The Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy covering macroeconomic and
financial data is being brought out by the Bank since 1998. It is also simultaneously released
for public access in electronic form on the “Database on Indian Economy (DBIE): Reserve
Bank’s Data Warehouse (http://dbie.rbi.org.in). The electronic version on the DBIE website
is updated on a regular basis.
2. The present volume for the year 2012-13, 15th in the series, contains 242 statistical
tables. It covers time series statistics on a wide range of economic and financial indicators
pertaining to national income aggregates, output, prices, money, banking, financial markets,
public finances, foreign trade, balance of payments and select socio-economic indicators,
which are released at various frequencies.
3. This publication in print form is brought out by the Data Management and Dissemination
Division (DMDD), Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM). The work
has been carried out by Shri P Parthasarathi, Director; Shri N Senthil Kumar, Director; Shri
Amar Nath Yadav, Assistant Adviser; and Ms. Anjana Saha, Research Officer; under the
guidance of Shri A B Chakraborty, Officer-in-Charge and Shri V Bahuguna, Adviser.
4. The support and active co-operation provided by nodal officers of Department of
Economic and Policy Research, Department of External Investment and Operations,
Financial Markets Department, Foreign Exchange Department, Internal Debt Management
Department, Monetary Policy Department and Deposit Insurance & Credit Guarantee
Corporation deserve appreciation.
5. We welcome comments and suggestions on the Handbook which may please
be forwarded at the following address: The Director, Data Management and
Dissemination Division, Department of Statistics and Information Management,
Reserve Bank of India, C-9, 3rd Floor, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra
(East), Mumbai 400051. Feedback may also be forwarded to us by e-mail or through a feedback button available on DBIE site.
Deepak Mohanty
Executive Director
September 15, 2013 |