Where JanWatchdog's information comes from

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Every figure, notice and guide on the JanWatchdog website and in the JanWatchdog and janStartupEvaluator apps comes from the publications below. Each page also names the source next to its figures, and anything that is not a government document carries its publisher's name.

Budgets and taxes

Union Budget figures, ministries and central schemes (Budget at a Glance, Expenditure Profile): Ministry of Finance, https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/
How the Centre shares taxes with the States: Fifteenth Finance Commission, https://fincomindia.nic.in/
Tax devolution instalments released to the States: Ministry of Finance releases, Press Information Bureau, https://pib.gov.in/
State budgets (compiled by hand from the State Budget Books and the RBI study): Reserve Bank of India, State Finances: A Study of Budgets, https://rbi.org.in/

MPs, MLAs and people in public office

MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) works and spending: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, https://mplads.mospi.gov.in/
Assets, liabilities and criminal cases that MPs and MLAs declared on oath (affidavits filed with the Election Commission of India): Association for Democratic Reforms, myneta.info, https://myneta.info/ Not a government source
Pay of public offices: Acts and rules: India Code, Legislative Department, https://www.indiacode.nic.in/
Pay Commission: Eighth Central Pay Commission, https://8cpc.gov.in/
Judges and current office-holders, major national projects: Wikipedia (each entry links to its article), https://en.wikipedia.org/ Not a government source

Audits

Audit reports of the Union, States and Union Territories: Comptroller and Auditor General of India, https://cag.gov.in/

Schemes and scholarships

Who can apply to a scheme and how (each scheme page links to its own official portal): myScheme, Government of India, https://www.myscheme.gov.in/
Central scholarships open now: National Scholarship Portal, https://scholarships.gov.in/
Scholarships for SC, OBC and other students: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, https://socialjustice.gov.in/
Education scholarships and fellowships: Ministry of Education, https://www.education.gov.in/

Disaster and accident relief

Ex gratia relief announced by the Centre: Prime Minister's Office, https://www.pmindia.gov.in/
Relief announcements and fund releases: Press Information Bureau, https://pib.gov.in/
Disaster updates: National Disaster Management Authority, https://ndma.gov.in/
Disaster reports where no Indian government page exists: ReliefWeb (United Nations OCHA), https://reliefweb.int/ Not a government source

Foreign borrowing and lending

External assistance and debt: Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, https://dea.gov.in/
Lines of credit given by India: Export-Import Bank of India, https://www.eximbankindia.in/
World Bank loans and India's external debt: World Bank, https://data.worldbank.org/ Not a government source

Startup licences and permits

GST registration: Goods and Services Tax Network, https://www.gst.gov.in/
Company and LLP registration: Ministry of Corporate Affairs, https://www.mca.gov.in/
Udyam (MSME) registration: Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, https://udyamregistration.gov.in/
Startup recognition: Startup India, DPIIT, https://www.startupindia.gov.in/
Food business licence: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, https://foscos.fssai.gov.in/
Employee provident fund and insurance: EPFO and ESIC, https://www.epfindia.gov.in/

Maps and places

State and district boundaries: Survey of India, https://onlinemaps.surveyofindia.gov.in/
Boundary files as republished (crediting Survey of India and the Local Government Directory): indian_admin_boundaries project, https://github.com/ramSeraph/indian_admin_boundaries Not a government source
Districts, headquarters, population and area (the list cites the Census of India): Wikipedia, List of districts in India, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_India Not a government source

Latest updates (news)

Government press releases: Press Information Bureau, https://pib.gov.in/
Women and child development updates: Ministry of Women and Child Development, https://wcd.gov.in/
News reports, each shown with its publisher's name: The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Economic Times, ThePrint, https://www.thehindu.com/ Not a government source

Government jobs, admit cards and results

Read every 3 hours from the notice boards of these recruiting bodies. Each notice links to the official notification; the exam guides use the same bodies' notifications, cut-off notices and results.

