Abhishek Jha is a data journalist. He analyses public data for finding news, with a focus on the environment, Indian politics and economy, and Covid-19.
Articles by Abhishek Jha
Number theory: Tracking how housing in India is transforming
Had the 2021 census been conducted, there would be a comprehensive database on the number of houses and amenities associated with them up to 2021
Updated on Mar 24, 2023 11:39 AM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Not possible to predict ‘big quake’: What geologists said
On Wednesday, NCS released a preliminary report of Tuesday night’s earthquake. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan 988km NW of Delhi, and at a depth of 156km.
Updated on Mar 23, 2023 12:38 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi and Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Five questions which explain Delhi’s Budget
Finance minister Kailash Gahlot presented Delhi’s 30th budget on March 22
Published on Mar 22, 2023 11:55 PM IST
Abhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
Migration added more to Delhi’s population than births: Economic Survey
Migration added 283,000 people to Delhi’s population in 2021,more than double the 101,000 number contributed by births adjusted for deaths, as per Delhi’s Economic Survey 2022-23
Published on Mar 21, 2023 12:25 AM IST
What does MIS tell us about problems faced by migrants?
There was a controversy last week on alleged attacks on migrant workers from Bihar in Tamil Nadu
Published on Mar 13, 2023 06:21 PM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
NSSO survey shows India’s progress on UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Adopted by the UN in 2015, SDGs are a set of 17 inter-related goals on developmental issues.
Updated on Mar 08, 2023 06:45 AM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Number theory: Both Holi and heat have arrived early this year
Of the 73 years since 1951, Holi was celebrated on or after March 8 in 53 years and before March 8 in only 19
Updated on Mar 08, 2023 05:54 AM IST
NPP may retain hold; UDP improves its performance
How did the Congress lose ground in five years? The biggest blow to the party has been dealt not by the incumbent parties, but an offshoot of the Congress, which is competing with it for the principal opposition party in the national scene: the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Published on Mar 03, 2023 12:58 AM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Key takeaways, political impact of poll verdicts in north-eastern states
Of the three states which went to polls the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies were in power in Tripura and Nagaland. It is going to retain power in these two states
Published on Mar 03, 2023 12:37 AM IST
Abhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore
How CM Rio regained assembly strength
The trend that played out between the NPF and the Congress has now played out between the NPF and NDPP, the party Rio formed after quitting the NPF just before the assembly elections in 2018.
Published on Mar 03, 2023 12:31 AM IST
Tripura 2023 polls: 3rd force hurt Congress-Left, BJP prospects
Did the TMP hurt the BJP or the Left-Congress alliance in its debut ? A comparison of BJP-IPFT and Left-Congress (they were not in alliance last time) vote shares from 2018 shows that both these formations have lost votes to the TMP, especially in ST reserved assembly constituencies
Published on Mar 03, 2023 12:19 AM IST
The good, bad and ugly about India’s post-pandemic labour market
Once lockdown restrictions were relaxed and the economy started recovering, questions shifted to not just the magnitude of the recovery but also its nature
Updated on Mar 01, 2023 12:02 AM IST
Abhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore
Unemployment rate falls to lowest since 2018; job markets recover from pandemic
The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report also suggests that some migrants who came back to their villages during the pandemic have gone back to the cities again
Updated on Feb 25, 2023 08:52 PM IST
Abhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore
Number Theory: How will the churn in Shiv Sena and JD(U) affect 2024?
As one waits for these four elections , there is an interesting political churn taking place in another two states, which account for almost as many Lok Sabha constituencies as the four described above.
Updated on Feb 23, 2023 12:54 PM IST
Roshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha
What does Mumbai being more polluted than Delhi tell us about pollution in India?
A look at why favourable geographical and climatic conditions are no guarantee that pollution will not become a problem
Updated on Feb 21, 2023 04:10 PM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Maximum temperatures already at mid-March levels in 7 states
A warmer February only means a higher probability of a warmer March – which can be more damaging to the wheat crop – and does not make this a foregone conclusion.
Updated on Feb 18, 2023 08:11 AM IST
Number Theory: Is an early start to summer likely this year?
On February 10, Delhi’s Safdarjung weather station recorded a maximum of 29
Published on Feb 13, 2023 04:17 PM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Number Theory: Energy emissions will fall by 2025... but very slowly
A report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on February 8 gives a disaggregated estimate of electricity emissions for 2022 (they account for about a third of total emissions) along with projections up to 2025. Here is what the report shows.
Updated on Feb 10, 2023 03:31 PM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Evaluating the Amrit Kaal strategy in a demographic context
How does the government’s “Amrit Kaal” strategy look in the context of India’s ongoing demographic evolution? Here are five charts that explain this in detail.
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 08:49 AM IST
Abhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore, New Delhi
The Indian economy: Past, present, future
No other government has prioritised government capital spending as much as the second Narendra Modi government is doing.
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 11:00 AM IST
Budget 2023: ₹35,000 crore outlay for growth in green energy transition
India underlined that its nationally determined contribution to fight climate change will help achieve the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2070
Updated on Feb 03, 2023 03:01 PM IST
Jayashree NandiAbhishek Jha
Economic Survey's optimism on labour markets warrants caution
Data from quarterly PLFS rounds are available till the three months ended September 2022. Rural employment numbers, however, are released in the annual PLFS reports. These reports show tangible improvement on three key labour market statistics.
Updated on Feb 02, 2023 08:14 AM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Eco survey: Quality of life improving as rural push yields dividends
Around two-thirds of India’s population lived in rural areas in 2021, according to United Nations Population Division’s World Urbanisation Prospects, and around 47% of India’s workers were dependent on agriculture, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2020-21
Published on Jan 31, 2023 11:45 PM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Importance of the Budget for agriculture sector
Agriculture accounts for about 15% of the GDP but employs more than 40% of Indian workers
Published on Jan 27, 2023 03:48 PM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
The great global meat-up: See where India fits in
Local surveys around the world have reflected shifts in the amounts of meat the average person consumes. What drives such dietary changes in India, and how do our consumption levels compare? Take a look.
Published on Jan 20, 2023 07:02 PM IST
Number Theory: Decoding the electoral contest in three states
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced dates for assembly elections to three states – Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura – on January 18.
Updated on Jan 19, 2023 12:27 PM IST
Abhishek Jha, New Delhi
Number theory: Why China’s population numbers are significant
China’s economic transformation from a poor Asian country to the world’s second largest economy is perhaps the most fascinating rags-to-riches story in the history of modern capitalism.
Updated on Jan 18, 2023 02:47 PM IST
Number theory: In warm 2022, almost no place on Earth was colder than ‘normal’
While markers such as the global average of temperature shown above tend to hide regional variations, a disaggregated analysis of temperature in 2022 shows that both the northern and southern hemispheres were the sixth warmest on record.
Updated on Jan 16, 2023 03:45 PM IST
Number Theory: Bihar’s socio-economic landscape; known and unknown facts
Even though India stopped conducting a detailed caste census after 1931, the census does count the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) population separately.
Updated on Jan 11, 2023 07:25 AM IST
Number Theory: Why Jan 2023 feels colder than last year
Large parts of north India are reeling under numbing cold with the mercury remaining below the freezing point at most places in Jammu and Kashmir. Is this winter really colder than what is normally the case? An HT analysis of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) gridded database can answer some of these questions.
Published on Jan 10, 2023 07:33 PM IST
