The Indian Index

🥩 Share in India’s Meat Production (%)🇮🇳 🐔 Poultry – 49% 🐃 Buffalo – 19% 🐐 Goat – 15% 🐑 Sheep – 11% 🐖 Pig – 4% 🐄 Cattle – 2% (DAHD)

India’s Ship-Building Capacity: 🚢🇮🇳

National Highway Toll Collections Rise 2.2× in Five Years, Crossing ₹61,000 Crore 📈🇮🇳 2020–21: ₹27,926.67 crore 2021–22: ₹33,928.66 crore 2022–23: ₹48,032.40 crore 2023–24: ₹55,882.12 crore 2024–25: ₹61,408.15 crore (MoRTH)

At least 16 US military aircraft have been destroyed in the Iran war, including about 10 Reaper drones, with several others badly damaged in attacks or accidents bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Our assessment of who is most vulnerable to the Iran energy shock:

Percentage (%) of population covered by 5G network across Licensed Service Areas (LSAs):📶📱🇮🇳 Andhra Pradesh – 87.43% Assam – 77.72% Bihar – 94.52% Delhi – 100% Gujarat – 94.87% Haryana – 99.52% Himachal Pradesh – 70.00% Jammu & Kashmir – 78.28% Karnataka – 79.92% Kerala – 97.54% Kolkata – 100% Madhya Pradesh – 68.71% Maharashtra – 88.35% Mumbai – 100% North-East – 52.72% Odisha – 78.29% Punjab – 97.48% Rajasthan – 77.63% Tamil Nadu – 88.10% Uttar Pradesh (East) – 83.97% Uttar Pradesh (West) – 86.53% West Bengal – 88.98% All-India Coverage: 86.18% (DoC)

📮 Post Offices Across India (Circle-wise)🇮🇳 The country has a total of 1,64,999 post offices distributed across various circles: 📍 Andhra Pradesh – 10,670 📍 Assam – 4,064 📍 Bihar – 9,361 📍 Chhattisgarh – 4,469 📍 Delhi – 514 📍 Gujarat – 8,889 📍 Haryana – 2,703 📍 Himachal Pradesh – 2,805 📍 Jammu & Kashmir – 1,737 📍 Jharkhand – 4,587 📍 Karnataka – 9,661 📍 Kerala – 5,062 📍 Madhya Pradesh – 10,275 📍 Maharashtra – 14,037 📍 North East – 4,482 📍 Odisha – 8,912 📍 Punjab – 3,838 📍 Rajasthan – 11,042 📍 Tamil Nadu – 11,829 📍 Telangana – 6,270 📍 Uttar Pradesh – 17,957 📍 Uttarakhand – 2,737 📍 West Bengal – 9,098 (DoP)

🚄 7 New High-Speed Rail Corridors Announced🇮🇳 The Government has unveiled seven new High-Speed Rail (HSR) corridors in the Union Budget 2026–27: 🚄 Mumbai–Pune 🚄 Pune–Hyderabad 🚄 Hyderabad–Bengaluru 🚄 Hyderabad–Chennai 🚄 Chennai–Bengaluru 🚄 Delhi–Varanasi 🚄 Varanasi–Siliguri (IR)

🚆 Online Railway Ticket Booking Share 🇮🇳 2025-26: 88.0% (As on date) 2024–25: 86.4% 2023–24: 82.7% 2022–23: 80.9% 2021–22: 80.5% 2013–14: 50.0% 2010–11: 40.0% 📊 Fact: From just 27 tickets on Day 1 (Aug 2002), IRCTC hit a record 16.17 lakh e-tickets in a single day (6 Mar 2025)—a massive digital leap. (IRCTC)

20.49 GW Total: India’s Wind Manufacturing Map — Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra Dominate (in GW):🇮🇳 Tamil Nadu - 7.5 Maharashtra - 5.08 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu - 3.12 Puducherry - 1.89 Gujarat - 2.1 Others - 0.8 Total - 20.49 (MoN&RE)

