Dear all, Thanks a lot Rohith!
Let us have the meet-up in CBGA then. I guess this will make it easier for people from CBGA to join in as well (who can help us a lot to read through the budget datasets). As for the budget datasests, as the new expenditure table (Union Budget 2014-15) are yet to be available in spreadsheet formats, should we instead work with the 2013-14 sheets (they are available in *.xls* format at < data.gov.in>)? Thematic focus on expenditures in social sectors sounds good. If our exercise can tie-up with something CBGA is already doing, that will also be fine. Let us keep the pdf-to-csv exercises for the next meet-up, and focus this one on understanding budget data, visualising that, and finding out what all data is missing (or not readily usable), so that we can make request for that through <data.gov.in>. Is that alright? Please feel free to suggest other possibilities. >From a brief look at <data.gov.in> datasets, it seemed to me that most of them are available at a highly aggregated level. This is surely something we can try to address, through data requests and by speaking directly with NIC and other ministries (as possible). Bests, riju PS: Thank also for the clarification about allocation for 'smart cities', sumandro ajantriks.net On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Rohith Jyothish <roh...@cbgaindia.org> wrote: > Dear Delhi DataMeetniks > > CBGA can definitely host DataMeet on August 27th from 2.30 to 6.30 pm. > Upto 15 people with laptops can sit comfortably in the meeting room. > > Regarding the use of data, excel sheets are available for Union Budget > upto the Interim Budget 2014-15. It is not there for the latest Union > Budget 2014-15. (http://indiabudget.nic.in/) > > 1) We can start with the Expenditure Budget > <http://indiabudget.nic.in/vol1.asp> presented along with the Union > Budget 2014-15. > > 2) Eventually, we can also try some State Budgets that are available > online which are almost always in pdf format. > > We can work on visualisations for budget expenditure in the social sector. > Maybe look at specific schemes in Health and Family Welfare, Education, etc. > > As far as the budget for smart cities goes, you'll find real allocations > starting with the next budget. Right now, there has only been an > announcement and a token allocation of Rs 100 crore. > > > Regards > > *Rohith Jyothish* > *Research Consultant* > *Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA)* > B-7 Extn. /110A (Ground Floor), Harsukh Marg > Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi - 110029 > Tel: (011) 4920 0412, 4050 4846 (fax) > Mob: +91 8587937518 > Follow us on: | cbgaindia.org | Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/CBGAIndia> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/CBGAIndia> | > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
