Closing the loop: The team has uploaded FAQs on the main website and given a static link for attribution & sharing.
http://omms.nic.in/Home/PMGSYRuralDataset/ On Saturday, 5 December 2020 at 06:36:33 UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > Ah makes sense! Still, i look forward to the dataset FAQ getting uploaded. > But thank you so much for the quick clarification. > > Regards, > Kritarth > On Thursday, 3 December 2020 at 12:23:27 UTC+5:30 Harsh Nisar wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> The definitions were purposely kept lose as the primary focus of the >> datasets was to aid *local *selection of roads for a government >> programme. In such cases; the consistency of definitions within a >> block/district/state was assumed more important than having it consistent >> across geographies. The primary focus isn't a comparative census. >> >> So the definitions are as assumed by the JE/AE (frontline road engineers) >> residing in the Block or in some states they borrowed from census. But >> there isn't a documented consistency. But, the variance in high schools >> will be minimal versus say agro industry. >> >> The generic list of facilities to be surveyed are in the guidelines >> document Annexure 1 Pg 37. >> >> We are in process of getting a dataset FAQ uploaded on ommas. >> >> Regards, >> Harsh >> >> On Monday, 30 November 2020 at 17:54:01 UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi Harsh, All; >>> >>> Thank you for pointing this dataset out and storing it in an easy to >>> access location. It looks super useful. >>> >>> I was trying to find how exactly they've classified schools and >>> hospitals and couldn't find anything in this PMGSY documentation >>> <https://pmgsy.nic.in/sites/default/files/PMGSY_III_guidelines.pdf>. >>> For example the census 2011 documents what constitutes a high school and a >>> higher secondary school for example here >>> <https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB%202011-Concepts%20&%20Definitions%20Village%20and%20Town%20Directory.pdf>. >>> >>> I wonder if they've used the same definitions for schools and hospitals as >>> the census? Does anyone have any information on how they've chosen what >>> public facilities to document or is it pretty ad hoc as Harsh had indicated >>> in the opening post on this thread? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Kritarth Jha >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, 28 November 2020 at 11:44:41 UTC+5:30 Arun Ganesh wrote: >>> >>>> Btw, Bhanu and I have made some great progress matching the LGD codes >>>> in the last hour. 100% of districts matched and it looks like the PMGSY >>>> district names are definitely older (eg. Allahabad vs Prayagraj). >>>> >>>> Down to 1539 unmatched blocks which can be finished with some help. >>>> Feel free to request access to above sheet if you would like to help out. >>>> Instructions on column I & H. You basically need to copy and paste the >>>> matching lookup key from the lgd block sheet to the pmgsy sheet. >>>> >>> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/9445b654-d1b4-4e14-98cc-8c15fb9ac8b0n%40googlegroups.com.
