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India 2026

Индия

India enters 2027 with a population of 1,463.9 million, a power fleet that is now more than half non-fossil by capacity, and a water and food system that rests on one seasonal rainfall regime. The population figure is for 2025.

Выводы
12
each with its status and source
Sectors with findings
5 of 6
Infrastructure not assessed
Risk objects
4
order carries no rank
Источники
52
Evidence close 30 September 2026

01 · Readings

India in six readings.

Six readings that frame the India baseline, and the eight questions this edition answers, each with its status and source.

  • 1,463.9millionpopulation, 2025 [1]
  • 35.7%urban population share, 2025 [1]
  • 3,956USD billiongross domestic product, current prices, 2025 [2]
  • 72.2летlife expectancy at birth, 2024 [2]
  • 3,154MtCO₂ emissions excluding land use, 2024 [4]
  • 300.50GWnon-fossil installed capacity, 31 July 2026 [9]

02 · Sectors

Six sectors, one hexagon.

Water first, then Energy, Infrastructure, Food, Health and Biodiversity. Each count is the findings of this edition in that sector: coverage of the evidence, never a score. Infrastructure is not assessed: the edition holds no Infrastructure finding and its coupling matrix does not assess it.

  1. WATВода2 findings

    60.6% Groundwater extraction as a share of the extractable resource, 2025. Сообщённые данные

    Extraction at 60.63% of the extractable groundwater; over-exploited units concentrated in the north-west, west and south.

  2. ENEЭнергетика2 findings

    54% Non-fossil sources in installed power capacity, 31 Jul 2026. Сообщённые данные

    Non-fossil sources are 54% of capacity; fossil fuels still supply about 73% of generation.

  3. INFИнфраструктураnot assessed

    Fast-growing urban and lifeline stock exposed to flood, heat and Землетрясение; condition not bound at public-safe resolution.

  4. FOOПродовольствие1 finding

    376.6 Mt Foodgrain production, third advance estimate, 2025–26. Сообщённые данные

    Record foodgrain estimate of 376.563 Mt for 2025–26; wheat export ban continues.

  5. HLTЗдравоохранение1 finding

    72.2 years Life expectancy at birth, 2024. Сообщённые данные

    Life expectancy 72.2 years; heat-death counts are inconsistent; air-pollution mortality was 139.3 per 100,000 in 2019.

  6. BIOБиоразнообразие1 finding

    7.7 % of land Terrestrial area under protection, 2024. Сообщённые данные

    Forest is 24.4% of land and 7.7% of land is protected; condition outside protection is not bound.

Outside the six sectors: Climate forcing 4, Systemic 1.

03 · Hazard exposure

The hazards this edition reads.

The edition’s own risk objects, in its order, each read across driver, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, cascade and horizon. The hexagon marks the sectors the cascade reaches; the domain beside each is an editorial reading of its hazard words.

  • RSK-IND-CLI-001

    Multi-year monsoon deficit with groundwater stress

    Сообщённые данныеEQL 4

    Движущая сила
    deficient monsoon seasons and rising temperature
    Подверженность
    irrigated and rain-fed farmland, cities, hydropower
    Уязвимость
    groundwater extraction above 100% in three states
    Мощность
    storage and demand management not bound
    Каскад
    CLI → WAT → FOO, ENE
    Горизонт
    annual to 5 years

    No domain reading

  • RSK-IND-CLI-002

    Cloudburst, flood and landslide sequence in the mountains and plains

    Сообщённые данныеEQL 4

    Движущая сила
    экстремальные осадки on steep or flood-prone terrain
    Подверженность
    mountain valleys, river plains and coasts
    Уязвимость
    roads, power lines and settlements in hazard zones; not bound
    Мощность
    warnings and response agencies; effectiveness not bound
    Каскад
    CLI → INF → HLT, ENE
    Горизонт
    ежегодно

    Водные системы

  • RSK-IND-ENE-003

    Power-system balancing as solar share grows

    Сообщённые данныеEQL 3

    Движущая сила
    evening demand after solar output falls
    Подверженность
    households, industry and agriculture
    Уязвимость
    fossil generation still about 73% of supply
    Мощность
    storage and flexible capacity not bound
    Каскад
    ENE → WAT, FOO, FIN
    Горизонт
    1–5 years

