Lakshadweep
How Lakshadweep spends, works, borrows, learns and falls ill, set against India and its neighbours, in 94 figures from 48 official tables. MoSPI's state accounts do not cover it, so there is no income figure.
Where Lakshadweep stands
Each row puts every state and union territory with a figure for the same period on one line, lowest on the left and highest on the right. Lakshadweep is the blue dot; India, where the source gives an all-India figure for that period, is the gold tick. Rows read on their own scales: a dot near the right of one row and the left of another says where Lakshadweep ranks, not how big the numbers are.
A union territory without a legislature: the Union government runs it, and several state-level sources leave it out.
Lakshadweep among the states and union territories
Income and growth
State domestic product is everything produced inside the state in a year. Divided by the people who live there, it is the nearest thing to an average income each state publishes, though it measures production, not what people take home. Every figure here is on MoSPI's 2011-12 base.
MoSPI's state accounts do not cover this union territory: it has no legislature, and its output is counted within the all-India figures.
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What the economy runs on
What the state's output is made of: farms, forests and fishing; industry, which is mining, manufacturing, power and water, and construction; and services, from shops and transport to banks, schools, hospitals and government.
MoSPI's state accounts do not cover this union territory, so the shares of its output are not published.
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Prices
Retail inflation on the 2024 base of the Consumer Price Index, which began in January 2026: how much more the same basket of goods and services cost than a year earlier. Each state has its own basket, so a state's index and the all-India index weigh items differently.
In Lakshadweep, retail inflation (prices against a year earlier) was 3.1% in August 2026, joint 30th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 4.8%. Something that cost ₹100 a year earlier cost about ₹103 in August 2026, on the average shopping basket of Lakshadweep.
In Lakshadweep, inflation in food and drink was 0.1% in August 2026, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026. The all-India figure was 5.7%.
Prices in Lakshadweep against a year earlier, on two rulers
| Measure | Lakshadweep | Period | Rank | All India | Every cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation for farm labourers (CPI-AL) | 1.7% | Aug 2026 | 2nd lowest of 32 | 5.2% | Row |
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Work and pay
From the Periodic Labour Force Survey's calendar-year estimates for 2025, the survey's new design. Usual status counts what a person did for most of the year. Wages are the Labour Bureau's daily rates for men in rural India, as the RBI's Handbook reprints them.
In Lakshadweep, the unemployment rate (age 15 and above, usual status) was 6.9% in 2025, 3rd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025. The all-India figure was 3.1%.
In Lakshadweep, the unemployment rate among graduates (usual status) was 22.6% in 2025, 3rd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025. The all-India figure was 11.2%.
In Lakshadweep, the share of women working or looking for work was 21.9% in 2025, 2nd lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025. The all-India figure was 40.0%.
Women and men at work in Lakshadweep, against India
| Measure | Lakshadweep | Period | Rank | All India | Every cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment, age 15 to 29 | 26.3% | 2025 | 2nd highest of 36 | 9.9% | Row |
| Unemployment, women | 10.5% | 2025 | 3rd highest of 36 | 3.1% | Row |
| Unemployment, men | 5.6% | 2025 | 5th highest of 36 | 3.1% | Row |
| Men in the labour force | 76.1% | 2025 | 25th of 36, counted from the highest | 79.1% | Row |
| Women in work | 19.6% | 2025 | 2nd lowest of 36 | 38.8% | Row |
| Men in work | 71.9% | 2025 | 28th of 36, counted from the highest | 76.6% | Row |
No figure for Lakshadweep: daily wage, farm labour (men); daily wage, non-farm labour (men); daily wage, construction (men). The source does not publish them for this unit.
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How households live
Spending from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24; poverty from NITI Aayog's multidimensional index; homes, women's lives and families from the sixth National Family Health Survey (2023-24), with the fifth round (2019-21) beside each figure as the NFHS-6 fact sheets print it. Toilets and cooking fuel are not in the NFHS-6 fact sheets, so they come from NFHS-5.
In Lakshadweep, monthly spending per person in villages was ₹6,350 in 2023-24, 8th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was ₹4,122. A month's ₹6,350 is about ₹212 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.
