Topic directory
Governance
Verified datasets, public-interest software, research publications and organisations addressing governance.
- AI for Public Policy Directory
Community-curated directory of AI tools, dashboards and open projects built for Indian public-policy research and practice
Directory GovernanceTechnology India
Go straight to AI for Public Policy Directory - AiKosh
IndiaAI's national AI platform — 358+ curated datasets, 220+ models including Indic language LLMs, toolkits, and free GPU compute via AIRAWAT supercomputer
Data source TechnologyGovernance India
Go straight to AiKosh - Aikyam Fund
Strengthening early-stage social impact organisations by making fundraising, team-building, and capacity development more accessible to changemakers
Organisation PhilanthropyGovernance India
Go straight to Aikyam Fund - Alaveteli
Open-source Freedom of Information platform by mySociety that powers public Right to Information request portals across 25+ countries
Tool TransparencyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to Alaveteli - Arthan Foundation
Systems change initiatives to achieve the SDGs, with a focus on connecting talent to social impact.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Arthan Foundation - Association for Democratic Reforms
Non-profit watchdog analyzing election affidavits, tracking political party finances, and litigating for electoral and governance transparency
Organisation ElectionsGovernance India
Go straight to Association for Democratic Reforms - Ayushman Bharat PMJAY Dashboard
Public dashboard for the world's largest health insurance scheme — hospital admissions, claims, empanelled hospitals, and coverage for 500M+ beneficiaries
Dashboard HealthWelfare India
Go straight to Ayushman Bharat PMJAY Dashboard - B.PAC
Non-partisan citizen action to improve governance and civic participation in Bengaluru.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to B.PAC - Bharat Design Labs
Bridging capability gaps in government, civil society, and the private sector through human-centred design.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Bharat Design Labs - Bharat Digital
Cultivating public technologists who bring design, UX, and systems thinking to technology inside government, through the Build for Bharat Fellowship
Organisation TechnologyGovernance India
Go straight to Bharat Digital - Bharathiya Vikas Trust
Capacity building and knowledge sharing for vulnerable rural communities.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to Bharathiya Vikas Trust - bharatlas
Open atlas for viewing, filtering, downloading and contributing Indian geospatial layers, from boundaries and wards to rivers and roads
Data source LandCities India
Go straight to bharatlas - Biome Environmental Trust
Ecological architecture, rainwater harvesting, and responsible land use.
Organisation WaterEnvironment India, Karnataka
Go straight to Biome Environmental Trust - Bribes.fyi
Anonymous reports of bribes paid or refused across India, searchable by department, city, amount and date
Data source TransparencyGovernance India
Go straight to Bribes.fyi - Bridgespan India
Advisory, research, and capacity building for philanthropies, NGOs, and social sector systems change.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Bridgespan India - CAG State Accounts
State Finance Accounts, Appropriation Accounts, monthly fiscal indicators and machine-readable finance data
Archive Public financeGovernance India
Go straight to CAG State Accounts - Camelot
Open-source Python library for extracting structured tables from text PDFs into Pandas DataFrames, CSV, and Excel
Tool TechnologyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to Camelot - CARE
Open digital public good for managing healthcare facilities, patient records, critical care and distributed public-health operations
Tool HealthTechnology India, Global
Go straight to CARE - Central Food Grains Storage Portal (CFSP)
Government portal tracking central pool food grain storage capacity and stocks across India — the supply-side complement to the NFSA distribution dashboard
Dashboard AgricultureWelfare India
Go straight to Central Food Grains Storage Portal (CFSP) - Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability
Non-profit policy group analyzing Union and state budgets from an equity perspective to advance social sector spending and fiscal transparency
Organisation Public financeWelfare India
Go straight to Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability - Centre for Policy Research
Independent public policy think tank conducting empirical research on urbanisation, climate governance, state capacity, and federalism
Organisation GovernanceClimate India
Go straight to Centre for Policy Research - Centre for Social and Economic Progress
Independent public policy research institution conducting empirical scholarship on energy transition, finance, and human development in India
Organisation EconomyEnergy India
Go straight to Centre for Social and Economic Progress - Centre for Wildlife Studies
Conserving India's wildlife through research and community engagement, with flagship coexistence programmes.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
Go straight to Centre for Wildlife Studies - Citizen consumer and civic Action Group
