Research Archive · Transparent & Reproducible
A static archive for reproducibility
This archive hosts instruments, protocols, and reproducible artifacts from Project Nagrik and SARAL. Public materials are anonymized. SARAL v1.3 is presented here as an archived diagnostic prototype; the program is now in Phase 2 (May 2026 fieldwork in Mumbai).
Status: v1.3 system logic and codebase frozen as of Jan 2026 deployment. Phase 2 is active.
Datasets & Instruments
• Questionnaires (English / Hindi / Marathi)
• Interview guides (citizens & officers)
• Respondents.xlsx (working file; anonymized export to follow)
• Synthetic SARAL demo sample (sanitized) for reproducibility
Materials available on request via the contact email below.
Methods
Deployment protocol (pilot), sampling rationale, consent materials, governance notes, and telemetry schema (wait latency, triage latency, final action + override reason codes).
SARAL — Origin (v1)
Early ideation and initial design direction before the Jan 2026 field pilot. This page exists to document evolution, not to present a live service or empirical claims.
Documentation
Version notes, freeze note, and change log for the v1.3 deployment. The archive is static; future work is tracked separately.
Access & Attribution
Materials available for academic and non-commercial use on request. Suggested citation: "Mody, P. (2026). Project Nagrik / SARAL Research Archive."
Note: Until anonymisation is complete, only instruments and a working respondents sheet are accessible. Personally identifying information is never published.
Appendix · Data & Instrumentation
Project Nagrik — Data Dictionary (v1)
Project Nagrik (Apr–May 2025) examined citizen experiences with welfare access and informed the SARAL v1 design direction. The work is concluded; this dictionary documents variables used in analysis.
A compact, public-facing dictionary of the variables used in analysis. This is for reproducibility, not for browsing raw respondent data. Variables here reflect anonymized analysis fields and do not expose raw respondent records.
Select a variable
Click any field to view definition, type, tag, and privacy handling. Use the copy button for notebooks.
SARAL v1.3 — Operational Telemetry (Non-persistent)
Limited attributes were captured temporarily to support triage and operator review. SARAL v1.3 does not create a persistent archive of citizen records.
| Field | Description | Storage |
|---|---|---|
| mobile | Used only to generate a hashed citizen identifier. | Not stored |
| age | Approximate age reported during intake. | Session only |
| gender | Self-reported gender. | Session only |
| income_period | Income frequency (daily / weekly / monthly). | Session only |
| income | Approximate income value. | Session only |
| education_level | Highest education completed. | Session only |
| location | Area/village identifier used for scheme matching. | Session only |
| caste | Self-reported caste category. | Session only |
| verify | Indicates whether identity documentation is available (yes/no). | Session only |
| verify_notes | Operator note regarding verification status. | Session only |
| notes | Operator field notes relevant to triage. | Session only |
SARAL suggestions are non-binding. Operators can edit or override any hint; overrides are used only for internal system evaluation and design refinement. No permanent database of citizen records is created by SARAL v1.3. No data captured during intake is retained beyond the active session or used to build identifiable datasets.
Development & Pilot Timeline
Development
Frozen (Jan 2026)v1.3 is frozen as deployed in Jan 2026. This dashboard documents the build history; it is not a roadmap for a live public service.
Instrument Design (Pre-Pilot)
Core intake flow, eligibility logic, and UI wireframes completed.
DoneIntegration & Field Prep
Operator workflow, logging, reason codes, and deployment scripts.
DoneJan 2026 Deployment
Maharashtra · PMAY verification pilot; telemetry captured and deployment observations documented.
CompletedArchive & Documentation (Current)
Sanitized archive, logic demo, and static documentation. No live deployment.
Archive modeResearch status: SARAL Phase 2 is now in field deployment (May 2026, Mumbai). Phase 2 is a controlled vignette experiment building on observations from the v1.3 archive. See SARAL Phase 2 for current work.