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  • Explainer: National Time Use Survey Data 2024

    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… Continue reading

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  • State of Under Construction Road Works in Bengaluru – 2025

    State of Under Construction Road Works in Bengaluru – 2025

    A week back, OpenCity conducted a survey to crowd-source all the under construction road projects in Bengaluru. The goal was to first see how many such projects are lying around in the city and then… Continue reading

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  • State of Groundwater Usage in Indian Cities in 2024

    State of Groundwater Usage in Indian Cities in 2024

    The “National Compilation of Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India” is an annual report published by the Central Ground Water Board under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. The latest report, for 2024… Continue reading

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  • Visualising Bengaluru’s Budget & Where GBA’s Money Flows

    Visualising Bengaluru’s Budget & Where GBA’s Money Flows

    Ashutosh Shukla analyses visually the money flow, from income to expenditure for the five corporations in the Greater Bengaluru Authority area, Continue reading

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  • Masterplan Viewer for Indian Cities

    Masterplan Viewer for Indian Cities

    Varun Phadke has developed a web app called masterplan viewer where you can overlay the masterplans for 27 different cities or regions. Continue reading

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  • PLFS 2025 – The Missing Half of the Workforce in Indian Cities

    PLFS 2025 – The Missing Half of the Workforce in Indian Cities

    Analysis of Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025 concentrating on labour force participation in the eight major cities of India. Continue reading

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  • Analysis: GCC Budget 2026-27

    Analysis: GCC Budget 2026-27

    Analysis of Greater Chennai Corporation budget for 2026-27. Continue reading

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  • Chennai Constituencies Tables

    Chennai Constituencies Tables

    Data tabels for parameters like health and education for Chennai district constituencies. Continue reading

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  • Analysis: GBA Budgets 2026-27

    Analysis: GBA Budgets 2026-27

    Analysis of the Budgets of the five corporations under GBA, looking at income, expenditure and historic trends. Continue reading

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  • Chennai Constituencies: Facilities in Government Schools

    Chennai Constituencies: Facilities in Government Schools

    At the Chennai constituencies datajam, Abdullah, Harini, Kathir, Prasanna and Santhosh worked on public data to analyse the state of government schools in the 16 constituencies in Chennai district. Continue reading

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  • Chennai Constituencies Datajam – March 2026

    Chennai Constituencies Datajam – March 2026

    The Chennai constituencies datajam was conducted on March 28th 2026 to analyse the delivery of and gaps in essential services like education and health in the constituencies in Chennai. Continue reading

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  • Analysing the BMC Budget for 2026-27

    Analysing the BMC Budget for 2026-27

    The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation announced a budget with an allocation of a whopping Rs. 80,952.56 Cr. This marks an increase of 8.7% from the previous year’s allocation. While the increase this year is only 8.7%,… Continue reading

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  • Bengaluru Public Transport Datajam – March 2026

    Bengaluru Public Transport Datajam – March 2026

    The Bengaluru Public Transport datajam was conducted on the 7th March 2026 in Samagata, Bengaluru in collaboration with WRI India, Friends of BMTC, Bengawalk and CDPR. Continue reading

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  • Bengaluru Metro: Ridership Data For Revenue Optimization

    Bengaluru Metro: Ridership Data For Revenue Optimization

    Karthik Devan uses daily ridership data to look at how revenue can be optimised by BMRCL without needing massive fare increases… Continue reading

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  • Tabebuia Blooms in Bengaluru

    Tabebuia Blooms in Bengaluru

    Tabebuia trees are blooming across Bengaluru with the arrival of Spring. Residents are using data from the BBMP tree census to map them…. Continue reading

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