Fake News and hate crimes have become synonymous with each other. The Centre is working to explore the role of social media in the rise of fake news and hate crimes. We undertake analysis and documentation of targeted attacks and doctored content in backdrop of current laws and policies.
What does our young voter vote for? We have seen sometimes paradoxical and often baffling results. Do acute job losses, a slowing down of growth and reduction in consumption expenditure matter to our youth? Is their voting behaviour determined by the need to rewrite history and correct historical wrongs? What slogans do the youth want to hear? And what do they make of today’s political climate? The study is an attempt to explore voting preferences of the youth through a nationwide analysis. Also to highlight the electoral diversity, the alliances at work and the caste and class affiliations.
The idea of citizenship has become controversial and contested. The National Citizens Register has set a precedent wherein the entire population of India is on a trial to establish their citizenship. The Citizenship Amendment Bill has further compounded the insecurity around being a citizen. Through this exploratory analysis, we seek to understand and assess, who is a citizen in the background of NRC and CAB. Also, to examine the impact of an NRC-like initiative in other States.
Primary education in India has been a story of ‘come so far and got so far to go’. From an 80% primary school enrolment in 2000, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan program has raised this to an impressive 98% enrolment in 2020. However, though access is an important first step, it has not yet resulted in impressive learning outcomes. Less than half of Class V students can read a Class II text! Indian education faces several challenges – high dropout rates, teacher scarcity and absences, lack of infrastructure. CDPP is involved in exploring the multiple challenges that lie ahead for the education sector in India. Especially with the New Education Policy in tow, the education industry needs to be understood from a new perspective. CDPP is working on several education-related projects with industry experts and educationists.
India’s healthcare industry is one of its fastest growing sectors – projected to reach $372 billion by 2022. However, India’s health infrastructure needs to be strengthened to take on the challenges of the twenty-first century and help the country reap the benefits of its demographic dividend. The threats posed by infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance and the growing incidence of non-communicable diseases has amplified mortality rates. With increasing urbanisation and problems related to modern-day living in urban settings has increased the demand for specialised care. In India, lifestyle diseases have replaced traditional health problems. Health equity in India is threatened by the low health status among the poor, female gender, rural inhabitants, tribal communities, scheduled castes (SC) and certain minority groups. At CDPP, the projects on health deal with the healthcare industry, public health, pandemic and inequities in health.
Philanthropy in India is a phenomenon existent in its cultural histories and taken a formal shape in the last few decades. The history and development of philanthropy in contemporary India is, in several ways, synonymous with the growth and establishment of the voluntary sector in India.
Several major influences have strengthened, shaped, and defined philanthropy and the broader civil society in which it operates. The philanthropy sector has been growing in the country, individual giving in India is also a large part of private philanthropy in India and has been increasing in recent years.CDPP is undertaking research to improve the knowledge and understanding of individual philanthropy in India and develop methods and systems that will strengthen and expand the flow of resources for grassroots work.