Sreemoy Talukdar

Here's a full fledged interactive on election results in India in the past two Lok Sabha elections (held in 2014 and 2019) along with up-to-date phases and turnout data for the ongoing elections in 2024. There are filters to choose to drill the data down further; State/UT dropdown to zoom into States for results data; an urban-cluster dropdown because urban constituencies are highly populous but geographically small and you can see all this in a map based view or a simple list. The interactive was done entirely using d3.js and some python programming, while the underlying data was taken from the Election Commission of India, Trivedi Centre for Political Learning's LokDhaba and the SHRUG database (that provided the building blocks for constructing urban/rural classifications for parliamentary constituencies). The fun part - I used the help of GPT-4's "Code Assistant" extensively to get the visualisations done. Gen-AI, again, has truly revolutionised coding and product development. Please see the interactive here - https://lnkd.in/g4_ApwHR .. and share this with others. We are hoping to use this to display- and parse live data on election results day as well. Fingers crossed.

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Financial Action Task Force mutual #evaluation report for #India flags six theatres for India. Four of these areas are getting #funds from abroad. One of these six theatres is #LeftWingExtremism. The LWE is seeking to overthrow Indian #Government. Read on to know more about #terrorfinancing . #TheHitavada #Nagpur Left-Wing extremists seeking to overthrow Govt with overseas funding: FATF on India https://lnkd.in/dRPWVCdi

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Freshly infiltrated militants, around 20-25 are operating on two fronts in Jammu division-Poonch-Rajouri axis and Kathua-Doda areas. In the Kathua belt,they are active in a grid of 30-40 sq km. The China factor, diminished connect of SFs with younger generation and an old infiltration route revived. I try to explain the reasons for rise in militancy in Jammu in the past three years. https://lnkd.in/gcSTu63w

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What prompted the inexplicable choice for RBI governor? Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ehc3MhMX Story by Furquan Moharkan, Ujval Nanavati.

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MHA/RGI centralised registration of deaths and births last year. For past 4 months, revamped portal has been facing glitches, States flag multiple issues to RGI. The portal dats will be used to update NPR,electoral rolls etc. The Hindu has accessed an August 5, 2024 letter by the Chief Registrar (Birth and Death), Bihar government, addressed to the Registrar General of India (RGI) flagging the issues faced by district authorities while registering births and deaths. Bihar migrated to the new portal on June 10. “Due to the revamped CRS portal being extremely slow, the OTPs (one-time password) not being generated in time and continuous display of error message on the page, there has been a huge backlog in all the registration units in the State. As a result, the Registrars are forced to face the ire of the people and public representatives. The glitches are leading to disruption of the entire system,” said the letter in Hindi. An official in Nagaland said sometimes they were not able to issue certificates for three days in a row. A district official in Chhattisgarh said ever since the State started using the new portal in March this year there “appears to be teething problems” with the system. The system often freezes up for hours while registering a birth or death and sometimes it might even take a day for the system to resume working, the official said. https://t.co/gaSLxdr2kc

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View the beautifully encapsulated highlights of the two day flagship event. #PAFIIndia #publicpolicy #governmentaffairs #advocacy #policymatters

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🚨 I’m thrilled to share an in-depth article on the #Maharashtra #elections, focusing on the role of proxy pages in political landscape. Political parties are increasingly leaning on these pages across platforms like #Meta to sidestep official affiliations, raising transparency concerns as these unaffiliated pages shape voter perceptions without clear accountability. In insightful conversations with industry experts—Zefmo Co-founder and CEO Shudeep Majumdar, and Anup Sharma, a political adviser for the Maharashtra elections—I explored how precise micro-targeting and digital outreach are reshaping electoral campaigns. Shudeep noted a significant surge in digital spending, placing Maharashtra at the forefront of India’s digital campaign landscape, while Anup offered insights into how these proxy pages operate within India’s political system. #MetaAdLibrary data from last week highlights the substantial investments by Maharashtra’s leading political parties, along with an increasing presence of proxy pages. For example, the BJP Maharashtra page led with Rs 8.61 lakh in ad spend, while proxy pages like “Lekha Jokha Maharashtracha” invested Rs 3.6 lakh, contributing to a notable rise in digital ad investments this election season. For exclusive data and deeper insights, check out the full article! Maharashtra Elections: Proxy pages become battlegrounds for political parties.

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What are analysts thinking about Indian elections? If we were to retrace ourselves from the loud election ecosystem of India & think about what would India need politically for its rise, what would it be? We talked with a former political strategist, Chandra Mishra and analyst, Dr. Kaush Arha from Atlantic Council as well as journalist & author sunita aron, currently a consulting editor with Hindustan Times to guage what India needs. The one common thought that everybody highlighted was the role of the opposition and why a government with a majority as well as a strong opposition are important to maintain a balance in Indian democracy! #indianelections2024 #indiavotes #indiandemocracy #roleofopposition

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A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India released last week examined the state of public health infrastructure in Karnataka. Among the many things detailed in the report, it was found that the Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (KSMSCL) had, between 2017-18 and 2021-22, not procured all the essential drugs that were indented from health institutions across the state. For example, of the 761 essential drugs that health institutions submitted a written order to the corporation for in 2020-21, only 238 were procured and 55 were allowed to be procured by the institutions locally. None of the checked health institutes had the required number of very essential and most essential drugs during the audit period. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gzyrrNqB

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My latest article on today's The Diplomat.

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