In Lakshadweep, monthly spending per person in towns and cities was ₹6,377 in 2023-24, 27th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was ₹6,996. A month's ₹6,377 is about ₹213 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.
In Lakshadweep, monthly spending per person of the poorest 5% of village households was ₹2,362 in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (14th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was ₹1,677.
In Lakshadweep, food's share of what village households spend was 48.7% in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (13th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 47.0%.
In Lakshadweep, the average cash loan outstanding per rural household, counting those with none (AIDIS, 30 June 2018) was ₹8,383 in NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019, 3rd lowest of 33 states and union territories with figures for NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019. The all-India figure was ₹59,748.
In Lakshadweep, the share of people who are multidimensionally poor (NITI Aayog) was 1.1% in 2019-21, 4th lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21. The all-India figure was 15.0%.
In Lakshadweep, the share of people in homes with an improved toilet was 99.8% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, the highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21. The all-India figure was 70.2%. In the previous round, NFHS-4, 2015-16, it was 99.4%.
| Measure | Lakshadweep | Period | Rank | All India | Every cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food's share of spending, urban | 54.1% | 2023-24 | the highest of 36 | 39.7% | Row |
| Spending of the richest 5%, rural | ₹18,297 | 2023-24 | 5th highest of 36 | ₹10,137 | Row |
| Inequality of spending (Gini), rural | 0.249 | 2023-24 | joint 3rd highest of 36 | 0.237 | Row |
| Inequality of spending (Gini), urban | 0.233 | 2023-24 | joint 26th of 36, counted from the highest | 0.284 | Row |
| Monthly spending per person, Scheduled Caste households, rural | ₹5,394 | 2023-24 | 11th of 35, counted from the highest | ₹3,878 | Row |
| Assets of a rural household | ₹10,18,300 | NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019 | 26th of 33, counted from the highest | ₹15,92,379 | no row |
| Rural households in debt | 44 per 1,000 | NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019 | 2nd lowest of 33 | 350 per 1,000 | no row |
| Adults with a bank account | 95.9% | NSS 79, 2022-23 | near the middle, 16th of 36 counted from the highest | 94.6% | no row |
| Homes with broadband | 65.0% | NSS 78, 2020-21 | 5th highest of 36 | 41.8% | no row |
| People with a disability | 2.0% | NSS 76, July to December 2018 | near the middle, joint 17th of 33 counted from the highest | 2.2% | no row |
| Clean cooking fuel | 59.4%NFHS-4, 2015-16: 34.8% | NFHS-5, 2019-21 | near the middle, 21st of 36 counted from the highest | 58.6% | Row |
| Improved drinking water | 88.4%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 92.9% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 4th lowest of 35 | 96.5% | Row |
| Electricity at home | 99.8%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 99.8% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | joint highest of 35 | 98.3% | Row |
| Health insurance | 45.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 67.7% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 27th of 35, counted from the highest | 60.2% | Row |
| Women with a bank account | 89.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 66.9% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | joint 25th of 35, counted from the highest | 89.0% | Row |
| Women with a mobile phone | 85.8%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 84.0% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 9th of 35, counted from the highest | 63.6% | Row |
| Women who have used the internet | 77.9%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 56.3% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 9th of 35, counted from the highest | 64.3% | Row |
| Women with 10 years of school | 78.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 67.8% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 2nd highest of 35 | 46.4% | Row |
| Women married before 18 | 2.9%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 1.3% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | joint lowest of 35 | 20.1% | Row |
| Sex ratio at birth | 1,051NFHS-4, 2015-16: 922 | NFHS-5, 2019-21 | 2nd highest of 36 | 929 | Row |
| Households with a bank account | 98.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 96.3% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | near the middle, 21st of 35 counted from the highest | 98.2% | Row |
| Women who own a house or land | 53.6%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 48.0% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 2nd highest of 35 | 18.8% | Row |
| Children aged 2 to 4 in pre-school | 70.8%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 56.1% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 2nd highest of 35 | 47.0% | Row |
| Women who faced spousal violence | 10.2%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 1.3% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 27th of 35, counted from the highest | 22.3% | Row |
No figure for Lakshadweep: monthly income of a farm household; women among MLAs. The source does not publish them for this unit.
