Lokniti Newsletter | February 2022
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 DATA POINT
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TELLING NUMBERS: From Lokniti Archives
with The Indian Express
Lokniti-CSDS has collaborated with The Indian Express to share some key insights from its survey data archives on a relevant topic, being published as a fortnightly column titled 'Telling Numbers: From Lokniti Archives'.
The latest article of the series, 'What voters think of double engine government', written by Jyoti Mishra, looks at what voters think of the idea of electing the same party as the one ruling at the Centre and if it's beneficial for the development of the state and how far election results have reflected their opinion.
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 PUBLICATIONS
K. K. Kailash
Chanchal Kumar Sharma
‘Centre-State Dynamics in India: constitutional form and operational practice’, Territory, Politics, Governance (SPECIAL ISSUE) Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 1-143, 18 January 2022.
‘Understanding multilevel dynamics in India: constituent power and multilevel governance’, Territory, Politics, Governance Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 1-11, 18 January 2022.
‘Concessionary federalism in a dominant party system? Indirect tax reforms and subnational acquiescence in India’, Territory, Politics, Governance Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 32-50, 18 January 2022.
Suhas Palshikar
Ashutosh Kumar
Sanjay Kumar
‘Hinsak hote asantosh ke mayne’, Hindustan, 28 January 2022.
‘Decoding the 2022 elections and the script for 2024’, The Hindu, 24 January 2022.
‘Kya yeh Bhartiya chunav ke poori terah digital hone ka samay hai?’, Dainik Bhaskar, 22 January 2022.
‘Defections hurt BJP’s image in Uttar Pradesh, but to see it losing the Assembly Election is premature’, FirstPost, 20 January 2022.
‘Both APP and TMC eyeing national stage, but one party has an edge’, Times of India Sunday Edition, 15 January 2022.
‘Is it time for Indian election to go digital?’, Times of India, 15 January 2022.
‘Chhote dalon kaa badaa daav’, Dainik Bhaskar, 9 January 2022.
‘Yeh saal kiske naam rahegaa, Yogi ya Mamta’, Dainik Bhaskar, 6 January 2022.
‘Election Commission’s partisan and controversial functioning in Electoral Democracy: An inquiry into the fairness and integrity of Election in India’, (ed) MG Devasahayam, January 2022.
Reetika Syal
Rekha Chowdhary
‘Democratic politics in J & K - Year 2021’, Daily Excelsior, 5 January 2022.
Lakhan Choudhary
‘Arthik samiksha 2021-22: na saph sanket na khas ummeeden’, Desh Digital, 31 January 2022.
‘Vikas mankon me bhajapa shasit rajyon ke nirashajanak pradarshan’, Deshbandhu, 19 January 2022.
‘Congress ko virodhabhason se ubarana hoga?’, Chhattisgarh, 19 January 2022.
‘Uchcha shikshit berozgaron ki fauz khadi karegi online parikshaen’, Desh Digital, 18 January 2022.
‘Online parikshaen: kitni jaruri, kitni upyogi aur kitni sarthak’, Desh Digital, 15 January 2022.
‘In chunaon me kisan andolan ki kitni nirnayak bhumika hogi?’, Deshbandhu, 11 January 2022.
‘What sealed BJP’s victory in Chhattisgarh?’, Co-Author, Book Chapter, (10) Page No 145-158, Shastri, S., Kumar, A., & Sisodia, Y.S. (2021) Electoral Dynamics in the States of India (1st ed.). Routledge India, Taylor & Francis Group, January 2022.
‘Sarkari shiksha sudharon ka pradarshan nirashajanak’, Divya Chhattisgarh, January 2022, Year-10, Issue-III, Jan-2022, Page No-25.
Sandeep Shastri
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 TALKS
Suhas Palshikar
Participated as a panelist at a Webinar on ‘Constitutional Morality’, organized by IIC and DS Borker Foundation, Delhi, 7 January 2022.
Ashutosh Kumar
--Participated as a panelist for a book discussion on Neera Chandhoke’s book 'The Violence in our Bones', Aleph, 2022, organized by Gargi College, Delhi University, 31 January 2022.
