Tag: data
Disastrous Decade for Data
Disastrous decade for data
he daunting challenges concerning data posed by the CAA-NPR-NRC debate have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and Recession. The reluctance of the government to release official data needs to be resolved urgently. As India unlocks, postponement of NPR and only doing the first phase of the 2021 census work will be a logical step to ensure that the census does not suffer from the limited window during which the entire work is expected to be completed.
Arjun Kumar IMPRI
District Development, Data and Diversity: Lessons and the Way Forward
Manorama Bakshi* and Arjun Kumar**The coronavirus pandemic has posed numerous challenges to the development of the districts, one of the most important administrative unit,...
A silver lining in India’s employment scenario
The latest jobs data released by the government showed a record high unemployment rate of 6.1% in 2017-18, but a rise in the share...