    No domain reading

  • RSK-IND-HLT-004

    Extreme heat and humidity

    Expert inputEQL 2

    Движущая сила
    heat waves and warm nights
    Подверженность
    outdoor workers, older people, dense housing
    Уязвимость
    cooling access and housing; not bound
    Мощность
    heat action plans exist as guidance [43]; use not bound
    Каскад
    CLI → HLT → ENE
    Горизонт
    seasonal

    Атмосфера и погода

Scenario · SCN-IND-MON-01

A second deficient monsoon across groundwater, kharif output, power demand and food budgets

Under this scenario, results describe a conditional season under stated assumptions. It is not a forecast, and no intervention described here has been carried out.

2 of 12 findings name a hazard in their text. Show them

  1. 1CLI → WATrecharge falls and pumping rises in units already over-exploited
  2. 2WAT → FOOirrigation draws on falling groundwater; rain-fed output is exposed; no figure bound
  3. 3FOO → FINfood prices pass into household budgets; no figure bound
  4. 4ENE → WATpumping and cooling demand add load to the power system
  5. 5CLI → HLTheat and water stress raise health and care demand
  6. 6WAT → BIOdrier soils and forests raise fire and stress on wetlands

04 · Couplings

How the sectors carry risk into each other.

The India matrix types the twenty couplings between the five core системы. Strengths are Nexus estimates from the cited evidence and analogue events; they set the starting graph that the Q1 2027 Foundry cut will test.

Coupling matrix, from row to column
ОтWATENEFOOHLTBIO
WAT·StrongStrongУмеренныеStrong
ENEУмеренные·StrongStrongУмеренные
FOOУмеренныеWeak·StrongStrong
HLTWeakWeakУмеренные·Weak
BIOStrongУмеренныеStrongУмеренные·

Water: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Energy: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Food: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Health: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Biodiversity: 4 couplings out, 4 in. Infrastructure is not in the coupling matrix: none of the edition matrices types it, so it carries no value.

Cascade paths, in the edition’s order

  1. CLI → WAT → FOOa deficient monsoon lowers recharge and raises pumping, and tests irrigated and rain-fed cropsСообщённые данные
  2. CLI → INF → HLTcloudbursts, floods and landslides cut roads and lifelines in the mountainsСообщённые данные
  3. ENE → WATpumping and cooling demand couple groundwater to the power systemExpert input
  4. TRD → ENE → FINnet energy imports pass fuel prices into the economyСообщённые данные
  5. CLI → HLTэкстремальную жару loads health and care; deaths are counted inconsistentlyСообщённые данные

05 · Findings

Every finding of India.

Search, filter by sector, system or status, and sort. The address bar keeps the view, so a filtered list can be shared. Every row opens the finding at its source.

