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A piece I wrote on the perils of linking Aadhaar with voter id based on lessons from Aadhaar in welfare. Govt's dubious claims on "savings due to Aadhaar" obtained through RTIs are debunked with large sample evidence. Aadhaar's opacity & unreliability at odds with accountability

Among Indians overall, 66% of women who hv a +ve view of the ruling BJP say they cover their heads outside their home, compared with 53% among those who view da party unfavorably. This corrln may – at least in part – be tied to fact that BJP supporters tend to be more religious.

Call for Applications Summer School on Econometrics & Machine Learning June 7–11, 2022 The Summer School on Econometrics and Machine Learning is part of the FLAIR 4 Big Data initiative of IGIDR. For more details click on the link below - igidr.ac.in/bigdata/

On the perils of embedded experiments - Jean Drèze (Ranchi University, Delhi School of Economics) ideasforindia.in/topics/miscell…

Electoral bonds worth ₹1,200+ crore sold & encashed between Jan-Mar 2022. More than 95% bonds were of ₹1 crore denomination. Large anonymous funds influencing election results. Gross violation of voters’ right to know as Supreme Court continues to look the other way.

Now available! New data measuring the impact of the National Rural Health Mission on maternal & child health in nine Indian states that constitute 70% of the neonatal deaths. Access the Annual Health Survey (AHS), India, 2007-2012 (ICPSR 38097): myumi.ch/NmdRW

#DelhiSchoolofEconomics and The Econometric Society announces Winter School 2022 in offline mode 14-17 December. econdse.org/winter-school-…

How ill-informed our judges are! Cant distinguish social disability from eco inequality. Not ashamed of portraying ignorance in public! Custodians of constitution are so incapable of protecting it. Now that they broke their own 50% rule, opened a Pandora’s box of challenges.

It’s a utterly bitterly messi day 😞

Delhi Winter School in Economics at #DelhiSchoolofEconomics on 14-17 December 2022. Invited Speakers: Aldo Rustichini (Minnesota), Michael Greenstone (Chicago), Bruce Hansen (Wisconsin Madison) and Raouf Boucekkine (Rennes School…lnkd.in/debMTyWz lnkd.in/dqQMqTfx

#NewProfilePic Mood of the moment

Bizzare! Thought that courts would take cognizance of discrimination of potential tenants by RWA unkils on the basis of food habits, caste or religion and pass order to prevent that. Perhaps that's too far fetched an idea. At least dogs are safer now... than humans 😕👍

📣 New working paper on residential segregation in India. We’ve been working for 5 years on this. 8 facts about residential segregation in India, from new administrative data. The situation is not great 🧵 1/N

If you earn more than Rs.64,380 per month, you earn more than 95% of India. That also means you hold more power than you think. You can help someone from the bottom 10% with an amount as low as Rs.100 Here's how 👇🏻

(1/2)The Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, jointly with the Econometric Society, is now accepting contributed papers in any field of Economics for the Delhi Winter School (WS2024) to be held offline from December 12 to December 14, 2024.

This gigafactory should be good enough for supplying to all Aggarwal Sweets in Delhi. Not sure about the quality though.

Why is the IPL not called off?

1/9 Education in Crisis! New: Single-Teacher Primary Schools (STePS) Report. 1 in 3 schools in Jharkhand runs with just one teacher! This ruins children’s future, esp. those from marginalised communities. Link to report below. roadscholarz.net