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  • Government spending on secondary education rose steadily, but dropout rates fell unevenly across states
  • Learning outcomes stagnated for multiple cohorts even as school enrolment recovered post-pandemic
  • Public health spending increased, but out-of-pocket expenses remain high for most households
  • Infant mortality declined nationally, while inter-state gaps persisted over the last decade
  • Child stunting fell slowly despite major expansions in nutrition programmes
  • Anaemia prevalence rose among women even in states with improved food access
  • Employment rates recovered after COVID, but job quality did not
  • Female labour force participation improved slightly, driven largely by rural self-employment
  • Heatwave days increased sharply, but temperature extremes varied widely by region
  • Fire incidents rose in forested districts without a matching rise in forest loss
  • State capital expenditure grew faster than revenue expenditure after 2020
  • Consumer prices rose unevenly, with food inflation driving most household cost pressures

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