How India earns, spends, grows, borrows, and saves.
Independent question pages with their own evidence, charts, caveats, and explainers.
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Did foreign money build India? What 56 years of FDI data show. -> Has India ended poverty? -> Has India’s industrial policy surge paid off? -> How big is India's economy? -> How competitive is India's trade with the world? -> How does India borrow? -> How does India trade with the world? -> How much does India spend on research, and is it enough? -> How much money did Indians send abroad under RBI's LRS? -> How much room do Indian states really have in their budgets? -> Is foreign money really fleeing India? What FDI and FII numbers actually mean. -> Is India a services superpower? -> The Gulf shut. What did the 2026 oil shock actually cost India? -> What does India's lower-middle-income label really measure? -> What does India's vehicle boom really look like? -> Who actually pays income tax in India? -> Who does India trade with? -> Why does everything keep getting more expensive? ->
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How does India compare with China, the US, and the world? In progress -> How much gold does India have, and why can't we stop buying it? In progress -> How much tax does India collect? In progress -> How rich is the average Indian? In progress -> How unequal is India? In progress -> Why did India stay poor while the rest of Asia got rich? In progress -> Why does the rupee keep falling, and does it actually make you poorer? In progress -> How fast is India's economy growing? Needs data ->