Data regulation must balance the need for privacy and gains from open data. The state must embrace its role as a data generator and disseminator.
Category: Op-ed
Data can play an important role in helping India recover from COVID-19
A structural shift in thinking about data within Indian urban governance is needed. This piece highlights how data can play an important role in India’s response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lack of Relevant, Credible Data Is Compromising India’s COVID-19 Efforts
The inherent data crisis that the pandemic has brought to light presents a policy window- allowing us to build effective data systems to improve governance in the long term.
Indian cities may not be sprawling, but their density is a major concern especially in a pandemic
10 cities account for over 53% of India’s COVID-19 cases. The population density of crowded cities like Mumbai is often blamed. However, density is not at fault, rather poor management of it is.
The costs of congestion: A case study of Mumbai
From economic efficiency to environmental damage, citizens pay a heavy price. There are ways to address this.
To keep up with tech and regulate WhatsApp & Amazon, India must adopt ‘futures thinking’
Commentary to how policymaking in other countries has stayed abreast of rapid technological change, teasing out lessons for India.
The other data challenge: Measuring life in a metro
Policymakers should collect and maintain city-level data to make informed policies over the next decade.