Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the ninth edition of its statistical publication titled “Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, 2023-24”. Through this publication, the Reserve Bank has been disseminating wide-ranging data on the regional economies of India.

This publication provides sub-national statistics on socio-demographics, health, state domestic product, agriculture, environment, price and wages, industry, infrastructure, banking and fiscal indicators across Indian states over various time periods ranging from 1951 to 2024. In the current edition of the Handbook, in addition to the updation of the existing data series, eight new tables have been included on the following indicators:

(i) Social and Demographic Indicators 

• State-wise Gender Parity Index of Gross Enrolment Ratio by Level of School Education;    

(ii) State Domestic Product

• Gross State Value Added (Current Prices);

• Gross State Value Added (Constant Prices);

(iii) Environment

• State-wise Afforestation under different Schemes;

• State-wise Average Number of Cold Wave Days;

• State-wise Average Number of Heat Wave Days;

(iv) Infrastructure

• State-wise Actual Power Supply Position in terms of Peak Demand vis-à-vis Peak Met;

• State-wise Number of Schools by Management and Availability of Functional Computer Facility.

The electronic form of the Handbook can be accessed on www.rbi.org.in

Comments and suggestions on the Handbook can be sent to the Director, Regional Economy Monitoring Division, Department of Economic and Policy Research, Reserve Bank of India, 6th Floor, Amar Building, Mumbai 400001 or please click here to send email.

(Puneet Pancholy)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2024-2025/1664