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  "dossier": "credit-deep",
  "source": "Reserve Bank of India (via DBIE)",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "revisionPolicy": "Section 42 figures are provisional, then final; sectoral credit is provisional and revised the next month; NPAs and capital ratios are final on release. Seams disclosed, never joined: the 2019 sectoral classification, the July 2023 HDFC merger, the December 2025 reporting calendar.",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "unit": "count",
  "base": "RBI DBIE report 115",
  "latestPeriod": "2026-03-01",
  "coverage": "Bank branches by rural, semi-urban, urban and metropolitan centres, every March since 1969",
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  "1970-03-01",
  "1971-03-01",
  "1972-03-01",
  "1973-03-01",
  "1974-03-01",
  "1975-03-01",
  "1976-03-01",
  "1977-03-01",
  "1978-03-01",
  "1979-03-01",
  "1980-03-01",
  "1981-03-01",
  "1982-03-01",
  "1983-03-01",
  "1984-03-01",
  "1985-03-01",
  "1986-03-01",
  "1987-03-01",
  "1988-03-01",
  "1989-03-01",
  "1990-03-01",
  "1991-03-01",
  "1992-03-01",
  "1993-03-01",
  "1994-03-01",
  "1995-03-01",
  "1996-03-01",
  "1997-03-01",
  "1998-03-01",
  "1999-03-01",
  "2000-03-01",
  "2001-03-01",
  "2002-03-01",
  "2003-03-01",
  "2004-03-01",
  "2005-03-01",
  "2006-03-01",
  "2007-03-01",
  "2008-03-01",
  "2009-03-01",
  "2010-03-01",
  "2011-03-01",
  "2012-03-01",
  "2013-03-01",
  "2014-03-01",
  "2015-03-01",
  "2016-03-01",
  "2017-03-01",
  "2018-03-01",
  "2019-03-01",
  "2020-03-01",
  "2021-03-01",
  "2022-03-01",
  "2023-03-01",
  "2024-03-01",
  "2025-03-01",
  "2026-03-01"
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    5795,
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    7529,
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    8219,
    8467,
    8586,
    8680,
    8976,
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    13256,
    14037,
    15213,
    16342,
    17707,
    18835,
    20111,
    21135,
    22647,
    24185,
    25675,
    26704,
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    27276,
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    29179,
    30350,
    31503,
    32756
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    17656,
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    25380,
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    31114,
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    34791,
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    33004,
    32995,
    32915,
    32878,
    32857,
    32734,
    32562,
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    32303,
    32121,
    32082,
    28140,
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    30067,
    31377,
    33718,
    36683,
    41852,
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    49824,
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    7628,
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    13766,
    13980,
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    14859,
    15091,
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    17161,
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    21399,
    23719,
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    29354,
    32488,
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    37505,
    38902,
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   "name": "urban_count",
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