RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian States

This handbook series is a core reference for state-level financial analysis and macro-planning in India. It brings together banking aggregates, public finance data, payment system indicators and selected social sector signals in one annual package. For researchers, it is typically the first stop when a team needs a comparable state-level baseline before deep-dive into sector dashboards. Its limitation is that it is broad rather than transactional, so pair it with DBIE or department-level APIs for operational detail.