Category: Explainers
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Explainer: World Bank Loan to BBMP and BWSSB
The World Bank recently approved a loan to the Government of Karnataka for projects in Bengaluru. The project is called “Karnataka Water Security and Resilience Program” and is financed under the instrument called “Program for Results” (PforR). You can find the main document as well as environment and social impact assessments in this dataset. In… Continue Reading
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Explainer: How to Read the BBMP Budget
The BBMP budget is an important document laying out how the Urban Local Body plans to spend money during the next Financial Year (FY). The budget itself consists of multiple documents, the budget speech which is the speech by the chairman presenting the budget, the budget book which is the main money document with details… Continue Reading
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Explainer: National Time Use Survey Data 2024
The National Time Use Survey (TUS) is a periodic survey conducted across the country by the National Statistics and Surveys Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India. The most recent survey was conducted in 2024. The main goal of the survey is to measure how people spend their time. The… Continue Reading
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Explainer: Bengaluru Tree Census Data
The BBMP is conducting a tree census in Bengaluru, the first of its kind. As of November 2024, 2,86,000 trees have been enumerated across seven zones. Here are some salient points from the data so far: The addition of data to this dataset from the BBMP is ongoing, and we will continue to update the… Continue Reading
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Explainer: Resources for Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024
As with the general elections in June 2024, we have been putting together a set of resources to help you vote in the upcoming assembly elections to the Maharashtra Assembly. Finding your constituency If you live in Mumbai, Thane or Pune districts, we have made this interactive google map to find your constituency. Continue Reading
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Explainer: How to view and interact with KML files
KML stands for Keyhole Markup Language and it is an XML based format for map files. These files contain map related data which can be divided into three types. They are: The map data stored on OpenCity.in is usually in the form of KML files and can be viewed on our OpenStreetMap base (which is… Continue Reading
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Explainer: Understanding the HCES 2022 for Cities Dataset
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, released the data from the Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey, 2022. While the website contains the summarised data, the raw data from the survey is available on the National Data Archive (NADA). From OpenCity.in we have downloaded this raw data, processed the text files… Continue Reading
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Explainer: Know your South in Bengaluru
On the 26th July 2024, the Karnataka Cabinet approved a move to rename Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South. The move is expected to benefit the district, by capitalising on the “Brand Bengaluru” name, and drive up development of infrastructure and real-estate prices. However, the new district Bengaluru South, joins a list of other Souths in… Continue Reading
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Map of Illegal Layouts in Bengaluru
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) recently published a list of private layouts that it deemed illegal and unauthorised. The main reason for the illegality of these layouts is the lack of DC conversion from agricultural land to residential use, and in some cases illegal encroachments. The list published by BDA has survey numbers of the… Continue Reading
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Scraping Daily Weather Data From Ogimet
Ogimet.com is a weather data portal that aggregates data from official sites from around the world. In the case of Indian cities, the data is pulled from IMD stations. The site has data on Indian cities from October 1999 till date. The site operates using an index as known as WMO Index where WMO stands… Continue Reading
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Resources – General Elections 2024
Here’s a list of resources, both in OpenCity.in and outside that you can use to find information regarding the general elections 2024. Some of these resources are mainly for major cities – Bengaluru Urban, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi. 2024 Polling Past elections These are some of the important resources that can help you analyze the… Continue Reading
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Find your Parliamentary Constituency
Use the below map to find your parliamentary constituency in Bengaluru Urban, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi. Use the button the left of the screen to open the left panel. On this panel, you can choose the city and navigate to it. Or you can zoom in and out at all India level. The individual maps… Continue Reading