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Health
Nutrition, births, vaccination, blood pressure and blood sugar from the sixth National Family Health Survey (2023-24); anaemia, which its fact sheets do not print, from the fifth (2019-21); infant deaths and life expectancy from the Sample Registration System; government hospital beds from the Ministry of Health, as the RBI's Handbook reprints them.
In Lakshadweep, the share of children under five who are too short for their age was 34.1% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, 6th of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 29.3%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 32.0%. That is about 34 in every 100 children under five, a sign of poor nutrition in the years when it matters most.
In Lakshadweep, the share of births in a hospital or health centre was 100.0% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, the highest of 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 90.6%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 99.6%.
In Lakshadweep, the share of women aged 15 and above with high blood pressure, or on medicine for it was 30.7% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, 3rd highest of 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 19.4%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 24.8%.
In Lakshadweep, the share of women aged 15 to 49 who are anaemic was 25.8% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21. The all-India figure was 57.0%. In the previous round, NFHS-4, 2015-16, it was 45.7%.
In Lakshadweep, the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births (Sample Registration System) was 9 in 2022-23, joint 27th of the 34 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 25.
| Measure | Lakshadweep | Period | Rank | All India | Every cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children wasted | 12.4%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 17.4% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 25th of 35, counted from the highest | 19.0% | Row |
| Children anaemic | 43.1%NFHS-4, 2015-16: 51.9% | NFHS-5, 2019-21 | 5th lowest of 36 | 67.1% | Row |
| Children fully vaccinated | 90.5%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 86.1% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 5th highest of 35 | 82.6% | Row |
| Children per woman | 2.2NFHS-5, 2019-21: 1.4 | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | joint 2nd highest of 35 | 2.0 | Row |
| Women overweight or obese | 50.1%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 33.5% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 2nd highest of 35 | 30.7% | Row |
| Men with high blood pressure | 31.0%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 24.7% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 6th of 35, counted from the highest | 22.1% | Row |
| Women with high blood sugar | 22.5%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 19.5% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 6th of 35, counted from the highest | 17.8% | Row |
| Men with high blood sugar | 23.8%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 20.7% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | 11th of 35, counted from the highest | 20.9% | Row |
| Men who use tobacco | 29.5%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 28.5% | NFHS-6, 2023-24 | near the middle, 22nd of 35 counted from the highest | 36.3% | Row |
| Government hospital beds | 250 | 2022-23 | the lowest of 36 | 8,40,455 | Row |
No figure for Lakshadweep: life expectancy at birth. The source does not publish it for this unit.
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Money
Bank deposits and credit booked at branches in the state, from the RBI's quarterly statistics, and the number of bank branches. Credit is counted where a loan is sanctioned, which is not always where the money is spent.
In Lakshadweep, the credit-deposit ratio (bank loans booked in the state for every ₹100 deposited there) was 13.0% at the end of June 2026, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was 83.0%. For every ₹100 deposited with banks in Lakshadweep, they have lent about ₹13 in Lakshadweep. The rest is lent elsewhere.
In Lakshadweep, the total of bank deposits was ₹1,860 crore at the end of June 2026, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was ₹256.52 lakh crore.
In Lakshadweep, farm loans' share of bank credit booked in the state was 26.5% at the end of June 2026, 2nd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was 11.2%.
| District | Deposits | Credit | Credit-deposit ratio | Women's share of loans to individuals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakshadweep | ₹1,888 crore | no figure | no figure | 24.9% |
| Measure | Lakshadweep | Period | Rank | All India | Every cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank credit | ₹241 crore | end Jun 2026 | the lowest of 36 | ₹212.88 lakh crore | Row |
| Personal loans, share of bank credit | 59.5% | end Jun 2026 | 8th of 36, counted from the highest | 30.9% | Row |
| Urban co-operative banks | 0 | end Mar 2023 | not ranked | no figure | Row |
| Deposits in urban co-operative banks | ₹0 crore | end Mar 2022 | not ranked | no figure | Row |
| Bank branches | 17 | end Jun 2026 | the lowest of 36 | no figure | Row |
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Industry, energy and exports
Registered factories from the Annual Survey of Industries; small unincorporated businesses outside farming, from the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises; renewable power from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; electricity supply from the Central Electricity Authority and goods exports by state of origin from the commerce ministry, as the RBI's Handbook reprints them.