--Delivered a lecture on ‘India' constitutional democracy at 75’, at Shoolini University, Himachal Pradesh, 28 January 2022.
--Delivered a lecture on ‘India's Democracy: Economics and Politics’ for UGC-Refresher Course in Social Sciences, UGC-HRDC, JNVU, Jodhpur, 19 January 2022.
--Delivered a lecture on ‘Youth participation as electorates in a healthy democracy’, for Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College of Commerce, Delhi University, 17 January 2022.
--Delivered a lecture on ‘India's Democracy: Economics and Politics’, for UGC-Refresher Course in Social Sciences, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, sponsored by HRDC, Pune University, 13 January 2022.
Sanjay Kumar
--Delivered two lectures on ‘How Social Science Research is useful in producing knowledge’, HRDC, Patiala University, Patiala, 29 January 2022.
--Delivered a lecture on ‘Questionnaire Design’, Motilal Nehru College, 25 January 2022.
--Delivered a lecture on ‘Measuring Public Opinion’, for a Refresher Course on Social Science organized by HRDC, Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur, 24 January 2022.
--Delivered a lecture on ‘Sampling in Survey Research’, Motilal Nehru College, 18 January 2022.
--Delivered a lecture on ‘Importance of Quantitative Method in Social Science Research’, Motilal Nehru College, 18 January 2022.
--Delivered a lecture on ‘Assembly Elections 2022 and its possible impact on 2024 Lok Sabha election’, WIPRO, 13 January 2022.
Lakhan Choudhary
--Participated in a discussion on ‘Zari hai hathi manav dvand’, on IND 24 TV, 21 January 2022.
--Participated in a discussion on ‘Karz: sankat ya siyasat’, on IND 24 TV, 18 January 2022.
--Participated in a discussion on ‘Budget par manthan’, on IND 24 TV, 13 January 2022.
--Participated in a discussion on ‘Ghati berozgari bhadhti siyasat’, on IND 24 TV, 6 January 2022.
Sandeep Shastri
--Participated in a discussion on ‘India’s freedom struggle: A tryst with destiny’, organized by SNDT University and Office of Quebec Government, Mumbai, 22 January 2022.
--Participated in a discussion on ‘Defining Quality Standards in Higher Education’, organized by the Association of Universities of Asia and Pacific (AUAP), 22 January 2022.
--Delivered the Inaugural Address at a Refresher Course on ‘Democracy, Governance and Politics’, organized by, BR Ambedkar University, Lucknow and University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 14 January 2022.
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 CURRENT PROJECTS
Lokniti is currently engaged in a couple of projects/studies. First, Lokniti has partnered with the M.S. Merian – R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies ‘Metamorphoses of the Political’ (ICAS: MP) for a Study of Urban Poor in Delhi: Experiences, Expectations & Engagements. After a brief intervention due to the Omicron variant, the interviews have been resumed. The study is being conducted among people living in slums spread across 11 districts in Delhi.
Second, Lokniti has also partnered with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung for a national study that will look into citizens' media consumption and practices. The fieldwork for the same is now complete and the project will soon move to the analysis and report writing stage. The survey is comprehensive in nature and attempts to capture people's access, practices, and concerns with respect to all forms of media - traditional, new, and evolving.
Third, Lokniti has also collaborated with Kings College London for a study on "Democracy and Health in India: Voter Expectation Survey". The study will take place in five states namely Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and UP. We have sampled the districts from each state on the basis of their performance on health indicators. The questionnaire is ready and has been shared with the state coordinators for translation.
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 LOKNITI DATA: Cited by others
Here is a list of articles that appeared during the last month where the authors (independent of Lokniti) have cited the data from Lokniti-CSDS studies. We would like to make it clear that the inferences drawn from our data by the authors are entirely their own and do not reflect the position of Lokniti.
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 NEW INTERN AT LOKNITI
Sagarika Chaudhary
Sagarika is an undergraduate student of English and Political Science at St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. She is a keen researcher and a student who is very passionate about social justice, which in turn has inspired her to write articles for a number of e-publications.
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