Non-profit research and advocacy group in Tamil Nadu working on consumer rights, electricity governance, road safety, and urban mobility
Organisation GovernanceEnergy Tamil Nadu, India
Go straight to Citizen consumer and civic Action Group - Cityfinance
Municipal finance portal for 4,000+ Indian cities with city-level fiscal, revenue and performance data for benchmarking and comparison
Publication CitiesPublic finance India
Go straight to Cityfinance - CivicDataLab
Research lab using open data, data science, and design to improve public finance, legal transparency, procurement, and civic tech in India
Organisation TechnologyPublic finance India
Go straight to CivicDataLab - CiviCRM
Open-source constituent relationship management for nonprofits — manage donors, members, events, campaigns, and casework, used by 14,000+ organisations
Tool TechnologyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to CiviCRM - Civis
Civic-tech platform enabling citizens to participate in public consultations and lawmaking.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Civis - CKAN
The open-source data portal behind data.gov.in and hundreds of government portals — publish, manage, and share datasets with APIs and rich metadata
Tool TechnologyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to CKAN - Climate RISE Alliance
Climate resilience alliance connecting vulnerable communities with adaptation knowledge, finance, and action.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Climate RISE Alliance - Climate Watch
WRI's open climate data platform — country-level greenhouse gas emissions, NDCs, climate policies, and linkages across development indicators in one interface
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to Climate Watch - Cliopatria
Open-access geospatial dataset and polygon boundaries of historical polities and states across the globe from 3400 BCE to the present
Data source Culture & heritageGovernance Global, India
Go straight to Cliopatria - Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Independent international NGO advocating for police accountability, prison reforms, judicial access, and freedom of information across South Asia
Organisation Law & policingRights India, Global
Go straight to Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative - Commutiny
Nurturing the leadership potential of young people through ecosystem-building and experiential journeys.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Commutiny - Consul Democracy
Open-source citizen participation platform for citizen proposals, participatory budgeting, public debates, and collaborative legislation
Tool GovernanceTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Consul Democracy - CoRE Stack (CommonsTech Foundation)
Community-based digital public infrastructure for natural-resource planning, resilience, and landscape stewardship.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan
Go straight to CoRE Stack (CommonsTech Foundation) - CourtsDaily
Search Indian court and tribunal cases, orders, hearing histories and outcomes by party, advocate, judge, court or keyword
Data source Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to CourtsDaily - CSTEP
Bridging the gap between science, technology, and policy through modelling, tools, and digital platforms.
Organisation HousingCities India, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Assam
Go straight to CSTEP - Dalgo
Open-source data platform helping nonprofits consolidate programme data, automate transformations and produce dependable reporting
Tool TechnologyGovernance India, Global
Go straight to Dalgo - data.gov.in
India's Open Government Data platform — datasets published by ministries, states and departments under a licence that permits commercial reuse
Data source GovernanceTransparency India
Go straight to data.gov.in - DataMeet
India's open data community — mailing list, city chapters, and the maintainers behind several widely used boundary datasets
Community TechnologyGovernance India
Go straight to DataMeet - Decidim
Open-source digital citizen participation and participatory democracy platform for consultations, voting, assemblies, and participatory budgeting
Tool GovernanceTransparency Global, India
Go straight to Decidim - Deloitte India
Sustainability, climate, and systems-change partnerships spanning business, philanthropy, and public problem-solving.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Deloitte India - DIGIT
Open-source digital infrastructure for governments to build interoperable public services, registries and administrative workflows
Tool GovernanceTechnology India, Global
Go straight to DIGIT - Digital Sansad
Official record of the Indian Parliament — questions and answers, debates, bills, committee reports and member details
Data source GovernanceElections India
Go straight to Digital Sansad - Dvara Research
Independent policy research on financial inclusion, household finance, social protection and consumer protection in India
Organisation EconomyWelfare India
Go straight to Dvara Research - Economic Survey of India
Annual economic policy review by India’s Ministry of Finance with official analysis, forecasts and budget-linked sector data
Publication EconomyPublic finance India
