Complete materials for Some Perspective: India's Political Economy (2004-2026)
This research package contains all materials from Some Perspective: India's Political Economy, 2004-2026, and its working paper, "Growth Without Accountability: Measuring India's Institutional and Distributional Transformation, 2004-2026". All resources are open access and designed for researchers, policy makers, journalists, and citizens.
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Full working paper: the measurement problem, construction of the three indices, results across 2004-2026, a comparison with an independent synthetic-control study, and a statement of limitations. Every figure names its source in the open dataset.
A short overview of the findings, the three indices and their implications.
Detailed technical documentation of index construction, data sources, and analytical methods.
Component tables for the three indices, the Time Use Survey figures, published estimates of employment elasticity, three robustness checks and the year-by-year results.
The year-by-year dataset for 2004-2026: 18 series, including the three indices, with 265 values. The master dataset in the package adds every index input, one row per year. A year with no published figure is left empty. The source of every series is named in data.json.
replication_code.py and replication_code.R recompute the cross-era comparison from the dataset. data/compute_indices.py recomputes the three indices from their inputs.
The yearly values of the three indices are in the dataset. Their inputs, sources and severity coding are in data/compute_indices.py and the master dataset, both in the package.
In the downloads/ folder: paper.pdf and paper.html (the working paper), dataset.csv and dataset.xlsx (the year-by-year dataset), someperspective-research-package.zip (the documents, data.json, the dataset, the master dataset with every index input, the index code and the replication scripts), and the six guides listed on this page (executive summary, methodology, technical appendix, policy brief, citizen guide and media kit).
In the repository: data.json (every series on the site, with its source note), data/SP_masterdataset.csv (the dataset, written by tools/build_master.py), data/compute_indices.py (the SSI, FCI and DQI with their inputs and sources), data/METHODOLOGY.md, data_dictionary.md, replication_code.py, replication_code.R and paper/paper.md (the source of the paper).
A slide-by-slide walkthrough of the findings, drawn from the same dataset as the paper. It replaced the two earlier slide decks, which were maintained by hand and had drifted from the data.
Policy recommendations for restoring growth with accountability.
Accessible explanation with examples and visualizations for general public understanding.
Press-ready materials with key findings, infographics, and quotable lines.
Raman, V. S. (2026). Some Perspective: India’s Political Economy, 2004–2026. Retrieved from https://someperspective.info
Updated 10 October 2026
23 years of data, 2004-2026
Paper, dataset and code
Open Access
Complete Package (ZIP)
Code Repository
475 published values
Documented
Five pillars
Public audience
@techreport{someperspective2026,
title={Some Perspective: India's Political Economy, 2004--2026},
author={Raman, Varna Sri},
year={2026},
institution={Independent Research},
url={https://someperspective.info}
}
Raman, V. S. (2026). Some Perspective: India Political Economy Dataset, 2004–2026 [Data set]. Retrieved from https://someperspective.info/data.json
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