Interactive data journalism

India,
in Numbers

A Playground For India’s Data — Not A Reading List.

No rhetoric, just data — we archive India’s story in visualisation: how the country is governed, financed and run, one chart at a time. A companion to Polity & Policy on Substack.

Explore the Data

9 interactive stories · more to come
New · Interactive tool

What If Crude Cost Decided Petrol Pump Prices

Five years of daily data — what petrol would cost if the pump chased global crude, against what you actually paid, to the day, across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.

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Scrollytelling map

Chip Diplomacy In Play

How India wired 35 nations into one grid for semiconductors, rare earths and critical minerals — a scrollytelling map, one country at a time.

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State GDP Explorer

Track every state’s economy from 2014–25 — levels, year-on-year growth and compound growth, side by side.

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How States Spend

How states spend — running costs versus building assets. Capex share, levels, share of GSDP and growth.

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State vs State

Pit any two states against each other across ten fiscal measures that decide whether a government is solvent.

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The State Finances Matrix

One state against all 27 others across ten fiscal measures — the whole board in a single view, with a headline verdict.

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Delimitation & Women’s Reservation

How close is the BJP to a two-thirds majority? Build a coalition seat by seat across both houses and watch the count climb.

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Where The Money Goes

Compare states on any spending head — education, health, roads, police, welfare — in revenue or capital, total or per person.

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The Anatomy of a State Budget

How much of each state’s budget is locked into salaries, pensions and interest — versus building things. Every head as a share of total spending.

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What’s next

The library is growing

India, in Numbers is just getting started. Coming collections — each built on primary data, the same way.

Maps
State & district maps
Fiscal and economic data drawn onto the map of India.
Budgets
Union Budget, unpacked
Where every rupee comes from and goes.
Elections
Money & the vote
Campaign finance, results and turnout.
Explainers
Charts that argue
Single-idea visual stories, tied to the writing.