In Lakshadweep, the number of factories in operation was 3 in 2023-24, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 2,12,990.
In Lakshadweep, the number of unincorporated enterprises outside farming (ASUSE) was 4,477 in 2023-24, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 7,33,99,476.
In Lakshadweep, the renewable power capacity installed was 9 MW in July 2026, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for July 2026. The all-India figure was 2,91,726 MW.
| Industry (NIC 2008 division) | Value added | Share of the state's factory value added | People engaged |
|---|
| Measure | Lakshadweep | Period | Rank | All India | Every cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People working in factories | 12 | 2023-24 | the lowest of 36 | 1,95,89,131 | Row |
| Value added by factories | ₹0 crore | 2023-24 | the lowest of 36 | ₹24,58,336 crore | Row |
| Workers in informal enterprises | 7,622 | 2023-24 | the lowest of 36 | 12,05,99,815 | Row |
| Solar power capacity | 9 MW | Jul 2026 | 4th lowest of 36 | 1,64,595 MW | Row |
| Wind power capacity | 0 MW | Jul 2026 | not ranked | 58,137 MW | Row |
| Electricity available per person | 1,015 kWh | 2024-25 | near the middle, 20th of 34 counted from the highest | 1,208 kWh | Row |
| Power lost in transmission | 14.0% | 2022-23 | 5th lowest of 34 | 17.7% | Row |
| Goods exported | US$1 million | 2024-25 | joint 3rd lowest of 36 | US$437.42 billion | Row |
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Farms
Crop output, yield, irrigation and milk from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the Department of Animal Husbandry, as the RBI's Handbook of Statistics on Indian States reprints them; fertiliser use per hectare from the farms guide's state tables. The farms guide holds every crop for every state since 1980-81.
| Measure | Lakshadweep | Period | Rank | All India | Every cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk produced | 0.0 lakh tonnes | 2023-24 | the lowest of 34 | 2,393 lakh tonnes | Row |
No figure for Lakshadweep: foodgrains grown; foodgrain yield; cropped area irrigated; cropping intensity; rice grown; wheat grown; pulses grown; oilseeds grown; sugarcane grown; cotton grown; fertiliser per hectare. The source does not publish them for this unit.
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Education
Schools from UDISE+, the Ministry of Education's census of every school, as MoSPI serves it (2018-19 to 2024-25); college enrolment from the All India Survey on Higher Education (2021-22). A gross enrolment ratio counts every enrolled student, of any age, against the population of the official age group, so it can pass 100.
In Lakshadweep, the gross enrolment ratio in higher education (18 to 23 year olds) was 1.1% in 2021-22, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2021-22. The all-India figure was 28.4%.
In Lakshadweep, the gross enrolment ratio in classes 11 and 12 was 51.1% in 2024-25, 26th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest.
In Lakshadweep, the pupil-teacher ratio in the state's schools was 16 pupils for each teacher in 2024-25, joint 27th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest.
In Lakshadweep, the share of schools with an internet connection was 100.0% in 2023-24, joint highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24.
In Lakshadweep, the share of 15 to 29 year olds not in education, employment or training (NSS 79) was 30.9% in NSS 79, 2022-23, 4th highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for NSS 79, 2022-23. The all-India figure was 25.6%.
| Measure | Lakshadweep | Period | Rank | All India | Every cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College enrolment ratio, women | 1.9% | 2021-22 | the lowest of 36 | 28.5% | Row |
| Young people who can use the internet | 96.0% | NSS 79, 2022-23 | 7th of 36, counted from the highest | 84.2% | no row |
| Years of schooling, adults | 10.4 years | NSS 79, 2022-23 | 6th of 36, counted from the highest | 7.5 years | no row |
| Schools with working electricity | 100.0% | 2024-25 | joint highest of 36 | no figure | no row |
| Schools with a working girls' toilet | 100.0% | 2024-25 | joint highest of 36 | no figure | no row |
| Single-teacher schools | 0.0% | 2024-25 | not ranked | no figure | no row |
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Climate
Temperature and rain over the whole state, from ERA5, a reconstruction of past weather that the World Bank's Climate Change Knowledge Portal averages over each state's area. Each year is set against the state's own average for 1951 to 1980.
