The Reserve Bank of India releases the statistical publication titled "Handbook of Statistics on Indian States". Through this publication, the Reserve Bank has been disseminating wide-ranging data on the regional economies of India. Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, 2023-24 The Reserve Bank of India released the eighth edition of its statistical publication titled "Handbook of Statistics on Indian States, 2023-24". Scope of the report The report provides sub-national statistics on socio-demographics, health, state domestic product, agriculture, environment, price and wages, industry, infrastructure, banking and fiscal indicators across Indian states over various time periods ranging from 1951 to 2024. The ninth edition of the Handbook expands the coverage to incorporate eight new State-wise tables. Gender Parity Index of Gross Enrolment Ratio by Level of School Education (under Social and Demographic Indicators section) Gross State Value Added (Current Prices) (under State Domestic Product section) Gross State Value Added (Constant Prices) (under State Domestic Product section) Afforestation under different schemes (under Environment section) Average number of cold wave days (under Environment section) Average number of heat wave days (under Environment section) Actual Power Supply Position in terms of Peak Demand vis-à-vis Peak Met (under Infrastructure section); and Number of schools by management and availability of functional computer facility (under Infrastructure section). How to get the report The electronic form of the Handbook can be accessed on www.rbi.org.in. Comments and suggestions on the Handbook are welcome and may please be sent to the Director, Regional Economy Monitoring Division, Department of Economic and Policy Research, Reserve Bank of India, 6th Floor, Amar Building, Mumbai 400001 or send email to deprremd@rbi.org.in. Source : RBI