#sarkari

If GitHub can tell you when it broke, so can Digital India

RTI but for the health of sarkari apps and websites.

Jun 7 • Harsh Nisar and Sidharth Santhosh

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May 2026

On Youtube as Govtech User-Research

Keep a tab on your gov-tech projects by opening a new tab.

May 13 • Harsh Nisar

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March 2026

Sarkari app hai, aur kya ho sakta hai

A plea to change what we imagine and expect from government technology

Mar 26

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February 2025

A start of something new

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Feb 14, 2025 • Harsh Nisar

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June 2024

The Beatles on Scoping Public Sector Tech Projects

Na-Na-Na-Na 🎶

Jun 28, 2024 • Harsh Nisar

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March 2024

[Part 2] Why is maintaining roads hard?

How Ministry of Rural Development tripled annual road maintenance payouts for rural roads

Mar 20, 2024 • Harsh Nisar

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[Part 1] Why is maintaining roads hard?

Thinking beyond corruption and incompetence

Mar 9, 2024 • Harsh Nisar

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India Could Implement a Quasi-Universal Basic Income Tomorrow If It Wanted To

Cash Transfers To Anyone, Anywhere in a Single Click

Mar 8, 2024 • Harsh Nisar

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November 2023

Cats and Mice: The Sisyphean Chase to Prevent Government Corruption

On (De)centralizing Corruption or its Prevention

Nov 6, 2023 • Harsh Nisar

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October 2023

Engineering a better world

On disenchanted engineers in search of purpose

Oct 20, 2023 • Harsh Nisar

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May 2023

Delhi Aur Developer Dur Hai

On bridging the divide between public policy, technology and ground realities and describing my dream gov-tech job role.

May 7, 2023 • Harsh Nisar

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April 2023

The Cost of Innovation

Data-driven murder of state-capacity

Apr 22, 2023 • Harsh Nisar

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