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This Data is a public, opinionated guide to finding, interpreting, and using Indian government data.
1. Read data-based snippets about India
- 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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