Safety First! Indian Railways’ Safety Budget Jumps Over 3× Since 2013–14 (In Rs. in Cr.): 🚉🇮🇳 2013-14 : 39,200 2022-23 : 87,336 2023-24 : 1,01,662 2024-25 : 1,14,022 2025-26 : 1,17,693 2026-27 : 1,20,389 (I.R)

Top 5 buyers of Indian coffee (Value in $ mn):☕️🇮🇳 🇮🇹Italy - 306 🇩🇪Germany - 187 🇧🇪Belgium - 126 🇱🇾Libya - 68 🇦🇪UAE - 65 (ET)

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🍽️ Indian Railways Meal Stats🚆🇮🇳 Annually served: 58 crore meals 🚂 Complaints received: ~0.0008% ❗ Fines imposed over 3 years: ₹2.6 crore 💰

🍽️ Indian Railways Meal Stats🚆🇮🇳 Annually served: 58 crore meals 🚂 Complaints received: ~0.0008% ❗ Fines imposed over 3 years: ₹2.6 crore 💰

Before 2017, Uttar Pradesh didn’t just have a crime problem, it had a control problem. High crime numbers, slow response, and weak enforcement had almost normalized a sense of disorder. That was the perception, and largely, the reality. What stands out today under Yogi Adityanath is not just the data being presented, but the intent behind it. Claims of dacoity down 90%, riots down 70%, and response time cut to under 7 minutes signal one thing, the state is trying to project control where there was once drift. Add to that the aggressive anti mafia push, large scale convictions, and visible policing, and the message becomes clearer. This is less about incremental improvement and more about a deliberate shift in how power is exercised. Are all numbers beyond question? Probably not. But directionally, Uttar Pradesh today feels far more governed than it did before 2017, and that in itself is a political statement. #NavyaPradesh

🇮🇳 Tourism GDP Trend (₹ Crore & Share in GDP): 2019–20 — ₹10,40,990 crore — 5.2% 2020–21 — ₹2,96,170 crore — 1.5% 2021–22 — ₹4,10,984 crore — 1.7% 2022–23 — ₹13,68,336 crore — 5.1% 2023–24 — ₹15,73,730 crore — 5.2% (DoT)

🐕 Dog Bite Cases in India (2024):🇮🇳 Maharashtra — 485,345 Tamil Nadu — 480,427 Gujarat — 392,837 Karnataka — 361,494 Bihar — 263,930 Andhra Pradesh — 245,174 Odisha — 166,792 Assam — 166,232 Uttar Pradesh — 164,009 Madhya Pradesh — 142,948 Rajasthan — 140,543 Telangana — 121,997 Kerala — 115,046 West Bengal — 76,486 Haryana — 60,417 Jammu & Kashmir — 51,027 Jharkhand — 43,874 Chhattisgarh — 38,268 Uttarakhand — 23,091 Punjab — 22,912 Himachal Pradesh — 22,909 Delhi — 25,210 Goa — 17,236 Meghalaya — 17,784 Puducherry — 12,148 Tripura — 9,641 Manipur — 9,257 Chandigarh — 8,644 Sikkim — 8,601 Arunachal Pradesh — 6,388 Ladakh — 4,078 Mizoram — 1,873 Nagaland — 714 Andaman & Nicobar Islands — 455 Lakshadweep — 0 Total: 3,715,713 cases

🇮🇳 India’s Public Debt Breakdown (2024): 💰 1. Private Creditors — 55% Bondholders — 38% Other commercial lenders — 18% 2. Multilateral Institutions — 30% Asian Development Bank — 11% World Bank (IBRD) — 10% Other multilaterals — 9% 3. Bilateral Partners — 15% Japan — 10% Russia — 2% Germany — 1% Other bilateral — 1% (World Bank)