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2 Aug, 4 tweets, 3 min read
In the first of a four-part series based on the latest YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey, @TauseefShahidi shows how India's #vaccination drive has left behind the poor, the less educated, and religious minorities.
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More than 13 MILLION people died of covid-19 in urban India alone, calculations by @TauseefShahidi based on the latest YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey show.
Delhi and Hyderabad hardest hit among major cities.
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A majority saw deaths in their close circles. Nearly half reported deaths in their family/locality because of lack of oxygen/timely treatment.
These are SHOCKING numbers, and we didn't anticipate these kind of statistics when we put these questions in the survey...
... We feel these numbers are too important to ignore, and must be analyzed threadbare by a wider body of researchers and journalists.
Towards that end, we will be releasing the full dataset and documentation online once we run through this series.

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India's statistical system, once the envy of the world, has been decaying over time. But the crisis has never seemed as profound as it seems today.
This #thread is a summary of the symptoms, causes, implications, and possible remedies of that crisis (1/n)
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All the evidence so far suggests that the stats ministry's decision to bury the report was taken in haste after @someshjha7 blew the lid off the report, which had been inordinately delayed. (3/n)
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9 Sep 19
In the first of a ten-part data journalism series on city life in India, @sh_devulapalli analyzes congestion in 300 major arterial roads spread across six largest urban agglomerations of the country #PlainFacts
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11 Jul 19
Was indeed a fascinating discussion, and quite a respectful exchange (the kind that we need more in 'New India')... the #greatIndianGDPdebate has certainly not ended, and my takeaways so far are the following #Thread #IPF2019 (1/n)
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A month after holes in a key database used in GDP estimation were first exposed, the controversy around #India's GDP #data and statistical system has only grown. This #thread is a summary of some answers and many questions on this issue #stats #institutions #economy (1/n)
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His main contention, then and now, is that the new series fails to tally with other economic indicators. Others also have made this point but his recent paper (hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/pu…) is the most systematic demonstration of that issue (3/n)
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