Go straight to Economic Survey of India - Edelgive Foundation
Grant-making to support grassroots NGOs with funding, capacity building, and sector collaboration.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Edelgive Foundation - Education For Employability
Support services for disadvantaged youth and rural entrepreneurs.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
Go straight to Education For Employability - Efficient Ecosystem Protection
Education-focused organisation in Pune working on environmental awareness.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Maharashtra
Go straight to Efficient Ecosystem Protection - eGramSwaraj
Panchayat profiles, elected representatives, development plans, works, receipts, expenditure, accounts and audits
Dashboard GovernancePublic finance India
Go straight to eGramSwaraj - Election Commission of India
Official election results, electoral rolls, candidate affidavits and statistical reports for national and state elections
Data source ElectionsGovernance India
Go straight to Election Commission of India - Engaging Indian States
Knowledge portal tracking policy, regulatory changes, and economic developments across Indian states, with in-depth sector analysis and state newsletters
Publication GovernanceEconomy India
Go straight to Engaging Indian States - ezesri
Python toolkit, CLI, and web app for extracting features from Esri REST APIs and searching 24,000+ public government GIS layers
Tool TechnologyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to ezesri - Farm 2 Food Foundation
Training local communities for productive, change-oriented development in Assam.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Assam
Go straight to Farm 2 Food Foundation - Fields of View
Tools and simulations to understand complexity in policy landscapes.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Fields of View - FISE
Supporting social entrepreneurs to develop and scale businesses.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to FISE - Forum For the Future India
Accelerating the shift towards a just and regenerative future through systems change.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Forum For the Future India - Foundation for Ecological Security
Non-profit working to restore and protect common land, community pastures, and water bodies through village-level governance across India
Organisation LandEnvironment India
Go straight to Foundation for Ecological Security - Foundation For MSME Clusters
Promotion and development of MSMEs through clusters.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Foundation For MSME Clusters - Frameworks for Public Policy
Plain-language mental models for analysing policy problems, choosing interventions and understanding political constraints
Publication GovernancePublic finance India, Global
Go straight to Frameworks for Public Policy - FSSAI Food Safety Data
Food sample testing, adulteration rates, enforcement actions, and state-wise food safety compliance data from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Data source HealthNutrition India
Go straight to FSSAI Food Safety Data - Global Humanitarian Overview
Annual UN OCHA publication on humanitarian need, response plans and global financing for crisis-affected people
Publication DisastersWelfare Global, India
Go straight to Global Humanitarian Overview - Gram Manchitra
Spatial planning for Panchayati Raj — maps existing infrastructure, plans new facilities, and links to eGramSwaraj financial data at the Gram Panchayat level
Dashboard GovernanceCities India
Go straight to Gram Manchitra - Gramvaani
Participatory media and voice-tech platforms for communities excluded from mainstream information systems.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Gramvaani - GST Revenue Statistics
Monthly GST revenue collections — gross, state-wise, category-wise, and return filing compliance — from the GST Council
Data source EconomyPublic finance India
Go straight to GST Revenue Statistics - Habitat for Humanity India
Research on urban green spaces and human-wildlife interactions, plus affordable housing.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Odisha
Go straight to Habitat for Humanity India - Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology
Community-led science-based solutions for climate resilience and ecological stewardship in Kerala.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Kerala
Go straight to Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology - IDLI Stack
Managed hosting for open-source tools built for Indian nonprofits — one-click deployment of ERPNext, chat, fundraising, and more without server headaches
Tool TechnologyGovernance India
Go straight to IDLI Stack - IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement
Annual global accounting of internal displacement trends, drivers and policy impacts across conflict, climate and development shocks
Publication MigrationDisasters Global, India
Go straight to IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement - ILO Employment and Social Trends
Annual ILO flagship on labour markets, unemployment, productivity, informality and social dialogue with strong India-relevant indicators
Publication LabourEconomy Global, India
