal. The urbanist @mnolangray of @UCLALuskin discusses "city planning, real and functional" 1/4
YT channel: youtube.com/user/PacLegalF… Episode 1:“The Amazing Housing Politics of Spider-Man” addresses housing issues of New York City. A good explainer on how urban planning tools and regulations influence the market. Some of these issues and concepts are true for any cities 2/4

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This week we released this working paper discussing the ethical and methodological considerations when adopting randomised controlled trials for informing policy decisions in India (1/n)

bit.ly/RCTsforPolicy However the debate about RCTs has been ongoing and much has been written about it in recent times, a thread of recent papers and writings (2/n)