The nation is constituted by more than the singular document that we call the Constitution. Everyday, there are different distinct actions performed that make the nation imagine and work towards the future. These actions include debate happening in legislative houses in the states and the union, decisions taken by government(s), and the citizen's direct involvement in imagining specific actions
Every aspect of this soil is touched by decisions taken across this wide-range of governments. Every being, human, plant, insect or otherwise is affected.
The Constitutional Observer intends to collect these deliberations, debates and decisions that constitute the country in specific ways. It is an excercise in expanding the understanding of how the constitution of the country is always in progress.
The Collection
The Observer presently collects from
- Debates in the Constituent Assembly
- Debates in the Lok Sabha
- Debates in the Rajya Sabha
- Debates from 10 State Legislatures (Assembly and Council)
- Environment Impact Assessment Minutes of Meetings
Acknowledgements
Constituent Assembly Debates
The Constituent Assembly Debates have been collated, annotated and archived by the Constitutional Culture team at the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR), Bangalore, at Constitutionofindia.net.
Their work has been critical to the making and realisation of this project.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Debates
Lok Sabha Debates were sourced from sansad.in.
State Legislatures
State Legislatures are being archived from the legislatures websites. Progress can be seen at the collections page
People
This work is possible due to the labour and support of Vivek Mathew, Sireesh Kodali, Abhiram Jois, Adhavan Sivaraj, Abhishek Hazra, Thejesh GN, FOSS United Foundation.
We wish to thank Living Labs Network and Forum and Reclaim Constitution for the support.
Data Notes
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