Go straight to ILO Employment and Social Trends - IMF Blog
IMFBlog publishes timely IMF staff analysis on growth, fiscal pressures, financial stability and policy debates
Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to IMF Blog - IMF Fiscal Monitor
IMF analysis of fiscal sustainability, debt dynamics and public financial risks across economies, with policy implications
Publication Public financeEconomy Global, India
Go straight to IMF Fiscal Monitor - IMF Global Financial Stability Report
IMF macro-financial diagnosis of systemic risk, market stress and cross-border spillovers, updated twice yearly
Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to IMF Global Financial Stability Report - IMF Working Papers
Working paper series from IMF staff and economists, covering macro, finance, development, labour and fiscal policy in progress
Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to IMF Working Papers - Impact Foundation
Catalyst for mass health programmes of national priority.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Impact Foundation - In Development Magazine
Narrative longform journalism and evidence-based essays exploring state capability, policy reform, and progress in LMICs
Publication GovernanceEconomy Global, India
Go straight to In Development Magazine - Income Tax Time Series Data
CBDT's annual time series on taxpayer counts by income slab, returns filed, direct tax collections and state-wise distributions from FY 2000-01 onwards
Data source EconomyPublic finance India
Go straight to Income Tax Time Series Data - India Climate Collaborative
Climate philanthropy collaborative unlocking capital, priorities, and connective infrastructure for climate action.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to India Climate Collaborative - India Constituency Maps
Pre-delimitation Indian assembly and Lok Sabha constituency shapefiles, standardised to WGS84 — essential GIS layers for electoral and political mapping
Data source ElectionsGovernance India
Go straight to India Constituency Maps - India Development Review
Knowledge platform publishing actionable ideas and lessons for India's social impact sector.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to India Development Review - India Geodata
Unified repository of open geospatial data for India, covering administrative boundaries, transport, hydrology, environment, and an in-browser map maker
Data source LandGovernance India
Go straight to India Geodata - India Public Finance Portal
Research-grade Indian state budget data extracted from expenditure PDFs, with source provenance, validation checks, and multi-language worked examples
Data source Public financeGovernance India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Go straight to India Public Finance Portal - India Resources Trust
Practical proposals for environmentally sound development.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Delhi
Go straight to India Resources Trust - Indian Kanoon
Search more than three crore Indian laws, judgments and orders, cross-linked to statutes, citations, courts, judges and precedents
Data source Law & policingRights India
Go straight to Indian Kanoon - IndiaSpend
Data-driven reporting on Indian public policy, from health spending to air quality, with the sources laid out
Publication GovernanceMedia India
Go straight to IndiaSpend - Internet Freedom Foundation
India's foremost digital rights organisation — defending free speech, privacy, net neutrality, and surveillance reform through litigation and public advocacy
Organisation RightsTechnology India
Go straight to Internet Freedom Foundation - Jal Jeevan Mission Dashboard
Rural tap-water coverage, village certification, water quality, scheme progress and mission finances down to habitation level
Dashboard WaterHealth India
Go straight to Jal Jeevan Mission Dashboard - Jan Swasthya Abhiyan
Indian network of the People's Health Movement coordinating public health practitioners, activists, and unions for health equity and healthcare rights
Organisation HealthRights India
Go straight to Jan Swasthya Abhiyan - Jana Urban Space
Fixing spatial dimensions of Indian cities via policy, planning, and design.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
Go straight to Jana Urban Space - Janaagraha
City-systems reform organisation focused on municipal finance, civic participation, and urban governance — transforming India's cities for nearly 25 years
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Assam
Go straight to Janaagraha - Judicial Data Collaborative
Promoting transparency and accountability in governance through open judicial data — building a reliable open-source knowledge hub for the justice system
Organisation Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to Judicial Data Collaborative - Karnataka ASDDO Dashboard
Privacy-preserving static dashboard and EPIC lookup for 1.08 crore voter deletions across Karnataka under SIR 2026
Dashboard ElectionsGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Karnataka ASDDO Dashboard - Keystone Foundation
Socio-ecological resilience for indigenous and local communities in the Nilgiri Biosphere.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
Go straight to Keystone Foundation - Koshtha
