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Why we don’t like data? Psst…it disturbs the narrative -Vivek Kaul

-Deccan Herald

Politicians may not agree with any data put out by non-government agencies but..

The word ‘data’ has Latin origins. As Jer Thorp writes in Living in Data: “It first appeared in the English language on loan from Latin, where it meant “a thing given, a gift delivered or sent”. In its early usage, the giver of data was the almighty god and hence, it carried a “particular strength of truth”. 

Data continues to carry a strength of truth and given this, governments try to control it in one way or another. Take the case of Tanzania. In September 2018, it decided to impose fines and/or at least three years in jail, on anyone questioning the official data. 

Closer home, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed that unemployment rate in the state of Haryana stood at 34%. This didn’t go down well with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The Tribune reported Khattar as saying: He even threatened to “raise CMIE with the state Attorney General and if some action has to be taken against them, we will.”

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