For developers

Open data API

Every official figure on this site, as JSON. Free, read-only, and no key needed. Try any request below.

No key
JSON over HTTPS
Open to any website (CORS)
OpenAPI 3.1
18 series

Base URLhttps://deshboard.app/api/v1

GET/api/v1/latest/cpi-headline

$ curl -s "https://deshboard.app/api/v1/latest/cpi-headline"

{
  "latest": {
    "period": "2026-09",
    "value": 5.5,
    "unit": "%"
  },
  "citation": {
    "text": "Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-09 (2026-10-12). CPI inflation (headline), via Deshboard: https://deshboard.app/data/prices/inflation"
  }
}

API console

Latest figure

The newest figure of a series and the release it comes from.

GET/api/v1/latest/{id}

Code

curl -s "https://deshboard.app/api/v1/latest/forex-reserves"

Response

Open in a new tab

Press Send request to see the answer.

Connect an AI assistant

The MCP server gives AI assistants the same figures, each with its citation and a warning at every change of method. Read-only, no key.

MCP serverhttps://deshboard.app/mcp

Claude

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste the server URL.

ChatGPT

Turn on developer mode in Settings → Connectors, then create a connector with the server URL.

Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal:

claude mcp add --transport http deshboard https://deshboard.app/mcp

Cursor

Install with one click, or add this to .cursor/mcp.json:

Add to Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deshboard": {
      "url": "https://deshboard.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Run this once in a terminal:

code --add-mcp '{"name":"deshboard","type":"http","url":"https://deshboard.app/mcp"}'

Any MCP client

Point it at the server URL over Streamable HTTP, for example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deshboard": {
      "url": "https://deshboard.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

search_series: Find the series for a question, in English, Hinglish or Hindi.
get_latest: The latest figure, with its release and citation.
get_series: Figures over time, as printed, with methodology segments.
compare_periods: Whether two periods can be compared, and the change when they can.
release_calendar: When each source publishes next.

Series

ID	Series	Publisher	Latest figure	Try
`cpi-headline`	CPI inflation (headline)	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	5.5 % · 2026-09	Try
`cpi-food`	CPI food inflation	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	7.7 % · 2026-09	Try
`fiscal-deficit`	Union fiscal deficit (₹ crore)	Ministry of Finance	16,95,768 ₹ crore · 2026-27	Try
`fiscal-deficit-to-gdp`	Union fiscal deficit (% of GDP)	Ministry of Finance	4.3 % of GDP · 2026-27	Try
`capital-expenditure`	Union capital expenditure (₹ crore)	Ministry of Finance	12,21,821 ₹ crore · 2026-27	Try
`gdp-growth`	Real GDP growth (%)	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	7.7 % · 2025-26	Try
`per-capita-income`	Per-capita income (₹)	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	2,08,090 ₹ · 2025-26	Try
`repo-rate`	RBI policy repo rate (%)	Reserve Bank of India	5.5 % · 2026-10-07	Try
`rupee-dollar`	Rupees per US dollar, monthly average	Reserve Bank of India	94.97 ₹ per US$ · 2026-06	Try
`rupee-dollar-yearly`	Rupees per US dollar, financial-year average	Reserve Bank of India	88.307 ₹ per US$ · 2025-26	Try
`forex-reserves`	Foreign exchange reserves, end of month (US$ million)	Reserve Bank of India	7,51,795.99 US$ million · 2026-08	Try
`forex-reserves-yearly`	Foreign exchange reserves, end of March (US$ million)	Reserve Bank of India	6,91,108 US$ million · 2025-26	Try
`unemployment-rate`	Unemployment rate, monthly (current weekly status, %)	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	5 % · 2026-09	Try
`unemployment-rate-yearly`	Unemployment rate, yearly (usual status, %)	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	3.1 % · 2025	Try
`crime-rate`	Crime rate (cognisable crimes per lakh people)	National Crime Records Bureau	418.9 per lakh people · 2024	Try
`crimes-registered`	Cognisable crimes registered (total, IPC/BNS and SLL)	National Crime Records Bureau	58,85,867 cases · 2024	Try
`crimes-against-women`	Crimes against women (rate and cases)	National Crime Records Bureau	64.6 per lakh women · 2024	Try
`cyber-crimes`	Cyber crimes registered	National Crime Records Bureau	1,01,928 cases · 2024	Try

Use it in your tools

Postman, Insomnia, Bruno and Hoppscotch import the whole API from this link.

GEThttps://deshboard.app/api/v1/openapi

Limits

Answers are cached for up to five minutes. Keep to a few requests a second; heavy use from one address may be slowed.

For AI assistants

llms.txt describes the site, its citation rule and its pages; llms-full.txt adds every latest figure.

llms.txt llms-full.txt

Using the figures

Cite the source

Name the publisher and the release first, then this site and the page. Every answer carries a ready-made citation.

Respect method changes

Never join figures across a change of method. Across a break, compare answers NOT_COMPARABLE and gives no difference.

As printed

Every value is as the publisher printed it. Rates are never recomputed.

Publisher terms

MoSPI, the Ministry of Finance, the RBI and NCRB each set their own terms, and they apply.