Explore Union Budget allocations at demand, ministry, scheme and object-head level, alongside selected state budget ledgers
Dashboard Public financeGovernance India
Go straight to Koshtha - Kritia Development Research
Knowledge and networking resources for social change.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Delhi
Go straight to Kritia Development Research - Land Conflict Watch
A researcher-built database of ongoing land conflicts across India, mapped and documented district by district
Data source LandLaw & policing India
Go straight to Land Conflict Watch - The Local Food Project (Locavore)
Food-systems storytelling, local producer networks, and community-led action for regional food cultures.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to The Local Food Project (Locavore) - Local Government Directory
Canonical government codes and mappings for states, districts, villages, panchayats, urban bodies, wards and constituencies
Data source GovernanceCities India
Go straight to Local Government Directory - M.S.Swaminathan Research
Science-driven research for sustainable rural development.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra
Go straight to M.S.Swaminathan Research - MCA Company Statistics
Official monthly and annual statistics on company registrations, active companies, closures, capital and sector distribution
Publication EconomyGovernance India
Go straight to MCA Company Statistics - MLI Foundation
Animal welfare and environmental awareness.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Uttar Pradesh
Go straight to MLI Foundation - Munnarakkunnu Trust
Plant conservation, rainforest regeneration, and nature education.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Munnarakkunnu Trust - MyNeta.info
ADRs MyNeta compiles candidate disclosures, criminal cases, assets and education records from India's election affidavits
Directory ElectionsGovernance India
Go straight to MyNeta.info - Narrative Hub / The Climate Narrative Hub
Climate storytelling and narrative-change hub connecting communicators, creators, funders, and civil society.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Narrative Hub / The Climate Narrative Hub - National Council of Applied Economic Research
India's oldest independent economic policy think tank, known for national household surveys, macroeconomic forecasting, and industrial studies
Organisation EconomyDemography India
Go straight to National Council of Applied Economic Research - National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
Autonomous research institute conducting empirical policy research on public economics, tax design, fiscal federalism, and state budgets in India
Organisation Public financeEconomy India
Go straight to National Institute of Public Finance and Policy - National Judicial Data Grid
Live case pendency and disposal figures for India's district and high courts, broken down by age, court and case type
Dashboard Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to National Judicial Data Grid - NDAP
NITI Aayog's platform standardising government datasets to a common format so they can be merged across ministries
Data source EconomyDemography India
Go straight to NDAP - NFSA and Public Distribution Dashboard
Ration cards, beneficiaries, fair-price shops, foodgrain allocation, distribution and portability under the NFSA
Dashboard WelfareNutrition India
Go straight to NFSA and Public Distribution Dashboard - NPCI UPI Ecosystem Statistics
Monthly UPI transaction volumes, values, bank-wise performance, and digital payment adoption across India's real-time payments rail
Data source EconomyTechnology India
Go straight to NPCI UPI Ecosystem Statistics - Nrityagram
Odissi dance preservation and Food Forest support near Bengaluru.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Nrityagram - NWDP Village Boundaries
Free village boundary shapefiles for all Indian states and UTs — downloadable in GeoJSON, KML, and SHP formats from the National Water Data Portal
Data source LandGovernance India
Go straight to NWDP Village Boundaries - OASIS
Open-Source Alliance for Social Innovation and Sustainability — a network united by the vision that FOSS can empower citizen sector organisations at scale
Community TechnologyGovernance India
Go straight to OASIS - OECD Data
OECD statistics across economy, environment, health, education and public governance, with non-member countries including India
Data source EconomyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to OECD Data - Online RTI Automation
AI-driven workflow automating Right to Information filings on Central and Karnataka portals using Claude Code and Playwright
Tool GovernanceTransparency India, Karnataka
Go straight to Online RTI Automation - Oorvani Foundation
Connecting people with civic information for better cities through media, data, and learning.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Oorvani Foundation - Open Budgets India
Union, state and municipal budget documents converted from PDFs into machine-readable data you can actually analyse
Data source Public financeGovernance India
Go straight to Open Budgets India - Open Contracting Partnership
International non-profit opening up public procurement data and contracting processes to prevent corruption and improve public spending
