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National Incharge, Policy & Research, BJP Youth (@BJYM) | Investment Banking |Ex-OSD, Ayushman Bharat, @NITIAayog, @G20org, @UNESCO || MBA @ IIM-A ||
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May 19, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
How PM @narendramodi ji has led a big data revolution in democraticizing open access to Govt data:

Few yrs back, India started an effort to increase access to public data. Today that effort has fructified into the National Data & Analytics Platform.

ndap.niti.gov.in

1/n Keeping the user and its ease of access in centre, the NDAP has several interesting features.

A. The search is backed by Natural Language Processing wherein user can just input a raw query and find aligned datasets.

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Sep 15, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read
A silent revolution is taking place in India -a revolution which should have happened decades back.

Jal Jeevan Mission!

Launched on Aug 2019 by PM @narendramodi, the mission, in just 2 years, has ensured potable water supply for ~ 25 CRORE citizens (4.75 crore families)!

1/n More than 1 LAKH villages have been covered till now and the water coverage has increased from around 15% in 2019 to 40%+ now.

So, how did this happen? : 6 Key Drivers!

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Sep 5, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
India, in #Paralympics 2020 has won 19 medals, including 5 gold medals. This is higher than cumulative tally of all medals ever won by India in the last 60 years. How did this happen?

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A big part of the answer lies in the structured all-rounded approach followed by Govt. In 2014 itself, the Govt announced TOPS - Target Olympic Podium Scheme. Without mincing words, Govt announced its intent to send our athletes to podium.

So what is TOPS?
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Apr 14, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
In June 2020, India had a COVID death rate of ~ 3%. For the current wave, it's ~ 1%. This is a result of rapid health system strengthening. PPEs, beds, vaccines, testing kits - the country worked on every front.

Salute to the tiredless efforts of millions involved in this! Unfortunately, we are not hearing stories of lives being saved. We are not being told about cases wherein health system personnel are working day and night to treat and save our people.

Here are the numbers. Yday, for 1.8 lakh cases, we had 1027 deaths.
Apr 3, 2020 13 tweets 2 min read
A lot of people across the globe are wondering: With all these massive technological advancements, WHY IS THE WORLD NOT PREPARED FOR HANDLING PANDEMICS? How can a flu disrupt entire world and global economy? Well, the answer really lies in how our health systems are setup! (1/13) Essentially, a health system comprises 3 components:
a. Patients
b. Healthcare Professionals
c. Institutions (Hospitals, Government, Manufacturers)

Generally, in case of regular diseases (eg: Cancer, Hepatitis) 1 or 2 components are pressurized. In a pandemic, all 3 are. (2/13)