In Lakshadweep, the average air temperature over the year was 27.8°C in 2025, 2nd highest of 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025. Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 27.0°C.
In Lakshadweep, the rain over the year was 1,335 mm in 2025, near the middle of the 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025 (22nd counted from the highest). Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 1,786 mm.
In Lakshadweep, the change in days of 35°C or more by 2040 to 2059 against 1995 to 2014, on a middle emissions path (SSP2-4.5, median of the models) was +0 days in 2040-2059.
How warm Lakshadweep's years have been since 1950
| Measure | Lakshadweep | Period | Rank | All India | Every cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days of 35°C or more | 0 days1951 to 1980 average: 0 days | 2025 | not ranked | no figure | Row |
| Extra hot days by 2040-59 (high path) | +0 days | 2040-2059 | not ranked | no figure | Row |
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State finances
The state government's own accounts, from the RBI's Handbook, set against the state's GSDP as the states guide computes it, with what it pays to borrow and how often it ran short of cash with the RBI, from the RBI's weekly and monthly tables. Actual accounts run two years behind; budget and revised estimates are left out.
This union territory has no state budget of its own in the RBI's Handbook: its accounts are part of the Union government's.
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Neighbours and peers
Lakshadweep beside the units it shares a land border with. Each figure carries its own period; where two periods differ, the figures are not a like-for-like comparison.
| State or UT | Retail inflation (CPI) | Unemployment rate | Monthly spending per person, rural | Credit-deposit ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakshadweep | no figure | no figure | 3.1%Aug 2026 | 6.9%2025 | ₹6,3502023-24 | 13.0%end Jun 2026 |
Go deeper
5,996 series across 13 guides name Lakshadweep. Each guide explains its measure in full, and its every-cut table holds every series. The figures above link to their own rows. The whole list, with each series' latest value and a link to its row, is one download: lakshadweep.csv.
How to read this profile
Every number on this page is copied from an official table, or worked out from one in a way the page names (a share, a growth rate, an average). Nothing is estimated or filled in. Where a source has no figure for Lakshadweep, the page says so.
States report at different lags. MoSPI's newest year of state accounts comes from a few states first, so each figure is ranked at its comparison period, the latest that at least three in four units have published, and the newer estimate is given beside it. A rank counts only the units with a figure for that period, and says how many.
Figures from different sources are different rulers. The 2012 and 2024 bases of the Consumer Price Index, the two designs of the labour force survey, and the rounds of the family health survey are never joined into one series. Boundaries change too: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana split in June 2014; Jammu and Kashmir became two union territories in October 2019; Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu merged in January 2020. A figure for a unit before its change appears only under that unit's own name.
How to misread a state profile
- 1
"Income per person is what a typical person earns."
It is what is produced in the state, divided by everyone who lives there. Profits of companies based elsewhere count where the plant stands; money sent home by people working in other states counts where they work. Spending per person, from the household survey, is closer to how a household lives.
- 2
"It ranks 10th, so it is in the middle."
Check out of how many. Some tables cover 36 units, some 19. A rank says nothing about the distance to the next state; the row in the first chart shows it.
- 3
"This figure is from this year."
Each figure carries its own period, printed beside it. A family health survey figure, a college enrolment ratio and a state's accounts each come from a different year, and the newest of them can be years apart. Two figures side by side may not describe the same year.
- 4
"A low credit-deposit ratio means banks are not lending."
Loans are counted where they are sanctioned. A company with plants in one state may borrow in Mumbai; a farmer's crop loan stays local. A low ratio says that much of the money saved in the state is lent elsewhere.
- 5
"The state's weather station says otherwise."
The climate figures are averages over the whole area of the state, from a reconstruction of past weather, not readings at one station. A city can be warmer or wetter than its state's average.