Organisation TransparencyPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to Open Contracting Partnership - Open India Law
Bulk dataset of 32.5M Indian judgment chunks, 1.1M legislation provisions, and tribunal matters, with the scrapers that build it
Data source Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to Open India Law - Open Knowledge Repository
World Bank’s open-access repository for papers, working papers, books and research outputs across development sectors
Directory EconomyEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to Open Knowledge Repository - OpenSanctions
Open-source database and matching engine consolidating international sanctions, politically exposed persons, and public procurement blacklists
Data source TransparencyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to OpenSanctions - Organic Mandya
Empowering rural communities towards self-sufficiency through organic farming and farmer-consumer networks.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Organic Mandya - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Global network of investigative journalists uncovering transnational crime, state corruption, and financial secrecy networks
Organisation TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project - Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Independent research institute analysing global energy markets, policy and transition across oil, gas, electricity and carbon
Organisation EnergyClimate Global, India
Go straight to Oxford Institute for Energy Studies - Paadhai Trust
Connecting donors and impoverished groups, focusing on education and community welfare.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Tamil Nadu
Go straight to Paadhai Trust - Paani.Earth
Citizen-led river basin observatory providing open data on water flow, reservoir storage, and catchment health in India
Organisation WaterEnvironment India, Karnataka
Go straight to Paani.Earth - Padraka Foundation
Systems entrepreneurship in environmental governance.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Telangana
Go straight to Padraka Foundation - ParliamentWatch
Search, extract, download and track Indian Parliamentary Committee reports, with optional summaries and publication alerts
Tool GovernanceTransparency India
Go straight to ParliamentWatch - People's Union for Civil Liberties
India's oldest human rights membership organisation, conducting fact-finding inquiries and litigation for civil liberties and constitutional rights
Organisation RightsLaw & policing India
Go straight to People's Union for Civil Liberties - Phenomenal World
A publication on political economy with rigorous writing on economics, history, policy, and politics.
Publication EconomyGovernance Global
Go straight to Phenomenal World - Platform for Commons
Systemic digital and organisational infrastructure for commoning and social change.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Platform for Commons - PM-KISAN
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi — farmer income support dashboard tracking beneficiaries, payments, and state-wise coverage for 110M+ farmer families
Dashboard AgricultureWelfare India
Go straight to PM-KISAN - PMGSY Rural Roads Portal
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana — road-level data on rural road construction, connectivity status, and expenditure across India's rural road network
Dashboard TransportWelfare India
Go straight to PMGSY Rural Roads Portal - The Policy Edge
Independent platform publishing evidence-based policy briefs, academic working papers, and practitioner perspectives on Indian governance
Publication GovernanceWelfare India
Go straight to The Policy Edge - PRADAN
Women-led livelihoods, producer collectives, and rural development systems change.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Bihar
Go straight to PRADAN - Praja
Data-driven urban governance research, report cards, and citizen accountability tools.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Maharashtra, Delhi
Go straight to Praja - Prayas (Energy Group)
Non-profit research collective shaping Indian electricity sector governance, renewable energy tariffs, distribution reforms, and efficiency standards
Organisation EnergyClimate India
Go straight to Prayas (Energy Group) - Progress of the World’s Women
UN Women flagship publication series on global gender progress with periodic benchmark reports and indicator-backed equity framing
Publication GenderWelfare Global, India
Go straight to Progress of the World’s Women - PRS Legislative Research
Plain-language summaries of every bill before the Indian Parliament, plus budget analysis and MP attendance records
Organisation GovernanceElections India
Go straight to PRS Legislative Research - Public Finance Playground
Interactive tools for exploring India's Union tax allocation, subnational fiscal indicators, and structured nine-dimension budget analysis
Tool Public financeGovernance India
Go straight to Public Finance Playground - Punarchith
Alternative perspectives on education, environment, and democracy.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to Punarchith - RangDe
