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Rakesh Dubbudu
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Founder of @FactlyIndia, and @Dataful_factly | Transparency Campaigner| Passionate about Open Data & Public Policy | Follow @factlylabs for our tech work
Dec 6, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
How did a 2% vote share difference convert into 25 more seats for the Congress in 2023 Telangana elections? The answer lies in the details.

There was wide variation in vote share of parties across districts (old 10 districts for better comprehension). Some snippets (1/n) Image Congress's vote share was more than the BRS's in 6 Districts (Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Warangal).

Congress lead in vote share in these 6 districts ranged from a high of 20.7% in Nalgonda to a low of 2.3% in Nizamabad. (2/n)
Aug 5, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
(1/n) This week on #KnowYourSources we talk about 'CPSE Disinvestments'. The data is published by BSEPSU, a unit of the BSE. This is the most comprehensive data on 'Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)' Disinvestments in India Image (2/n) The data is available from 1991-92 when the Government of India began divesting its stake in various CPSEs. BSEPSU provides various kinds of data.

To understand the history of disinvestment in India, go through the following story by Factly factly.in/data-the-histo…
May 20, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
(1/n) This week on #KnowYourSources we talk about data related to 'Domestic Air Transport', published by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The data is released both Monthly, and Annually, in three different reports. Image (2/n) The DGCA releases three types of reports for 'Domestic Air Traffic'. First is 'Airline Traffic' data which is available from the year 2014, and published monthly.
Link:dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal…
Nov 12, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
(1/n) #KnowYourSources This week, @FactlyIndia talks about the 'Treaties Database' from the Ministry of External Affairs. The database has India's Treaties with foreign nations dating back to the 1950s. @FactlyIndia (2/n) These can be accessed from the links below

mea.gov.in/treaty.htm

mea.gov.in/TreatyList.htm…
Nov 5, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
(1/n) Launching the #KnowYourSources series today. Every week, we will be featuring a data/information source from the government that is not usually well known. The idea is to popularize the presence of data/information sources that are important but are not well known. Image (2/n) The MEA publishes data on gifts presented to VIPs/members of the official delegation during their official foreign visits, which are received in the Toshakhana. These are governed by Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012
Jun 6, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
(1/n) How to Manufacture opinion?

This is a story published today in the @timesofindia The headline might mislead you to think of this as an overwhelming opinion of parents from Hyderabad. (2/n) But the reality is that the headline is based on an online survey conducted by a private association in which 1118 people participated and 918 felt that the schools should be opened only after a cure or vaccine is found.

Why is this story problematic at many levels?