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Sahil Deo

Berlin, Germany, Pune
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quantitative social scientist | Co-founder @cpceu | @nfprc_Ind | PhD @thehertieschool | opinions & errors are my own.
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Social justice opportunities are too unevenly spread across India

Social justice opportunities are too unevenly spread across India

Mint — Educational seats in India for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees are distributed by the following formula: 85% of the seats are reserved for candidates from within the state itself, and the rest of the seats are listed under the All India Quota (AIQ).
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धोरणकर्त्यांचा 'डेटा'धार

धोरणकर्त्यांचा 'डेटा'धार

Sakal — साहिल देव, पीयूष गिरगावकर आर्थिक विकासाचे मुख्य स्त्रोत बनलेली शहरेच केंद्रस्थानी ठेवून आर्थिक डेटा, त्याची देवाण-घेवाण, पृथक्करण व त्यावर आधारित धोरणनिश्चिती करणे गरजेचे आहे. आर्थिक परिस्थितीबाबत पर्यायी निर्देशकांचा विचार व्हायला हवा. कोरोनाच्या भस्मासुराने गेल्या अनेक महिन्यांपासून जगात थैमान घातले आहे. आर्थिक घटकांवर दूरगामी परिणाम झाला आहे.
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Risk Communication, Omicron & Twitter: Learnings from South Africa

Risk Communication, Omicron & Twitter: Learnings from South Africa

Observer Research Foundation — Focusing on agency and self-efficacy of people, encouraging risk communication at local levels, showing coordination among authorities, and focusing on communities and collaborations are some strategies that can be adopted
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What election manifestos tell us about Indian politics

What election manifestos tell us about Indian politics

Mint — One can find promises in election manifestos. Research on manifestos in India, however, is rather thin. This is surprising, given the rich content they offer in terms of ideological and policy promises. These are textual promises that parties can be held accountable for. This, therefore, is a major research oversight.
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NITI Aayog Should Drive Competitive Federalism In The Reservation Policy

NITI Aayog Should Drive Competitive Federalism In The Reservation Policy

Moneycontrol — Since 2014, empowering states and encouraging competitive federalism has been one of the policy hallmarks of the Union government. The NITI Aayog has periodically compared the states on multiple fronts - from innovation to public health to school education quality. This has helped the states learn from one another, and adopt the best practices which has led to better outcomes.
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Collaboration is key, Pune model for Covid-19 response shows how | Pune News - Times of India

Collaboration is key, Pune model for Covid-19 response shows how | Pune News - Times of India

The Times of India — From the Wright brothers to Watson and Crick who studied the structure of the DNA, collaborations have always played an integral role in development. In a pandemic such as Covid-19, it is imperative to have collaboration between governments, between sectors and between all stakeholders as it is the key to progress.
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Why the Privatisation of Schooling Hasn't Improved the Quality of Indian Education | THE BASTION

Why the Privatisation of Schooling Hasn't Improved the Quality of Indian Education | THE BASTION

thebastion.co.in — Over the past few decades, parents have overwhelmingly shifted their children from government-run schools to private schools. The 4 lakh+ private schools in India [1] now account for almost 50% of the total student enrollments in India.
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FCI's conflicting roles are reason why it fails to benefit India's poorest farmers

FCI's conflicting roles are reason why it fails to benefit India's poorest farmers

The Print (India) — The months-long farm protests have brought into focus the role of the Food Corporation of India and its procurement of food grains from farmers in Punjab and Haryana. The Food Corporation of India (FCI)'s two vital objectives are to purchase food grains for distribution through the public distribution system (PDS), and to maintain enough stocks for ensuring national food security.
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Towards An Aatmanirbhar Consulting Ecosystem

Towards An Aatmanirbhar Consulting Ecosystem

Swarajya — On 25 January 2021, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order which mandated that, wherever possible, federal agencies should "maximize the use of goods, products, and materials produced in, and services offered in, the United States."
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कोरोनानंतर 'आत्मनिर्भरते'ची प्रेरणा... | eSakal

कोरोनानंतर 'आत्मनिर्भरते'ची प्रेरणा... | eSakal

Sakal — केंद्रीय अर्थमंत्री निर्मला सीतारामन यांनी कोरोनाच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर अत्यंत मूलभूत आणि दूरगामी परिणाम करणारा अर्थसंकल्प काल संसदेत सादर केला. Siddharth Shirole Sahil Dev writes about Self reliance Motivation Budget | ताज्या बातम्या | Tajya Batmya | Latest Breaking News in Marathi | Tajya batmya, Marathi Live News Updates on eSakal.com
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Why India must now focus on healthcare sector to achieve self-sufficient economy