Peer-to-peer lending platform for unbanked communities.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya
Go straight to RangDe - RapidPro
Open-source visual workflow engine by UNICEF for building multi-channel messaging bots and surveys across SMS, WhatsApp, and Telegram
Tool TechnologyHealth Global, India
Go straight to RapidPro - RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian States
Annual RBI statistical compendium on state-level banking, public finance and financial inclusion metrics used for state comparisons
Publication Public financeEconomy India
Go straight to RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian States - RBI Publications
The Reserve Bank's publications archive — Annual Report, Financial Stability Report, Monthly Bulletin, working papers, speeches, and state finance reports
Publication EconomyPublic finance India
Go straight to RBI Publications - RBI Report on Municipal Finances
RBI report on municipal revenue, expenditures, debt and cash flow pressures for urban finance monitoring
Publication Public financeGovernance India
Go straight to RBI Report on Municipal Finances - RBI State Finances
RBI's annual assessment of state-level fiscal balances, debt, grants and banking interlinkages for subnational policy analysis
Publication Public financeEconomy India
Go straight to RBI State Finances - ReapBenefit
Young citizens solving civic and environmental problems through hyper-local action.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
Go straight to ReapBenefit - Road Accident Statistics (MoRTH)
Annual national road crash deaths, injuries, causes, vehicle types, and state-wise data from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Data source TransportHealth India
Go straight to Road Accident Statistics (MoRTH) - Saahas
Waste management based on circular economy principles.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra
Go straight to Saahas - Saath Charitable Trust
Empowering marginalised communities in thriving cities.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
Go straight to Saath Charitable Trust - SayTrees
Tree plantations, forest creation, and water rejuvenation across Indian cities.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to SayTrees - SDG India Index
NITI Aayog index on India’s Sustainable Development Goal progress with state-level comparisons and thematic dashboards
Publication WelfareGovernance India
Go straight to SDG India Index - Seshat Global History Databank
Large-scale historical database systematically coding the social, political, and institutional evolution of human societies over 5000 years
Data source Culture & heritageDemography Global, India
Go straight to Seshat Global History Databank - Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Clean energy and climate transitions that are affordable, inclusive, and scalable.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation - Slam Out Loud
Arts education and socio-emotional learning for children from underserved communities.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Karnataka
Go straight to Slam Out Loud - Slowform Media
Independent climate and environment journalism.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Slowform Media - Smart Cities Mission Data Portal
Thousands of datasets contributed by participating Indian cities covering urban infrastructure, services, mobility, environment, and governance
Data source CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Smart Cities Mission Data Portal - Socratus
Collective wisdom through participatory methods, dialogue, and community process design.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
Go straight to Socratus - SSRDP
Benchmark sustainable development models across 14 states.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
Go straight to SSRDP - Survey of India Online Maps Portal
Official administrative boundaries, topographic maps, roads, railways, hydrology, terrain and village boundary products
Data source LandGovernance India
Go straight to Survey of India Online Maps Portal - Sustainable Futures Collective
Climate strategy, energy transition, and public-interest systems change for a just future.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Sustainable Futures Collective - SWMRT
Sustainable waste management for public health.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka
Go straight to SWMRT - Tabula
Extract tables from PDFs into CSV or Excel — the essential first step for working with Indian government data locked inside PDF reports
Tool TechnologyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to Tabula - Tarkam
Building shared data infrastructure and capacity so civil society organisations can collaborate and tell stronger, data-driven stories together
Organisation TechnologyGovernance India
Go straight to Tarkam - Tathyakosh
Catalogue of Indian data portals and datasets, filterable by domain, geography, format, access and machine readability
Directory TechnologyGovernance India
Go straight to Tathyakosh - Technology for Wildlife Foundation
Conservation impact through appropriate technology.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Technology for Wildlife Foundation - TREND by Youth Ki Awaaz
Research unit polling, discourse analysis, and a public archive of questions tracking young India's opinions and cultural shifts