All 12 findings

Findings of India
IDВыпускSector or systemСтатусStatement
CLI-001ИндияCLI Climate forcing Сообщённые данные2025 was the eighth warmest year in the national record since 1901, 0.28 °C above the 1991–2020 average; winter 2025 had the highest seasonal anomaly on record (+1.17 °C), and 2024 remains the warmest year (+0.65 °C).
CLI-002ИндияCLI Climate forcing Сообщённые данныеThe 2026 southwest monsoon delivered 87% of the long period average (759.4 mm), the fourth lowest total since 2001; East and Northeast India received 74% and the South Peninsula 76%, and 17 of 36 subdivisions, covering 42% of the area, were deficient.
CLI-003ИндияCLI Climate forcing Сообщённые данныеThe weather service recorded about 2,760 deaths from extreme weather in 2025: more than 1,370 from heavy rain, floods, cloudbursts and landslides, and more than 1,310 from lightning. The count draws on media and disaster-authority reports.
WAT-004ИндияWAT Вода Сообщённые данныеGroundwater extraction was 247.22 billion cubic metres in 2025, 60.63% of the 407.75 billion extractable; 730 of 6,762 assessment units (10.8%) were over-exploited, with stage of extraction at 156.36% in Punjab, 147.11% in Rajasthan and 136.75% in Haryana.
WAT-005ИндияWAT Вода Сообщённые данныеRenewable internal freshwater was about 1,014 m³ per person in 2022, and peer-reviewed satellite and modelling studies find falling groundwater storage in northern India, with pumping as a major driver.
ENE-006ИндияENE Энергетика Сообщённые данныеOn 31 July 2026 non-fossil sources provided 300.50 GW of about 552 GW installed capacity, over 54%: solar 164.59 GW, wind 58.14 GW, hydro 57.24 GW, bio-power 11.75 GW and nuclear 8.78 GW; 55.29 GW was added in 2025–26.
ENE-007ИндияENE Энергетика Сообщённые данныеFossil generation fell 3.3% in 2025 as renewables grew by a record 98 TWh; solar reached 196 TWh, 9.4% of demand, and fossil fuels still supplied about 73% of generation. Net energy imports were 36.0% of energy use in 2024.
CLI-008ИндияCLI Climate forcing Сообщённые данныеThe latest official inventory gives 2,959 Mt CO₂e for 2020 excluding land use, with energy 2,238 Mt; the 2035 contribution targets a 47% cut in emissions intensity of GDP from 2005 and net zero by 2070.
FOO-009ИндияFOO Продовольствие Сообщённые данныеThe third advance estimate for 2025–26 puts foodgrain at a record 376.563 Mt, up 5.3% on 2024–25, with rice at 154.024 Mt and wheat at 120.657 Mt; the wheat export ban of May 2022 continues.
HLT-010ИндияHLT Здравоохранение Сообщённые данныеLife expectancy was 72.2 years in 2024 and 7.4% of people were aged 65 or over in 2025; no consistent national heat-death series exists, since the national disease-control centre confirmed 14 deaths between March and June 2025 while a media review found at least 84 between February and July.
BIO-011ИндияBIO Биоразнообразие Сообщённые данныеForest covered 24.4% of land in 2024 and 7.7% of land was under terrestrial protection; condition outside protected areas is not bound in this edition.
SYS-012ИндияSYS Системные риски Expert inputThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a second deficient monsoon that cuts groundwater recharge, kharif output and household food budgets together.

06 · Editions and calendar

The desks’ editions for India.

The desks’ editions for India
БюроВыпускСтатусИдентификатор
GCRI Systems EvidenceIndia 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-COUNTRY-IND-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationPublic Deliberation: India 2026В подготовке
GRA Capital ReadinessCapital Readiness: India 2026В подготовке
Standards ProgressNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Academy CapabilityNo edition in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Index MeasurementMeasurement: India 2026В подготовке

Calendar · 2026 Baseline

  1. 01Call opensset by the editor
  2. 02Contribution closeset by the editor
  3. 03Закрытие доказательной базы30 September 2026
  4. 04Desk review and releaseset by the editor
  5. 05Collection compilationset by the editor
  6. 06Collection releaseset by the editor
  7. 07Исправленияafter release, as needed

Evidence cut NQ-IND-2026-Q0-1. Next cycles: Q1 2027, Q2 2027, Q3 2027, Q4 2027; their dates are set by the editor.

07 · Take part

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Журнал исправлений

Versions and corrections
ВерсияДатаСтатусИзменениеУведомление
NR-COUNTRY-IND-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0October 2026DRAFTBaseline Edition 2026, inaugural annual edition,нет
Data gaps3What the repository does not hold yet, and the source proposed for each
Data gaps and proposed sources
РазрывShown here asProposed source
Exposure values per hazard (people, assets, hectares)the edition’s own risk objects, without valuesthe Index country profile once the Index releases values, risksindex.com/ind/
The NHS-1 hazard types and their assignment to this edition’s risk objectsan editorial reading of the hazard wordsthe NHS-1 type assignment through the Registry
Infrastructure in the coupling matrixInfrastructure marked not assessedan Infrastructure row and column in the edition matrix at the next cut
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