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PIB Official Government Communications Archive
Government & Civic Records
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A structured archive detailing official government communications originating from the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India. This resource provides robust insight into political decisions, ministerial activities, and official public policy narratives over time. The goal is to provide up to 10,000 records collected via a dedicated web scraping process written in R.
Columns
The data file includes five essential columns providing structured information about each release:
pr_id: A unique identifier assigned to each press release. Values range from 29 to 555 in the sample provided.pr_datetime: The date and time when the release was officially published (e.g., 10-December-2003 16:33 IST).pr_issued_by: Identifies the Ministry or department responsible for issuing the communication. There are 43 unique issuing bodies, with the Ministry of Railways being the most frequent in the sample.pr_title: The specific headline or title of the press release document.pr_content: The full textual body of the official communication.
Distribution
The data is available in the standard CSV format (e.g.,
press_release_2003.csv). The file size for the sample covering 2003 is 1.02 MB. While the dataset targets 10,000 total records, the provided sample set contains 481 validated records. The data is structured in a clear tabular format, suitable for database integration.Usage
Ideal applications include natural language processing (NLP) studies focused on governmental language and linguistics, detailed policy analysis, tracking ministerial pronouncements and responsibilities, understanding shifts in governmental focus, and performing SQL data challenges.
Coverage
The data is geographically focused on India, covering communications issued by the central Government of India. The time range begins in 2003. Updates to the dataset are expected to occur annually, extending the historical scope over time.
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Who Can Use It
- Researchers and Academics: For linguistic analysis of policy terminology or tracking historical trends in official communication.
- Journalists and Media Analysts: To monitor and verify official statements and track ministerial activity over long periods.
- Data Scientists: For training text mining models, topic modelling, and performing structured data extraction from policy texts.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Indian Government Press Releases (2003 Onward)
- PIB Official Government Communications Archive
- India Ministry Announcement Data
- National Policy Press Releases
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Original Data Source:PIB Official Government Communications Archive
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