Re: [datameet] Voters List and Privacy Issues

It is not only voter list, several government schemes also have the household level information like MANREGA, PDS distribution etc.. I think transparency is more important than privacy. Regards, Shafeeq On Thursday, 9 October 2014 10:04:05 UTC+5:30, Emkay wrote: > > Thanks, Snehashish, > > A

Re: [datameet] Voters List and Privacy Issues

Thanks, Snehashish, A responsible officer of ECI told me that the rolls are published in the open so that people can detect fraudulent entries in their neighbourhood and lodge a complaint so that bogus registrations can be removed. That stands to reason. But the threat to security is also consi

Re: [datameet] Re: Data on Houses, Household Amenities & Assets - 2001

Nisha, I checked the openbangalore page, but don't see any data w.r.t. household assets etc at ward level. Could you or Thejesh point us to the exact dataset? Thanks Sharad On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 5:18:49 PM UTC+5:30, Nisha Thompson wrote: > > Hey Jyothi, > > I think Thej has some of thi

[datameet] 2011 Houselisting PCA

Hi, Does anybody have a copy of the 2011 Houselisting PCA at the village level from the recent Census? I know it's available on the Census website, but if somebody has downloaded the full thing, I'd be spared a lot of clicking. The website is: http://www.censusindia.gov.in/(S(fcpr5355hgqip545jd2

Re: [datameet] Voters List and Privacy Issues

Hi Milind, In the past, I have written about this issue. See, http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/electoral-databases-2013-privacy-and-security-concerns Also see, Ocean Project http://precog.iiitd.edu.in/research/ocean/ Best, Snehashish On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Emkay wrote:

[datameet] Women in Science Wiki Editathon

Indian Women in Science Wiki-Edit-a-thon In India, Science as a discipline is subject to many of the same gender issues as it is worldwide - women scientists are fewer in number than men, they occupy fewer positions of power, and face distinct issues by virtue of their gender and the accompanyi

Re: [datameet] Re: Data on Houses, Household Amenities & Assets - 2001

Hey Jyothi, I think Thej has some of this data at OPen Bangalore http://openbangalore.org/available-data/ Nisha On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Sumit Mishra wrote: > Jyothi, > > The ward-level dataset that you are looking for wasn't released by the > ORGI for the Census, 2001. You may try con

[datameet] Request for Data of Parliament constituencies of India

Hi , I am looking for a service rather data which gives latitude & longitude data for different parliament constituencies of India -Suresh -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message becau

[datameet] Re: Data on Houses, Household Amenities & Assets - 2001

Jyothi, The ward-level dataset that you are looking for wasn't released by the ORGI for the Census, 2001. You may try contacting one of their data centers (located at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune & JNU, New Delhi) for more dis-aggregated data though. Regards, Sumit On Tu

Re: [datameet] [GeoBLR] Tejas Pande on Urban Poverty and Mobility - October 16, 6pm-8pm

HI Meera, We'll definitely share the presentation. But are also thinkign about livestreaming it or at least recording it. Nisha On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Meera Mehta wrote: > Since we are not in Bangalore - it will not be possible to join.. But > would be great if it is possible to get