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Data for India

As India awaits its election results, we talk to data communicator Rukmini S about India鈥檚 changing population

India鈥檚 election has been running since 19 April. With results imminent on 4th June, More or Less talks with Chennai based data communicator Rukmini S. She founded Data for India, a new website designed to make socioeconomic data on India easier to find and understand. She talks us through the changing trends to help give a better picture of the type of country the winning party will govern.

Producers: Bethan Ashmead and Nathan Gower
Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Richard Vadon

(Crowds at an election rally in Lucknow India, May 13, 2024. Credit: Hindustan Times/Getty Images)

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