About
We tell India’s stories with the numbers attached
India in Data is a data-driven editorial site. Every piece we publish is anchored by a chart or a stat, written in plain language, and organised so you can browse by section or by topic. We sit somewhere between a data-journalism platform and a modern insights site: credible, neutral, and built for the public interest — not for clicks.
How we source the data
Official statistics first
Our starting point is always the primary source: MoSPI releases, RBI data, PLFS bulletins, NSE/BSE records and ministry dashboards — not second-hand summaries of them.
Every chart cites its source
Each chart carries a source line naming the dataset it is built from, so any reader can trace the number back to where it came from.
Methods in the open
When we adjust, rebase or estimate, we say so in the piece. Our Blogs section exists partly to explain how India’s numbers are made — including their flaws.
The team
A small newsroom of reporters and data editors who read the press notes so you don’t have to.
Meera Kulkarni
Meera covers the macro economy and public finance. She previously reported on the RBI and the Union Budget for a national daily.
Arjun Nair
Arjun writes on markets and corporate finance. Before journalism, he spent five years as a sell-side equity analyst.
Sana Qureshi
Sana reports on industry, manufacturing and trade, with a focus on what official datasets reveal about India’s factories.
Dev Patel
Dev is our data editor. He writes explainers on statistics, survey design and the fine print behind India’s official numbers.
Ishita Rao
Ishita covers society, consumption and technology adoption across urban and rural India.
Using our work
Our charts and write-ups are free to share, embed and reuse for non-commercial purposes, with attribution to India in Data and a link back to the original piece. For commercial licensing or the underlying datasets, write to us through the contact page.