Anshul Sharma

Dec 4, 2024 | mdpi.com | Anshul Sharma |Mei Chung |Taylor C Wallace |Ah-Jin Jung

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Jan 6, 2024 | indiaspend.com | Anshul Sharma

New Delhi: The national capital is home to 20 million people, and produces about 11,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day, highest among all Indian cities. Over half of this ends up in landfills, government data show. Further, the city produces 4,399 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage. But treatment capacity has not kept pace--in the city and across the country--according to our analysis of government data.

Sep 15, 2023 | bengaluru.citizenmatters.in | Anshul Sharma

The Karnataka government launched the Gruha Lakshmi Scheme on August 30th in Mysuru. Under this scheme, Rs 2,000 will be transferred every month to the bank accounts of the woman head of every eligible family. The state government claims that this scheme will benefit nearly 1.28 crore women across Karnataka, making it one of the largest monetary transfer schemes in India. The scheme is part of the five guarantees by the Congress government.

Aug 23, 2023 | bengaluru.citizenmatters.in | Anshul Sharma

The Karnataka 2023-24 budget must be examined through the lens of the Congress party’s welfare and policy promises. They gave several assurances towards making ‘public works’ more accessible, particularly in Bengaluru. Towards this end, a section titled ‘Sector 4: Comprehensive Development of Bengaluru’ was added to the budget document. In this article, I analyse to what extent these developmental initiatives align with the needs of the urban poor.

Jul 11, 2023 | bengaluru.citizenmatters.in | Anshul Sharma

HomeWater SupplyBengaluru East GPs have most piped water connections, Anekal has the least Mission Antyodaya database aims to create granular data for gram panchayats across districts throughout the country. The intention, as stated in Union Budget 2017-18, is to create a convergence and accountability framework by tracking the various development indicators across Gram Panchayats (GP).