Public, dated record of every material change to this site — new pages, dataset updates, editorial revisions, and corrections. We add an entry when something changes that a returning reader would care about.
We published a new resource at /policy/rti — pre-drafted RTI applications addressing state Chief Electrical Inspectors and BIS, designed to crowd-source the lift-incident dataset that does not yet exist publicly. Anyone in India can file these.
Open the page →We published /policy/standards — a plain-language map of the BIS standards series for lifts (IS 14665 Parts 1–5, IS 15785, IS 14671, IS 17386), the National Building Code lift provisions, and how state lift acts inherit them.
Open the page →We published /policy/proposal — our editorial argument for a central law requiring uninterrupted lift backup in buildings above a defined height, modelled on Haryana's 2020 amendment with the gaps closed. Disclosed conflicts and counter-arguments are on the same page.
Open the page →Eleven new pages went live under /policy/states/, one per state with a lift act in our dataset. Each carries the act citation, backup-mandate status, height threshold, enforcement body, notes, open data gaps, and primary sources.
Open the page →We published /policy/accidents — a cited record of fatal and serious lift incidents in India sourced from published news. Six entries from 2023 onwards at launch. Help us add more by emailing tips@liftinverter.com.
Open the page →We published /policy/haryana-act — a close reading of the Haryana Lifts and Escalators (Amendment) Act, 2020, including what it requires, the technical distinction between ARD and ERD-class systems, the four documented gaps in the statute, and the limits of our analysis.
Open the page →We published /policy/states — a comparative dataset of every Indian state lift act we have sourced, with structured fields for act name, year, backup requirement, height threshold, enforcement body, and primary sources per row.
Open the page →We published the three editorial governance pages that the rest of the site depends on. Editorial Policy covers sourcing, fact-checking, conflicts of interest, and AI use. Methodology defines the seven-criterion scoring framework. Disclosure carries the public register of every commercial relationship that could affect coverage.
Open the page →We will send a low-frequency digest of new pages, dataset updates, and material corrections — usually monthly, never more than weekly. No marketing, no vendor pushes.