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Bihar votes big: Did SIR actually boost voter turnout?

India, Nov. 7 -- The first phase of polling in 121 out of the 243 assembly constituencies (AC) in Bihar is now done. According to the voter turnout data released by the Election Commission of India (E... Read More


The caste inequality in Bihar's labour market | Number Theory

India, Oct. 24 -- The first of this three-part data journalism series looked at the overall size and occupational distribution of Bihar's workforce -- something that shapes a state's economic fortunes... Read More


The youngest state in India is going to polls | Number Theory

India, Oct. 16 -- Bihar will vote in two phases on 6 and 11 November. With nominations in full swing, the political attention is focused on the dynamics within and between parties in the two major all... Read More


Bihar's media consumption | Number Theory

India, Oct. 14 -- Bihar is in the middle of an election campaign to elect its new assembly. As political parties and candidates compete with each other to convince voters, comparing Bihar's consumptio... Read More


The inequality within Indian manufacturing | Number Theory

India, Sept. 20 -- While it is tempting to think of manufacturing as cutting-edge large factories, the reality in most emerging market economies including India can be very different from this. A lot ... Read More


India's manufacturing divergence across states | Number Theory

India, Sept. 19 -- justify;">The first article of this three-part series explained the importance of boosting manufacturing to improve India's living standards and cited its key role in the economic r... Read More


The poor are driving India's demographic trends now | Number Theory

India, Sept. 11 -- The latest results from the Sample Registration System (SRS) mark an important milestone in India's demographic trajectory. Total fertility rate (TFR) - it is the average number of ... Read More


Is the BJP winning because of rigged electoral rolls? | Number Theory

India, Sept. 8 -- The Opposition has flagged issues with electoral rolls in several states, inferring these numbers to insinuate that the BJP wins polls through voter fraud. HT's data team has earlier... Read More


India's population is past its peak religious churn | Number Theory

India, Aug. 29 -- The first part of this series pointed out state-wise divergence in demographic trends in India and also highlighted that high growth states and districts are not necessarily the most... Read More


Demographic debates need sanity, not crude rhetoric | Number Theory

India, Aug. 26 -- The public discourse around demographics in India is usually divisive. Sometimes it is about the population as a whole, at other times, its religious composition, and still other tim... Read More