MOSPI / eSankhyiki esankhyiki.mospi.gov.in
GDP, CPI, IIP, labour force (PLFS), household consumption surveys
Government Free English
Market data, statistics and research
Free official data (MOSPI, RBI, TradeStat) covers macro questions; sizing a specific consumer or B2B market usually needs CMIE, IBEF sector reports or paid research.
31 resources
Official statistics
RBI DBIE data.rbi.org.in
Banking, credit, FX and state-level economic data
Commercial Freemium English
Open Government Data data.gov.in
500k+ datasets from ministries and states
Government Free English
Census of India censusindia.gov.in
Population, households, district-level demographics
Government Free English
DPIIT FDI factsheets dpiit.gov.in
FDI inflows by country (Japan) and sector
Government Free English
Economic Survey indiabudget.gov.in
Annual policy direction, incentive changes
Government Free English
Union Budget indiabudget.gov.in
Annual policy direction, incentive changes
Government Free English
NITI Aayog niti.gov.in
State rankings (export preparedness, innovation), policy papers
Government Free English
SIAM statistics siam.in
Vehicle sales; sector overviews by IBEF (Ministry of Commerce trust)
Commercial Freemium English
IBEF sector reports ibef.org
Vehicle sales; sector overviews by IBEF (Ministry of Commerce trust)
Commercial Freemium English
Commercial research
CMIE (Prowess, CPHS) cmie.com
Company financials database; household income/consumption panel
Commercial Paid English
Redseer redseer.com
Consumer internet and retail market sizing
Commercial Paid English
PRICE (ICE 360°) ice360.in
Household income and consumer class data
Commercial Paid English
Statista statista.com
Market-size estimates by category
Commercial Paid English
Euromonitor euromonitor.com
Market-size estimates by category
Commercial Paid English
CRISIL Research crisil.com
Industry reports used by Indian banks
Commercial Paid English
Japanese-language research on India
JETRO Biz Shinbun – India (JA) jetro.go.jp
Daily short news on Indian policy changes
Media Freemium Japanese
JETRO overseas Japanese company survey (JA) jetro.go.jp
Annual survey of Japanese affiliates' profits, wages, problems in India
Japanese support body Free Japanese
JBIC FDI survey (JA) jbic.go.jp
India's ranking as most promising mid-term destination
Japanese support body Free Japanese
Embassy of Japan – Japanese companies in India list in.emb-japan.go.jp
Annual count and list of ~1,400 Japanese companies and their locations
Japanese support body Free Japanese
NNA India (JA, paid) nna.jp
Daily Japanese business news on India
Media Paid Japanese
Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com
English/Japanese coverage of Japanese firms in India
Media Freemium English
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) ide.go.jp
Academic research on Indian economy
Japanese support body Free Japanese
Indian business news to monitor
Economic Times economictimes.indiatimes.com
Leading Indian business daily
Media Freemium English
Mint livemint.com
Business and markets daily (HT Media)
Media Freemium English
Business Standard business-standard.com
Business daily with policy and corporate coverage
Media Freemium English
Moneycontrol moneycontrol.com
Markets, company financials and business news
Media Freemium English
The Hindu BusinessLine thehindubusinessline.com
Business daily with strong south-India coverage
Media Freemium English
Inc42 inc42.com
Startup and tech news
Media Freemium English
YourStory yourstory.com
Startup news and founder stories
Media Freemium English
Entrackr entrackr.com
Startup funding and deal tracking
Media Freemium English