Public finance

Global BIS statistics on banking, liquidity, derivatives and related financial indicators, with searchable tables and regular release updates

Data source EconomyPublic finance Global

State Finance Accounts, Appropriation Accounts, monthly fiscal indicators and machine-readable finance data

Archive Public financeGovernance India

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

Independent public policy think tank conducting empirical research on urbanisation, climate governance, state capacity, and federalism

Organisation GovernanceClimate India

Municipal finance portal for 4,000+ Indian cities with city-level fiscal, revenue and performance data for benchmarking and comparison

Publication CitiesPublic finance India

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

Open-source digital infrastructure for governments to build interoperable public services, registries and administrative workflows

Tool GovernanceTechnology India, Global

Annual economic policy review by India’s Ministry of Finance with official analysis, forecasts and budget-linked sector data

Publication EconomyPublic finance India

Panchayat profiles, elected representatives, development plans, works, receipts, expenditure, accounts and audits

Dashboard GovernancePublic finance India

Knowledge portal tracking policy, regulatory changes, and economic developments across Indian states, with in-depth sector analysis and state newsletters

Publication GovernanceEconomy India

FRED provides downloadable economic and financial time series from many official sources, with graphs, API access, and frequent U.S. macro updates

Data source EconomyPublic finance North America

Plain-language mental models for analysing policy problems, choosing interventions and understanding political constraints

Publication GovernancePublic finance India, Global

Open-source exchange rates API tracking daily currency reference data from 84 central banks covering 201 currencies since 1948

Data source EconomyPublic finance Global, India

Harmonised macroeconomic dataset — 46 variables, 239 countries, 160 sources, from 1086 to present with forecasts, free for academic and nonprofit research

Data source EconomyPublic finance Global, India

Monthly GST revenue collections — gross, state-wise, category-wise, and return filing compliance — from the GST Council

Data source EconomyPublic finance India

IMFBlog publishes timely IMF staff analysis on growth, fiscal pressures, financial stability and policy debates

Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India

Macroeconomic and financial statistics — balance of payments, government finance, trade and the World Economic Outlook series

Data source EconomyPublic finance Global, India

IMF analysis of fiscal sustainability, debt dynamics and public financial risks across economies, with policy implications

Publication Public financeEconomy Global, India

IMF macro-financial diagnosis of systemic risk, market stress and cross-border spillovers, updated twice yearly

Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India

Working paper series from IMF staff and economists, covering macro, finance, development, labour and fiscal policy in progress

Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India

Core IMF publication for macroeconomic scenarios, inflation, growth and policy forecasts, now and across comparable member economies

Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India

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

Indian public datasets cleaned and standardised for research — agriculture, finance, elections, health and education, from ISB's Bharti Institute

Data source AgricultureEconomy India

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

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

Explore Union Budget allocations at demand, ministry, scheme and object-head level, alongside selected state budget ledgers

Dashboard Public financeGovernance India

Annual compendium of Indian health statistics — demography, disease burden, infrastructure, human resources and health finance

Publication HealthPublic finance India

Autonomous research institute conducting empirical policy research on public economics, tax design, fiscal federalism, and state budgets in India

Organisation Public financeEconomy India

NSE's periodic market review with Indian equity and debt trend commentary, sector updates and liquidity signals

Publication EconomyPublic finance India

Union, state and municipal budget documents converted from PDFs into machine-readable data you can actually analyse

Data source Public financeGovernance India

International non-profit opening up public procurement data and contracting processes to prevent corruption and improve public spending

Organisation TransparencyPublic finance Global, India

Urban data for Indian cities — budgets, mobility, ward boundaries and public records, from official sources and community contributions

Data source CitiesPublic finance India, Karnataka

Search, extract, download and track Indian Parliamentary Committee reports, with optional summaries and publication alerts

Tool GovernanceTransparency India

Non-profit research collective shaping Indian electricity sector governance, renewable energy tariffs, distribution reforms, and efficiency standards

Organisation EnergyClimate India

Interactive tools for exploring India's Union tax allocation, subnational fiscal indicators, and structured nine-dimension budget analysis

Tool Public financeGovernance India

The Reserve Bank's statistical warehouse — money, banking, external sector, prices and public finance time series

Data source EconomyPublic finance India

Annual RBI statistical compendium on state-level banking, public finance and financial inclusion metrics used for state comparisons

Publication Public financeEconomy India

The Reserve Bank's publications archive — Annual Report, Financial Stability Report, Monthly Bulletin, working papers, speeches, and state finance reports

Publication EconomyPublic finance India

RBI report on municipal revenue, expenditures, debt and cash flow pressures for urban finance monitoring

Publication Public financeGovernance India

RBI's annual assessment of state-level fiscal balances, debt, grants and banking interlinkages for subnational policy analysis

Publication Public financeEconomy India

UNESCO's flagship annual report on global education access, learning quality and financing for SDG 4

Publication EducationCulture & heritage Global, India

The global source for education statistics — enrolment, completion, literacy and education spending, by country

Data source EducationPublic finance Global, India

Official Union government receipts, expenditure, fiscal indicators, ministry allocations and scheme outlays

Archive Public financeEconomy India

World Bank global and developing-economy outlook on growth, inflation, debt and climate-sensitive development risks

Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India

Global research centre producing evidence, datasets and tools on income, wealth, political and environmental inequality

Organisation EconomyPublic finance Global, India

Interdisciplinary research group applying economics, law, public administration, and statistics to Indian public policy problems

Organisation GovernanceEconomy India