India Economy Atlas

India's economy, read from the source.

Growth, prices, industry, jobs, RBI rates, the Budget and trade, from the official sources. Each number shows its period, where it comes from and whether it is up to date.

Real GDP growth since 1960-61

Average 1960-61 to 1979-80: 3.4% · 2021-22 to 2025-26: 7.8%

Financial years, from 1960-61 · World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0) · negative years in pinkOpen →

Right now

Twelve numbers to know

Next MPC meeting 2–4 December 2026 · last move +25 bps on 7 Oct 2026

Real GDP growth● Fresh

7.8%

Apr–Jun 2026 · down from 8.6% in Jan–Mar 2026

CPI inflation● Fresh

5.54%

Sep 2026 · up from 4.83% in Aug 2026

Repo rate● Fresh

5.50%

Raised 25 bps on 7 Oct 2026

Industrial output● Fresh↺ Revised

6.7%

Sep 2026 · down from 7.8% in Aug 2026

Unemployment✕ Broken

5.0%

Sep 2026 · unchanged from Aug 2026

WPI inflation● Fresh

11.4%

Sep 2026 · up from 9.9% in Aug 2026

Fiscal deficit● Fresh

4.3%

2026-27 · down from 4.4% in 2025-26

GST growth● Fresh

14.7%

Sep 2026 · down from 14.8% in Aug 2026

Goods trade balance● Fresh

$−30.2 bn

Sep 2026 · down from -26.9 in Aug 2026

Investment rate● Fresh

31.7%

2025-26 · unchanged from 2024-25

Rupee● Fresh

₹87.16

2025-26 · up from 83.67 in 2024-25

Reserves● Fresh

$700.1 bn

2025-26 · up from 643.0 in 2024-25

Stories

The economy, one idea at a time

BudgetWhere ₹100 comes from and goesFollow one hundred rupees through the Union Budget 2026-27: the taxes and borrowing that pay for it, and the interest, transfers to states, defence and schemes it pays for, compared with last year.PricesWhat ₹100 buys todayPick any year since 1961 and see what ₹100 then buys now, built from the World Bank's annual consumer price inflation for India, with the decades that hurt most marked.Money and RBIPolicy time machineDrag through time and watch the RBI's repo rate, CPI inflation against the 2 to 6% band, GDP growth and the rupee move together, with the big moments marked. Coincidence is not causation.Growth and jobsOutput versus jobsAgriculture is under a fifth of India's output but employs over two in five workers, while services make more than half of output with under a third of the jobs. What that gap says about productivity and structural change.PricesInflation waterfallHeadline CPI inflation split into the twelve parts of the consumer basket: how many percentage points of this month's inflation came from food, housing and fuel, transport, jewellery and everything else, using MoSPI's weights.

Coming up

The next releases

12 Nov 2026CPI inflation · Oct 2026 · and 4 more
14 Nov 2026WPI inflation · Oct 2026 · and 1 more
15 Nov 2026Unemployment · Oct 2026 · and 2 more
15 Nov 2026Goods exports · Oct 2026 · and 1 more
29 Nov 2026Industrial output · Oct 2026 · and 2 more
30 Nov 2026Real GDP growth · Jul–Sep 2026
4 Dec 2026RBI policy decision · and 1 more
1 Feb 2027Union Budget · 2027-28 · and 6 more

Dates follow each source's usual release rule and can move; a release that has not come when expected shows as Due on its page.

Chapters

GrowthHow fast the economy grows, and how output is shared between farm, factory and office.7 indicators IndustryHow much the mines, factories and power stations produce, month by month, and which kinds of goods are driving it.3 indicators PricesInflation for shoppers and for producers, against the RBI's 2–6% band.7 indicators Money and RBIThe policy corridor the Monetary Policy Committee sets, the cash banks must hold with the RBI, and how far credit reaches.4 indicators JobsWho is working, who is looking, and the women missing from both.3 indicators ExternalIndia's dealings with the rest of the world: monthly goods trade, the rupee, reserves, foreign investment and money sent home.9 indicators BudgetHow much the Union government borrows, what it spends on, how much of its income goes to interest, and what GST brings in each month.9 indicators