Organisation Culture & heritageMedia India
Go straight to TREND by Youth Ki Awaaz - Trust for Environmental Education
Experiential learning and environmental education for children and communities.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Trust for Environmental Education - Udhyam Learning
Entrepreneurial mindset in young learners through large-scale school and nano-entrepreneurship programmes.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh
Go straight to Udhyam Learning - Udyam MSME Registration
Official MSME registration portal with public statistics on registered enterprises by state, sector, social category, gender, and enterprise size
Data source EconomyLabour India
Go straight to Udyam MSME Registration - UN SDG Data Portal
Official country-level series for all Sustainable Development Goal indicators, with metadata on how each is defined
Data source GovernanceWelfare Global, India
Go straight to UN SDG Data Portal - UNDRR Global Assessment Report
UNISDR/UNDRR flagship assessment of global disaster risk patterns, prevention progress and resilience outcomes
Publication DisastersClimate Global, Asia, India
Go straight to UNDRR Global Assessment Report - UNEP Adaptation Gap Report
UNEP's annual assessment of global adaptation financing needs, risk preparedness and climate resilience progress
Publication ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to UNEP Adaptation Gap Report - UNHCR Global Trends
UNHCR annual statistics on refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless populations
Publication MigrationGovernance Global, Asia
Go straight to UNHCR Global Trends - Union Budget of India
Official Union government receipts, expenditure, fiscal indicators, ministry allocations and scheme outlays
Archive Public financeEconomy India
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Ecological restoration and wildlife corridors in South Bengal and the eastern Himalayas.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
Go straight to Uttarayan - Veditum India
River ecosystems, freshwater resources, and biodiversity documentation through walking expeditions.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Veditum India - Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Independent legal think tank that drafts and critiques Indian legislation, and publishes the reasoning behind it
Organisation GovernanceLaw & policing India
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Waste management in the Indian Himalayan Region.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Goa
Go straight to Waste Warriors - WELL Labs
Interdisciplinary knowledge and applied research for water, environment, and social systems.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Go straight to WELL Labs - Western Ghats ESA Atlas
Interactive atlas and open data mapping 4,331 village polygons across 6 states for the Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area notification
Data source EnvironmentLand Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, India
Go straight to Western Ghats ESA Atlas - Wetlands International
Conservation and management of wetlands in South Asia.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Wetlands International - Women, Business and the Law
Annual World Bank legal benchmark on gender-relevant labour laws, property rights and business constraints
Publication GenderLabour Global, India
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A magazine of new and underrated ideas to improve the world, focused on practical essays across economics, policy, and culture.
Publication EconomyGovernance Global
Go straight to Works in Progress Magazine - World Bank Group Blogs
Official World Bank Group blog network covering poverty, climate, infrastructure, finance and development practice updates
Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to World Bank Group Blogs - World Bank India Development Update
Periodic World Bank note on India’s latest development outcomes, sector reforms and state of policy execution
Publication EconomyGovernance India
Go straight to World Bank India Development Update - World Development Report
Annual World Bank flagship with a theme-based deep dive on growth, institutions, infrastructure and human welfare
Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to World Development Report - World Development Report
The World Bank's flagship annual publication since 1978 — each edition examines a specific aspect of development with data, analysis, and policy recommendations
Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to World Development Report - World Investment Report
UNCTAD's flagship annual report on foreign direct investment — tracks global FDI trends, policy developments, and sustainable investment since 1991
Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to World Investment Report - WRI India
Urban planning, climate resilience, nature-based solutions, and urban water.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to WRI India - XKDR Forum
Interdisciplinary research group applying economics, law, public administration, and statistics to Indian public policy problems
Organisation GovernanceEconomy India
Go straight to XKDR Forum