Mayank Aggarwal is a journalist with about 20 years of experience and trustee of The Reporters’ Collective Trust. A Pulitzer Grantee, Mayank produces journalism in all three formats, print, multimedia and audio. His writing and reportage are focused on the intersections of environment, business, climate change, technology and development. He has worked previously at the UK-based The Independent, Mint, Mongabay-India, DNA, The Statesman and IANS. His work has been published, reprinted and hosted by media organisations in and outside India. Alongside, Mayank is a media trainer and journalism community mentor working independently with several organisations.
পশ্চিমবঙ্গে ভোটার লিস্টের স্পেশাল ইনটেনসিভ রিভিশন (SIR) চালানোর জন্য ইলেকশন কমিশন অফ ইন্ডিয়া (ইসিআই)-এর লিখিত নির্দেশের সঙ্গে কিছু অর্ডারের বিরোধ আছে। তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস সুপ্রিম কোর্টে একটা আবেদনে প্রথম এই অভিযোগ তুলেছিল। দ্য রিপোর্টার্স কালেকটিভ নিজেরা স্বাধীনভাবে এগুলো যাচাই করেছে।
इनमें से कुछ ऑर्डर ECI के लिखित निर्देशों से टकराते हैं, जो राज्य में वोटर लिस्ट की स्पेशल इंटेंसिव रिवीजन (SIR) करने के लिए दिए गए थे। तृणमूल कांग्रेस ने सबसे पहले ये आरोप सुप्रीम कोर्ट में एक याचिका में लगाए। द रिपोर्टर्स कलेक्टिव ने इन्हें खुद इंडिपेंडेंट तरीके से वेरिफाई किया।
Some of these orders contradict the written instructions by ECI to conduct the Special Intensive Revision of the voter roll in the state. Trinamool Congress first made the accusations in a plea before the Supreme Court. The Reporters’ Collective verified them independently.
अल्गोरिदम पूरी तरह अपारदर्शी थे और इनके पीछे का डेटा विश्वसनीयता की जांच से गुजरा ही नहीं था। चुनाव आयोग से अधिकारियों को ये निर्देश भी नहीं मिले थे कि दिनों के अंदर ऐसे करोड़ों मामलों को कैसे सुलझाया जाए
The algorithms were opaque and the underlying data untested for reliability. Officials received no instructions from the Commission on how to resolve crores of such cases in days.
A trader prosecuted for forgery, embezzlement, criminal conspiracy, smuggling, illegal exports,and a Rs 1,000 crore bank fraud becomes the Indian Commerce Ministry’s face for rice exports. The government collaborates with the non-profit he leads to promote trade. Nominates him to a crucial rice export fund. In parallel, his son’s business of shipping rice picks up pace.
The exceptions to the usual scrutiny procedures could open doors for other companies to seek similar concessions
Our expanded investigation detects more than 5.56 lakh suspect duplicates in 142 constituencies. Ground verification into two constituencies reveals hundreds of duplicate Voter IDs with matching photos.
They have made it to the ECI’s draft voter list for Bihar despite the Commission claiming it has removed duplicates. ECI says it will investigate only if the suspected duplicate voters or others complain formally by September 1.
ECI says it has the power to list which documents prove citizenship and voting rights. Does not disclose how many enumeration forms have been submitted in Bihar without such documents.
ভারতের নির্বাচন কমিশন রাজ্যের আধিকারিকদের জানিয়েছে, নির্বাচনী তালিকার বিতর্কিত স্পেশাল ইনটেনসিভ রিভিশন বা বিশেষ নিবিড় সংশোধনের নির্দেশ দেওয়া হবে শীঘ্রই। বিহারের মতোই পশ্চিমবঙ্গেও এ বছর ইতোমধ্যে রাজ্যের তরফেই একদমফা সংশোধনের কাজ সম্পন্ন হয়েছে।
बिहार की मतदाता सूची को जनवरी 2025 तक विस्तृत रूप से पुनरीक्षित कर दिया गया था। मतदाता सूची में कोई खामी नहीं थी। जून के महीने में भी अधिकारी सूची को अपडेट करने का काम कर रहे थे, लेकिन भारत के निर्वाचन आयोग ने अचानक से इस मतदाता सूची को रद्द कर दिया और साथ में बेहद अभूतपूर्व तौर पर वोटरों को बिलकुल ही शुरू से सत्यापित करने की एक कार्रवाई का आदेश दे दिया। निर्वाचन आयोग के इस आदेश से हड़कंप मच गया है।
The Election Commission of India has informed state officials that the controversial Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Roll will soon be ordered for West Bengal. The state has already completed one review in 2025, just like Bihar.
Records reveal: A detailed review and updation of the Bihar state electoral roll was completed by January 2025. The roll was found to be robust. Officials were updating the roll well into June. Suddenly, the Election Commission of India called it faulty and junked it, ordering an unprecedented exercise to verify voters from scratch. Chaos has ensued.
Narendra Modi first proposed it in 2008. He sold it to world leaders as India’s green solution for the planet in 2023. However, the program to help corporates meet their environmental commitments is plagued by flaws and contradictions.
Through death register data obtained from across the country, The Reporters’ Collective estimates that in the pandemic 3,59,496 more people died than in a normal year in just 3 states where officially only 28,609 died of Covid. Experts fear relatives of thousands of Covid-19 victims will be excluded from compensation due to lack of medical records, poor testing and red-tape despite the Centre initiating compensation procedure on the instructions of the Supreme Court.