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<title>India's banks: 1.8%, March 2026</title>
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<description>1.8%, banks' bad loans, gross NPAs as a share of gross advances, for March 2026. Source: Reserve Bank of India.</description>
<category>Money</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>What India grows: 357.7 million tonnes, 2024-25</title>
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<description>357.7 million tonnes, foodgrains harvested in the crop year (final estimate), for 2024-25. Source: Reserve Bank of India.</description>
<category>Output</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Savings, markets and companies: 6.4%, Jan to Mar 2026</title>
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<description>6.4%, households' net financial saving, share of the quarter's GDP, for Jan to Mar 2026. Source: Reserve Bank of India.</description>
<category>Money</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How Indians pay: 2,366 crore, July 2026</title>
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<description>2,366 crore, UPI payments made in the month, for July 2026. Source: Reserve Bank of India.</description>
<category>Money</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government budgets and debt: 26.8%, April to July 2026</title>
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<description>26.8%, the Centre's fiscal deficit so far this year, as a share of the year's budget estimate, for April to July 2026. Source: Reserve Bank of India.</description>
<category>Money</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Higher education: 4.3 crore, 2021-22</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/aishe/</link>
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<description>4.3 crore, students enrolled in higher education, for 2021-22. Source: Ministry of Education, Government of India.</description>
<category>Education</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bank credit and money: 19.1%, August 2026</title>
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<description>19.1%, growth of bank credit, year on year, for August 2026. Source: Reserve Bank of India.</description>
<category>Money</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How much India owes: 188.6%, Jan to Mar 2026</title>
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<description>188.6%, debt of households, companies and government, % of GDP (BIS estimate), for Jan to Mar 2026. Source: Bank for International Settlements.</description>
<category>Money</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Where Indians keep their money: ₹158.1 lakh crore, March 2026</title>
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<description>₹158.1 lakh crore, households' bank deposits, for March 2026. Source: Reserve Bank of India.</description>
<category>Money</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>External account: −$4.2 bn, Apr to Jun 2026</title>
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<description>−$4.2 bn, current account balance, the quarter's surplus (+) or deficit (−), for Apr to Jun 2026. Source: Reserve Bank of India.</description>
<category>External</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>GDP: 7.8%, Apr to Jun 2026</title>
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<description>7.8%, real GDP growth, year on year, for Apr to Jun 2026. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.</description>
<category>Output</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>House prices: 1.1%, Jan to Mar 2026</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/housing/</link>
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<description>1.1%, real house prices, change on a year ago, for Jan to Mar 2026. Source: Bank for International Settlements.</description>
<category>Prices</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Industrial production: 8.0%, August 2026</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/iip/</link>
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<description>8.0%, industrial output growth, year on year, for August 2026. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.</description>
<category>Output</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jobs: 5.0%, August 2026</title>
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<description>5.0%, unemployment rate, age 15 and over, for August 2026. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.</description>
<category>Labour</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Renewable energy: 291.7 GW, July 2026</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/mnre/</link>
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<description>291.7 GW, renewable power capacity installed, for July 2026. Source: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.</description>
<category>Energy</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Services: 54.0%, 2025-26</title>
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<description>54.0%, services' share of gross value added, for 2025-26. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.</description>
<category>Output</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>State economies: 9.3 times, 2024-25</title>
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<description>9.3 times, income per person, richest state against poorest, for 2024-25. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.</description>
<category>Output</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>What India buys and sells: −$31.9 bn, July 2026</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/trade/</link>
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<description>−$31.9 bn, merchandise trade balance (exports minus imports), for July 2026. Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.</description>
<category>External</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Interest rates: 5.50%, from 7 October 2026</title>
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<description>5.50%, the RBI's policy repo rate, for from 7 October 2026. Source: Reserve Bank of India.</description>
<category>Money</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Poverty and inequality: 2.6%, HCES 2023-24</title>
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<description>2.6%, of Indians below $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), for HCES 2023-24. Source: World Bank. Released 22 September 2026.</description>
<category>Consumption</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wholesale prices: 9.92%, August 2026</title>
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<description>9.92%, wholesale price inflation, year on year, for August 2026. Source: Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT. Released 14 September 2026.</description>
<category>Prices</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Consumer prices: 4.8%, August 2026</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/cpi/</link>
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<description>4.8%, consumer price inflation, year on year, for August 2026. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Released 12 September 2026.</description>
<category>Prices</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Climate and heat: +0.63°C, August 2026</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/climate/</link>
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<description>+0.63°C, India's temperature against the 1991-2020 average for the month, for August 2026. Source: Our World in Data. Released 11 September 2026.</description>
<category>Environment</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Family health: 67.1%, NFHS-5, 2019-21</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/nfhs/</link>
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<description>67.1%, children aged 6 to 59 months with anaemia, for NFHS-5, 2019-21. Source: International Institute for Population Sciences and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.</description>
<category>Health</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Household spending: ₹4,122, 2023-24</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/consumption/</link>
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<description>₹4,122, rural spending per person per month, for 2023-24. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.</description>
<category>Consumption</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Factories and enterprises: 2.1 lakh, 2023-24</title>
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<description>2.1 lakh, factories in operation, for 2023-24. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.</description>
<category>Enterprises</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Manufacturing: 13.5%, 2025</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/manufacturing/</link>
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<description>13.5%, manufacturing's share of GDP, for 2025. Source: World Bank.</description>
<category>Output</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Women and men: 917, 2021-23, the years averaged</title>
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<description>917, girls born for every 1,000 boys (Sample Registration System), for 2021-23, the years averaged. Source: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Released 29 April 2026.</description>
<category>Social</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Energy: 933 Mtoe, 2024–25</title>
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<description>933 Mtoe, total primary energy supply, million tonnes of oil equivalent, for 2024–25. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.</description>
<category>Environment</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Work, as the ILO counts it: 32.4%, 2024</title>
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<description>32.4%, women aged 15+ in the labour force, ILO estimate, for 2024. Source: International Labour Organization.</description>
<category>Work</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Digital access: 86.3%, January–March 2025</title>
<link>https://measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/digital-access/</link>
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<description>86.3%, households with internet within their premises, for January–March 2025. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Released 29 May 2025.</description>
<category>Households</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Population: 143.8 crore, 2023</title>
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<description>143.8 crore, people in India, UN estimate, for 2023. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Released 11 July 2024.</description>
<category>Social</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Farm households: ₹10,218, July 2018–June 2019</title>
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<description>₹10,218, average monthly income of a farm household, for July 2018–June 2019. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Released 10 September 2021.</description>
<category>Households</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Household assets and borrowing: ₹15,92,379, 30 June 2018</title>
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<description>₹15,92,379, mean assets per rural household, historical snapshot, for 30 June 2018. Source: National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.</description>
<category>Households</category>
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<title>Pensions: 7,71,12,121, June 2026</title>
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<description>7,71,12,121, APY subscribers, published stock, for June 2026. Source: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority.</description>
<category>Households</category>
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<title>School education: 24.69 crore, 2024-25</title>
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<description>24.69 crore, students enrolled in recognised schools, including school pre-primary, for 2024-25. Source: Ministry of Education, Government of India.</description>
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