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June 28, 2021

Kerala State Assembly Elections 2021 Post Poll Survey- Final Report

The state of Kerala has always been more or less a political anomaly in India. The electoral battle of Kerala has revolved around two traditional pre-poll alliances; the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Indian National Congress (INC)-led United […]
June 25, 2021

Envisioning Kerala’s Knowledge Economy

In this episode of CPPR’s Policy Beyond Politics Podcast, Akanksha Borawake, Associate, Research at CPPR and Dr. Shakila Shamsu, formerly OSD (New Education Policy) in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), discuss Kerala Government’s Knowledge Economy mission. […]
June 24, 2021

COVID-19 Casualties Mapping in G7 Countries: Lessons from Japan

Introduction G-7 countries are the most advanced industrial democracies in the world. Member countries are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US – the most industrialised countries of the world representing nearly 70% of global GDP for […]
June 24, 2021

Webinar on ‘United States and India as Partners in Climate Action: The Clean Energy Agenda’

Date & Time: June 17, 2021 at 05:00 PM Webinar: United States and India as Partners in Climate Action: The Clean Energy Agenda Proceedings Report About the Event: The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) organized a webinar on “United […]
June 23, 2021

COVID-19 and the worst pandemics in history: Lessons & Correlations

Introduction Since its inception in 2019 December (WHO, 2021) COVID-19 has affected almost every country in the world. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to haunt us all around and 3rd wave warnings make it scarier, pandemic lessons from history may […]
June 23, 2021

Intellectual Property Right Waiver: A False Good Idea?

Economist Joseph Stiglitz believes that the difference between developing and developed countries stems not only from resource gaps but also from knowledge gaps. Middle-and-low-income countries have low levels of innovation and patenting, and thus struggle with the affordability of life-saving […]
June 21, 2021

Digital Health Systems in COVID-19: A Comparative Analysis of Taiwan and India

Introduction With the rapid spread of the Coronavirus and the growing population, monitoring public health is a herculean task for governments worldwide, opening avenues for information technology-based solutions within the health space. Thus, the public health sector requires the aid […]
June 17, 2021

Webinar on United States and India as Partners in Climate Action: The Clean Energy Agenda

United States and India as Partners in Climate Action: The Clean Energy Agenda This event will explore the U.S.-India Climate Change Partnership with special reference to collaborations between the two countries in the clean energy sector.  The two speakers will […]
June 15, 2021

Future of climate change and corporate responsibility

In this episode of CPPR’s Policy Beyond Podcast series, CPPR Research Fellow Purvaja Modak talks to Dr Harisankar K Sathyapalan about the landmark ruling by a Dutch Court against Shell group and what it could mean for climate change litigations worldwide. […]
June 12, 2021

Blockchain Database: Resolving Farmers’ Issues in the Disruptive Era

From peaceful condemnation and indefinite meetings to media outrages and political vendetta, the global synergies along with Indian farmers have willingly forsaken amendments for rejection. The lack of countenance for resolution over the three farm laws only harps on the […]
June 11, 2021

Is it time for India to revisit it’s cannabis policy?

India has had a very dynamic history with the cannabis plant. Cannabis has been consumed for spiritual, medicinal and recreational purposes since millenia. In Pre-independence India, the British attempted to regulate it through excise laws that licensed cultivation and imposed […]
June 11, 2021

Predictive Justice: Using AI for Justice

Introduction Outcome prediction in a legal case has always been crucial to the practice of law. Predictive analytics using AI tools have made predictive justice possible and offer sophisticated means for outcome prediction of disputes that are presented before the […]
June 11, 2021

Pandemic tales: Struggle is real, survival is tough

The fundamental issue for auto-taxi drivers is that the government has not declared them as a feeder service despite providing first and last-mile connectivity to the public transport system, said D Dhanuraj, chairman, Centre for Public Policy Research. KOCHI: Dileep […]
June 4, 2021

കേരള ബഡ്ജറ്റ് 2021 : ഒരു അവലോകനം | Kerala Budget 2021: An analysis

കോവിഡിന്റെ രണ്ടാം തരംഗത്തിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ അവതരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ട രണ്ടാം പിണറായി സർക്കാരിന്റെ ആദ്യ ബഡ്ജറ്റ് പ്രതീക്ഷക്കനുസരിച്ച് ഉയർന്നുവോ ? ധനകാര്യ നിർവ്വഹണം അഗ്നി പരീക്ഷയാകുന്ന ഈ കാലത്ത് കേരളബഡ്ജറ്റിന്റെ സാധ്യതകൾ സി പി പി ആർ ചെയർമാൻ ഡോ ഡി ധനുരാജുo, സീനിയർ അസോസിയേറ്റ് പ്രസീദ മുകുന്ദൻ, സി പി പി ആർ അസോസിയേറ്റ്, ഗൗതം കെ […]
June 4, 2021

Kerala’s high-speed rail project may turn into environmental disaster, flag experts

The project’s financial viability is questionable and the government needs to review its necessity, said D Dhanuraj, chairman of Kochi-based Centre for Public Policy Research. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has attracted flak for its first major […]