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Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26

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RBI releases Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26

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The Reserve Bank of India has released the 28th edition of the 'Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy, 2025–26'. This annual publication provides comprehensive time-series data covering macroeconomic and financial sectors, including national income, prices, banking, public finances, and foreign trade. The current edition updates existing data series and introduces four new statistical tables. The data is accessible via the Reserve Bank’s Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal and the RBIDATA mobile application. The Reserve Bank invites public feedback and suggestions regarding the publication, which can be submitted through the DBIE portal or via post to the Department of Statistics and Information Management.

Who is affected: General public, researchers, and analysts interested in Indian macroeconomic and financial data.
Required action: Submit comments or suggestions regarding the Handbook via the DBIE portal or by post to the Director, Data Management and Dissemination Division.

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Source: Reserve Bank of India
Type: press-release
Published by source: 30 Jul 2026
Document number: 2026-2027/788
Issuing division: Department of Statistics and Information Management
Coverage area: banking

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July 31, 2026

RBI releases Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released 28th edition of its annual publication ‘Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy, 2025–26 (HBS)’. Through this publication, the Reserve Bank disseminates detailed time-series data on the Indian economy.

The Handbook provides statistical tables on macroeconomic and financial data, including national income, prices, money, banking, markets, public finances, foreign trade, the balance of payments, and select socio-economic indicators. In the current edition of the Handbook, in addition to the updation of the existing data series, four new tables have been incorporated.

The time series data on the Handbook and several other RBI publications are available on the Reserve Bank’s data portal, Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) (https://data.rbi.org.in). In addition, the HBS and other major publications of the Bank can be accessed through the RBIDATA mobile app.

Comments and suggestions on the Handbook can be sent by post to the Director, Data Management and Dissemination Division, Department of Statistics and Information Management, Reserve Bank of India, C-9, 3rd Floor, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai 400051, or by email. Feedback can also be submitted via the feedback link on the DBIE portal.

(Brij Raj) Press Release: 2026-2027/788 Chief General Manager

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