All data in PolicyStack comes from publicly available government sources. Primary sources include:
- Union Budget documents (indiabudget.gov.in) -- Budget estimates, revised estimates, and actuals for scheme allocations
- Demand for Grants -- Ministry-wise detailed expenditure breakdowns
- Scheme dashboards -- Real-time or periodic data from scheme-specific MIS portals (MGNREGA MIS, JJM Dashboard, SBM Dashboard, NHA Dashboard, etc.)
- National Family Health Survey (NFHS) -- Health and nutrition outcome indicators
- UDISE+ -- Education enrolment and infrastructure data
- Sample Registration System (SRS) -- Vital statistics (IMR, MMR, sex ratio)
- Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) -- Employment and labor force data
- CAG Audit Reports -- Performance audit findings
- Currency: All budget figures are in Indian Rupees (Crores). 1 Crore = 10 million.
- Fiscal year: Indian fiscal year (April-March), denoted as "2023-24" meaning April 2023 to March 2024.
- Population: Census 2011 figures unless otherwise noted.
- Missing data: Blank cells indicate data not available. Do not impute.
- Budget "spent" figures may be provisional and subject to revision
- Scheme dashboards have varying update frequencies
- State-level disaggregation is not available for all schemes
- NFHS data is collected at ~5 year intervals (NFHS-4: 2015-16, NFHS-5: 2019-21)
- Some scheme names and structures change across administrations
- Budget data: Updated annually after Union Budget (February)
- Scheme indicators: Updated as new data releases occur
- NFHS/Census data: Updated on survey completion