Re: [External Email] [datameet] Data on behavior of MPs/MLAs once elected

2023-04-18 Thread Praachi Misra
In India, voting on legislation is not a 'conscience vote'. Legislators, do not take individual positions, but follow the party whip. Not following the whip can lead to the disqualification of legislators, or breakaway groups. A detailed write up is available *here

Re: [datameet] Data Scrapping from e-courts website

2020-11-12 Thread Praachi Misra
*Is there any way to initiate a more widespread discussion on opening judicial data?* Some context to the use of captcha wrt. judicial data in India. Amongst other common law countries (US, EU, Australia, UK); *India is unique* is using a captcha. Some reasons I attribute for this are (in rand

Re: [datameet] City and state temperature data: making data accessible

2020-03-02 Thread Praachi Misra
g > only 5,000 rupees for one year. After that you can request any data free of > cost. > The other option to get the data is the Statistical department of your > concerned state. > Thanks. > > On Sun, 1 Mar, 2020, 9:42 PM Praachi Misra, > wrote: > >> Hi, >>

[datameet] ITC(HS) classification

2019-11-20 Thread Praachi Misra
Hello, Is the *8 digit ITC(HS) classification (2017)* available in a csv format? The DGFT has it in pdf format for 2017 spread over multiple files. The data.gov site only has the 2012 version

Re: [datameet] National Judicial Data Grid - Pendency

2019-05-27 Thread Praachi Misra
The World Bank 'Ease of Doing' business index does take into account the time and cost of Enforcement of Contracts . This ranking is based both on data collected and interviews with lawyers. Currently it covers Mumbai and D

[datameet] Re: National Industry Classification

2018-12-26 Thread Praachi Misra
> the factories in Telangana. > I should have done this earlier. Hope you can find them helpful. Please > make necessary corrections if there are any. > > Best > Surya > > On Friday, 26 October 2018 15:45:06 UTC+5:30, Praachi Misra wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >

Re: [datameet] Re: National Industry Classification

2018-11-03 Thread Praachi Misra
. Please > make necessary corrections if there are any. > > Best > Surya > > On Friday, 26 October 2018 15:45:06 UTC+5:30, Praachi Misra wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Is the NIC classification available somewhere is a CSV/ JSON format >> historically. &

[datameet] National Industry Classification

2018-10-26 Thread Praachi Misra
Hi, Is the NIC classification available somewhere is a CSV/ JSON format historically. I can only see pdf files on the website of the Ministry of Statistical and Prog. Thanks, Praachi -- Datameet is a community of Data

Re: [datameet] India Map

2018-05-27 Thread Praachi Misra
The survey of india puts out a political map of india (here also ). These maps do not acknowledge - the LOC between India-Pak (as was agreed on by the Simla agreement

[datameet] Call for Papers: ICEGOV, 2017

2016-07-31 Thread Praachi Misra
There is a call for papers around the theme "*Building Knowledge Societies: From Digital Government **to Digital Empowerment*" Government of India with UNESCO and the United Nations University's unit on policy-driven electronic governance are organizing the 10th edition of ICEGOV- The Internat

Re: [datameet] Re: What do you people think about the new proposed Bill about Maps and Geospatial data

2016-05-06 Thread Praachi Misra
t;>> its implications? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll try to find out if anyone was in the consultation. >>>>>> >>>>>> Nisha >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Nisha Thomps

[datameet] Re: What do you people think about the new proposed Bill about Maps and Geospatial data

2016-05-05 Thread Praachi Misra
Was anybody part of the consultation for this Bill? Any communication with NIC regarding this? On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 11:06:40 PM UTC+5:30, Dilip Damle wrote: > > HI, > > I was shocked to see this news today. > > > http://www.businessinsider.in/PoK-and-Arunachal-as-disputed-territories/art

[datameet] Re: [Delhi] DataMeet-Up Next Week, Tuesday, Oct 21

2014-10-20 Thread Praachi Misra
er 17, 2014 11:46:32 AM UTC+5:30, sumandro wrote: > > Dear Delhi DataMeetniks, > > Join us for a DataMeet-Up on Tuesday, October 21, 17:30 at Akvo office. > > At the meeting, Praachi Misra will present the legal FAQ on open data > document she is drafting, and we will have a r

[datameet] Re: [Delhi] DataMeet-Up Next week

2014-10-10 Thread Praachi Misra
n/> will host the event at their campus near Chhatarpur. On a > separate note, Praachi Misra has started developing a FAQ document on legal > questions around open data in India. > > Let us meet Tuesday, October 14, evening (17:30) to discuss both these > things. > > Amita

[datameet] Re: Google mapping comes under CBI scrutiny - what's do we think

2014-07-31 Thread Praachi Misra
The SoI is only an implementing agency. It is the Ministry of Defence (MOD) that specifies what qualifies as restricted and what is not. The approval has to be sought from the MOD. Para 6 of National Map Policy says as follows: *"The Ministry of Defence has from time to time issued detailed guid

[datameet] Re: city portals

2014-06-29 Thread Praachi Misra
Hello, The reason that some data is available for Delhi is that It being a city state, central implementation for the same is easier. It has also passed the *Delhi Geo-Spatial Data Infrastructure Act, 2011,* which requires centralized collection of data. In my opinion it would be easier to pu

Re: [datameet] Collection of geospatial data by the State

2014-04-06 Thread Praachi Misra
> > Hi Pranesh, > > RTI's are a good idea. We can start with the Delhi Act (Haven't found the > Acts for the other states where geospatial data is being collected). > > The Act is very interesting, as under Section 3 it provides for mandatory > uploading of the geospatial data by "*every line de

Re: [datameet] Collection of geospatial data by the State

2014-04-04 Thread Praachi Misra
t;> https://nsdiindia.gov.in/nsdi-portal/index.jsp >> >> it combines the data from a bunch of providers you mentioned above and >> provides different layers for each. but not explored it in any great detail >> >> A >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 3

[datameet] Collection of geospatial data by the State

2014-04-02 Thread Praachi Misra
Hello, In view of the coming elections there has been a lot of talk about electoral boundaries, district maps etc. In the course of looking for geocoded pin code data earlier, I had come across the *Delhi **Geo-Spatial Data Infrastructure Act, 2011 (*link

[datameet] Re: draft letter to NIC for a data portal for public contributed datasets

2014-04-01 Thread Praachi Misra
Hello, A single point for all data sets is a great idea, and initiating the discussion with NIC is an important start. My two bits are as follows; 1. Any favourable response from NIC is likely to be a long drawn process (in my estimation stretching beyond a year) 2. Even if considered