GENRE: Explainers

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Malleshwaram, this is what you need to know! Background information Find your constituency Understand the role of the MLA Learn all you can about the candidates: see below Locate your voting booth: TBD How to cast your vote: TBD Incumbent MLA: C.N Ashwath Narayan Profile and Track Record What did Malleshwaram MLA Ashwath Narayan do in his 2nd term? Interview: Ashwath Narayan: I am totally against corruption Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-dr-ashwath-narayan-c-n List of Candidates, 2018 Candidate Profile/Track Record C.N Ashwath Narayan Bharatiya Janata Party Family: Wife, 2 children Profession: Doctor/MLA MD…

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Yelahanka, this is what you need to know! Background information Understand the role of the MLA Learn all you can about the candidates: see below Locate your voting booth: TBD How to cast your vote: TBD Incumbent MLA: S R Vishwanath 2008 Interview: “Today no politician wants to cut down trees” Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-s-r-vishwanath List of candidates, 2018 M N Gopalakrishna - Indian National Congress Family: Wife, 3 children Educational Qualification: PUC Profession: Agriculturalist, Real Estate Number of Pending Criminal Cases: None Net Worth (2018) 1. Income Tax Returns: 29.44Lacs+14.81Lacs(spouse)…

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Sarvagna Nagar, this is what you need to know! Background information Find your constituency Understand the role of the MLA Learn all you can about the candidates: see below Locate your voting booth: TBD How to cast your vote: TBD Incumbent MLA: K J George Profile and Track Record Tracking Sarvajnanagar MLA K J George, who was also a minister 2013 Interview: I want to do much more, if re-elected: K J George 2012 Report card: Sarvagnanagar MLA K J George Performance evaluation from constituents: TBD Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-k-j-george List…

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Gandhi Nagar, this is what you need to know! Background information: Understand the role of the MLA Learn all you can about the candidates: see below Locate your voting booth: TBD How to cast your vote: TBD Incumbent MLA: Dinesh Gundu Rao What has Dinesh Gundu Rao been upto in the last 5 years? Interview: TBD Performance evaluation from constituents: TBD Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-dinesh-gundu-rao List of candidates, 2018: Dinesh Gundu Rao Constituency: Gandhinagar Party: Indian National Congress Family: Wife & 3 Dependents Educational Qualification: B.E. Profession: Member of Legislative Assembly…

If you are one among the 5 lakh voters of Mahadevapura, this is what you need to know! Background information Find your constituency Understand the role of the MLA Learn all you can about the candidates: see below Locate your voting booth: TBD How to cast your vote: TBD Candidates share their vision and action plan https://citizenmatters.in/candidate-debate-mahadevapura-bangalore-karnataka-elections-2018-24394 Incumbent MLA Profile and Track Record What did Mahadevapura MLA Aravind Limbavali do in the Karnataka Assembly in his 2nd term? How did Aravind Limbavali spend his Local Area Development (LAD) funds? Tracking Aravind Limbavali in the news Interview: TBD Performance evaluation from…

With every year in the 21st century getting hotter than the previous, the question arises if Indian cities are geared up to face the severe summers that loom large. Heat waves across the country have turned out to be silent killers. According to one report from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), heat wave casualties are increasing every year and India was worst hit by heat waves in 2015, causing 2300 deaths, making it the fifth highest in world history in terms of number of deaths. But the numbers often go unnoticed. Most of the deaths were concentrated in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,…

At a broad level, legislative assemblies and legislative councils together form the legislative body at the state level. As a representational body, it has the mandate to make laws, hold the state executive accountable and sanction public expenditure, just as the Parliament at the central level. As opposed to the Parliament of India, some states comprise of the lower house only (called the legislative assembly whose members are directly elected by the people), while few others also have the upper house (called the legislative council whose members are elected through a select electorate comprising of members of municipalities, teachers, MLAs…

India’s road safety crisis is no secret anymore. The numbers are so staggering that they could cause a few accidents from shock, if you just read them! At least 4,80,652 accidents led to 1,50,785 deaths in 2016, which means 413 people died everyday in 1,317 road accidents. There were at least 17 deaths in 55 accidents every hour. However, the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act was passed by the Lok Sabha last year, but never got the nod from the Rajya Sabha, which got adjourned indefinitely this year. Meanwhile, a recent report shows that most accidents in India involve “newest vehicles”!…

With an amendment that, according to environmentalists, would degrade the environment further and protect the interests of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) notified the new Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2018. The new rules, an amended version of the environment friendly Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016, contain new clauses that benefit industries manufacturing and using plastic. Here is a brief explainer about some of these rules and their implications for the environment and public health. Energy recovering possible in India? While the 2016 rules mandated the usage of only such…

As wintry Bangalore closed in on her, Sheila (name changed) began to plan her daughter’s marriage. But her husband, from whom she had escaped after 20 years of a violent, abusive marriage in Pune, threatened to descend on her and kill both her as well as their daughter. In fear, Sheila almost called off the marriage, but it was a nearby doctor (who wishes to remain anonymous) who helped to stop her. “Don’t cow down. Connect with me, with your neighbours, with the SHO of the nearby police station and be prepared to fight your husband with all of us…