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IndiaSpend is the country’s first data journalism initiative. It utilises open data to analyse a range of issues with the broader objective of fostering better governance, transparency and accountability in the Indian government.
The odd-even scheme ends today, April 30, 2016, the data indicating that it likely cannot work in the long term without additional action, such as improving bus services, curbing factory and truck emissions and suppressing construction dust–which accounts for about half of Delhi’s air pollution
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There is good evidence of the effects of short-term exposure to PM 10 on respiratory health, but for mortality, and especially as a consequence of long-term exposure, PM 2.5 is a stronger risk factor than the coarse part of PM 10
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As much as 25 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission can be cut every year for every diesel bus replaced by an electric bus, according to a study
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In 2002, the total amount owed by wilful defaulters was Rs 6,291 crore ($9.3 billion). It grew—as we said—nine-fold over the next 13 years to Rs 56,521 crore ($83.9 billion).
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Jaitley’s budget has nine pillars: Agriculture, rural development, health, education and jobs, infrastructure, financial reforms, governance and ease of doing business, prudent fiscal management, and tax-administration reforms.
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Traditional landowners, the Jats are a powerful Hindu caste now demanding classification as a “backward” caste–a contention rejected last year by the Supreme Court–so that government jobs can be reserved for them.
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