Nishant
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Data Journalist @htTweets . Formerly @CPR_India . Elections/Politics/Data/Profiling Political Executives in India. Usual Caveats.
Fourth and the last part of the series. 1. Out of the 3278 persons in the council of ministers dataset, 56.4% are from Congress. 2. Congress also has the largest share of upper castes in the council of Ministers. hindustantimes.com/editors-pick/n…
Third part of the series 1. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra -- account for almost 40% of the total council of ministers since 1952. 2. Out of 25 Cabinets so far, Uttar Pradesh had the highest share of portfolios in 16 Cabinets.
Dhankar’s exit; lawlessness in the Capital; a Governors database; remembering a rocker, and a runner, and the language of young people. This week’s newsletter hindustantimes.com/ht-newsletter/…
Some interesting facts about India's governors 1. The average age of governors has been rising with time. This was just about 60 in the first few decades after independence, crossed 65 by the 1980s and has been more than 70 since 1997.
Second Part of the governor series @htTweets 1. 496 out of the 843 governors in India have been politicians, which means they have been associated with a political party. Bureaucrats, judges and armed forces personnel account for another 38% of all governors appointed so far.
Second Part of the governor series @htTweets 1. 496 out of the 843 governors in India have been politicians, which means they have been associated with a political party. Bureaucrats, judges and armed forces personnel account for another 38% of all governors appointed so far.
A new database on the governors in India Since Independence @htTweets is running a three part series based on the database. Here is the first part. 1. The data includes all the states/UTs with a legislative assembly.
This week's Terms of Trade is inspired by a reading of @reasonbuster72 & @snigdhapoonam 's work and paraphrases Neruda to make a point hindustantimes.com/india-news/ter…
A new database on the governors in India Since Independence @htTweets is running a three part series based on the database. Here is the first part. 1. The data includes all the states/UTs with a legislative assembly.
Dont miss this in HT today by our data team @NishantTISS
A new database on the governors in India Since Independence @htTweets is running a three part series based on the database. Here is the first part. 1. The data includes all the states/UTs with a legislative assembly.