IndiaNewsWatch<p>When data is deployed to exaggerate, to deceive</p><p>In the nearly 10 years of the Modi government, there have been questions about its handling of data. Evidently, there are areas where it has buried or blacked out the data that was inconvenient to its agenda; if not, the government and its supporters have disputed the quality of that data, or the conclusions drawn from it. It has also faced allegations of fudging the data, writes Sushant Singh.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DataFudging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataFudging</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chandrayaan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chandrayaan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kashmir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kashmir</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/article370abrogation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>article370abrogation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnionGovt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnionGovt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BJP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BJP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/when-data-is-deployed-to-exaggerate-to-deceive-2717260" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deccanherald.com/opinion/when-</span><span class="invisible">data-is-deployed-to-exaggerate-to-deceive-2717260</span></a></p>