Manorama Bakshi

District development, data and diversity: Lessons and the way forward

Though we have highly sophisticated ways of depicting data nowadays, we have gone backwards on linking data with decision making.

Arjun Kumar

Posted on 08 Dec, 2020 01:35 PM

The coronavirus pandemic poses a challenge for implementing developmental responses in the context of district, one of the most important administrative units in India. There has been a push towards development at the grassroots level through AtmaNirbhar Bharat, Vocal for Local, One District One Product and National Infrastructure Pipeline.

The quality of the government data for schematic reporting has improved as compared to 20 years ago, that does not necessarily mean that planning has improved (Image: Pikist)

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