Why India must now focus on healthcare sector to achieve self-sufficient economy

Financial Express — With the rapid rise of major medi-cities in India, like Jalandhar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, $6.72 billion on FDI has come in the healthcare sector in the last two decades.
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Economic liberalization still has a long way to go in our country

Economic liberalization still has a long way to go in our country

Mint — This is not just important in the process of unlearning India's costly decisions of the past, but has consequences for the future well-being of the economy. In a CATO Institute research paper published in 2016, noted economist Swaminathan Aiyar wrote that India's 20-year delay in going for economic reforms had been a humanitarian nightmare.
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Right Decisions Are Not Always The Easy Ones: Why Governments Should Actively Consider Reopening ...

Right Decisions Are Not Always The Easy Ones: Why Governments Should Actively Consider Reopening ...

Swarajya — After the national lockdown and school closures in March, students rushed to adopt online learning. Right at the outset, the inequalities of this model were clear. Electricity, fast uninterrupted Internet services, and a big enough screen are essential for accessing online educational content. However, a sizeable number of Indians, struggle with this digital access, particularly low-income families.
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Three Ways The Quad Can Focus On Technology Cooperation

Three Ways The Quad Can Focus On Technology Cooperation

Swarajya — With emerging technologies set to add 15 trillion USD to the global economy by 2030, the world's attention turns to an emerging grouping that can play both a responsible and sustainable role in the Indo-Pacific. In the recently concluded Quad foreign ministers' meeting, there was a palpable sense that increased technology cooperation was a necessary prerequisite for the region's growth.
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Healthcare services: Driving first response

Healthcare services: Driving first response

Financial Express — Put ambulances in the same taxation bracket as medical equipment to encourage pvt players
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OPINION: COVID-19, banks and borrowers-the balancing act

OPINION: COVID-19, banks and borrowers-the balancing act

The Week (India) — In the beginning of the year, the Indian economy was undergoing its slowest growth period in recent times. Now faced with the unforeseen effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the growth story is at the mercy of an unprecedented economic downturn.
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OPINION: The way forward for e-services model in India

OPINION: The way forward for e-services model in India

The Week (India) — As tech disruptions are set to rule the roost in the coming decades, India's much touted digital transformation can't wait any longer. Armed with the world's second largest internet market, digital e-governance no longer seems a distant reality despite India's somewhat late entry into this space.
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Why A Young Society Like India Cannot Afford To Ignore Post-Covid Healthcare

Why A Young Society Like India Cannot Afford To Ignore Post-Covid Healthcare

Swarajya — Since the spread of the Covid-19 virus, our discourse and delivery associated with the pandemic is all but proactive. Consequently; global economic recession, decaying health infrastructure, and rapid deterioration of public health has emerged as an immediate global crisis. Despite the evidently obtuse reflexes in containing the virus, little discourse is focused upon how post-Covid trauma is an equally perturbing concern.
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Municipal bonds for an 'Aatmanirbhar' urban India

Municipal bonds for an 'Aatmanirbhar' urban India

The Week (India) — COVID-19 has issued challenges for the Indian economy, such as slowdowns and unemployment. India needs to address these via resilience and the honing of capabilities in order to get back onto an accelerated growth path. A key method to achieving this is to place focus on infrastructural development to facilitate holistic, long-term growth.
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Bringing Water Into Pune's Smart City Conversation

Bringing Water Into Pune's Smart City Conversation

Swarajya — India faces a growing urban population, with cities constantly playing catch-up to develop and manage the infrastructure required to keep this population afloat. Urban residents in India will account for 52.8 per cent of the population in India by 2050, as compared to 34 per cent today.
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India must look at AI governance in a vein that counterbalances the dominance of China

India must look at AI governance in a vein that counterbalances the dominance of China

Financial Express — By Subhodeep Jash & Sahil Deo AI systems in a pandemic-struck but information-powered age are central to geopolitical and geo-economic power. AI is not a separate sector, but is about use-cases or applications across industries such as mobility, education, health, or even a language model that generates poetry and prose (GPT-3).
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Heralding a new health data regime in India

Heralding a new health data regime in India

orfonline.org — While India is still in its nascent stages in the evolution of its health data ecosystem — it is important to diagnose some of the early challenges in the data systems’ design.
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Central Bank Digital Currency in India

Central Bank Digital Currency in India

orfonline.org — Maximising the effectiveness of fulfilling the essential functions of fiat money should be the primary objective of CBDC.
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