Centre: Union Public Service Commission, https://upsc.gov.in/
Centre: Staff Selection Commission, https://ssc.gov.in/
Centre: Railway Recruitment Boards, https://www.rrbpatna.gov.in/
Centre: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, https://www.ibps.in/
Centre: State Bank of India, https://sbi.co.in/web/careers/current-openings
Centre: Reserve Bank of India, https://opportunities.rbi.org.in/Scripts/Vacancies.aspx
Centre: Indian Army, https://joinindianarmy.nic.in/
Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh State Level Police Recruitment Board, https://slprb.ap.gov.in/
Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, https://psc.ap.gov.in/
Arunachal Pradesh: Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, https://appsc.gov.in/
Arunachal Pradesh: Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board, https://apssb.nic.in/
Assam: Assam Public Service Commission, https://apsc.nic.in/
Assam: State Level Police Recruitment Board, Assam, https://slprbassam.in/
Bihar: Bihar Public Service Commission, https://bpsc.bihar.gov.in/
Bihar: Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar, https://csbc.bihar.gov.in/
Bihar: Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission, https://bpssc.bihar.gov.in/
Bihar: Bihar Staff Selection Commission, https://bssc.bihar.gov.in/
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Administration, https://chandigarh.gov.in/
Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission, https://psc.cg.gov.in/
Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh Vyapam (Professional Examination Board), https://vyapam.cgstate.gov.in/
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, https://ddd.gov.in/
Delhi: Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board, https://dsssb.delhi.gov.in/dsssb-vacancies
Goa: Goa Public Service Commission, https://gpsc.goa.gov.in/
Goa: Goa Staff Selection Commission, https://gssc.goa.gov.in/
Gujarat: Gujarat Public Service Commission, https://gpsc.gujarat.gov.in/
Gujarat: Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board, https://gsssb.gujarat.gov.in/
Gujarat: OJAS (Gujarat online job applications), https://ojas.gujarat.gov.in/
Haryana: Haryana Public Service Commission, https://hpsc.gov.in/
Haryana: Haryana Staff Selection Commission, https://hssc.gov.in/
Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, https://hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc/
Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh Rajya Chayan Aayog, https://hprca.hp.gov.in/
Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board, https://jkssb.nic.in/whatsnew.html
Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission, https://jkpsc.nic.in/
Jharkhand: Jharkhand Public Service Commission, https://www.jpsc.gov.in/
Jharkhand: Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, https://jssc.jharkhand.gov.in/
Karnataka: Karnataka Examinations Authority, https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea/
Karnataka: Karnataka Public Service Commission, https://kpsc.kar.nic.in/
Kerala: Kerala Public Service Commission, https://www.keralapsc.gov.in/latest
Ladakh: Administration of Ladakh, https://ladakh.gov.in/
Lakshadweep: Lakshadweep Administration, https://lakshadweep.gov.in/
Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission, https://mppsc.mp.gov.in/
Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board, https://esb.mp.gov.in/
Maharashtra: Maharashtra Public Service Commission, https://mpsc.gov.in/
Maharashtra: Maharashtra Police (recruitment), https://mahapolice.gov.in/
Manipur: Manipur Public Service Commission, https://mpscmanipur.gov.in/
Meghalaya: Meghalaya Public Service Commission, https://mpsc.meghalaya.gov.in/
Mizoram: Mizoram Public Service Commission, https://mpsc.mizoram.gov.in/
Nagaland: Nagaland Public Service Commission, https://npsc.nagaland.gov.in/
Odisha: Odisha Public Service Commission, https://www.opsc.gov.in/
Odisha: Odisha Staff Selection Commission, https://www.ossc.gov.in/
Odisha: Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection Commission, https://www.osssc.gov.in/
Puducherry: Government of Puducherry (recruitment), https://recruitment.py.gov.in/
Punjab: Punjab Public Service Commission, https://ppsc.gov.in/
Punjab: Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board, https://sssb.punjab.gov.in/
Rajasthan: Rajasthan Public Service Commission, https://rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in/advertisements
Rajasthan: Rajasthan Staff Selection Board, https://rssb.rajasthan.gov.in/
Sikkim: Sikkim Public Service Commission, https://spsc.sikkim.gov.in/
Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, https://www.tnpsc.gov.in/English/notification.aspx
Tamil Nadu: Teachers Recruitment Board, Tamil Nadu, https://trb.tn.gov.in/
Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, https://www.tnusrb.tn.gov.in/
Telangana: Telangana Public Service Commission, https://www.tgpsc.gov.in/
Telangana: Telangana Police Recruitment Board, https://www.tgprb.in/
Tripura: Tripura Public Service Commission, https://tpsc.tripura.gov.in/
Tripura: Teachers Recruitment Board, Tripura, https://trb.tripura.gov.in/
Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, https://uppsc.up.nic.in/
Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission, https://upsssc.gov.in/
Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, https://uppbpb.gov.in/
Uttarakhand: Uttarakhand Public Service Commission, https://psc.uk.gov.in/
Uttarakhand: Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission, https://sssc.uk.gov.in/
West Bengal: West Bengal Public Service Commission, https://psc.wb.gov.in/
West Bengal: West Bengal Central School Service Commission, https://www.westbengalssc.com/
West Bengal: West Bengal Police Recruitment Board, https://prb.wb.gov.in/

Older pages compiled by hand

The Treasury and ministry spending, Officials, Vacancies, Women's safety, district projects and district and State scheme figures were compiled by hand from the portals below and the Union and State budget documents above. Where a figure is not yet linked to its document, the page says so next to it; check it on the official portal before relying on it.

Public Financial Management System, https://pfms.gov.in/
MGNREGA, https://nrega.dord.gov.in/
eGramSwaraj, https://egramswaraj.gov.in/
Jal Jeevan Mission, https://jaljeevanmission.gov.in/
PMGSY rural roads, https://pmgsy.dord.gov.in/
Government e-Marketplace, https://gem.gov.in/
Ministry of Home Affairs, https://www.mha.gov.in/
Department of Justice, https://doj.gov.in/

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Every website we draw from

The full list of addresses that any figure, notice or link in the data comes from, updated with the data (377 in all).

Government websites of India and, for study-abroad scholarships, of other countries (257)

112.gov.in
8cpc.gov.in
aajeevika.gov.in
aay.jharkhand.gov.in
abhyuday.up.gov.in
admission.kvs.gov.in
agriinfra.dac.gov.in
agrimachinery.nic.in
agriwelfare.gov.in
aizawl.nic.in
annadathasukhibhava.ap.gov.in
application.tgpsc.gov.in
appsc.gov.in
apsc.nic.in
apssb.nic.in
ayushmanbharat.haryana.gov.in
beneficiary.nha.gov.in
birac.nic.in
bis.gov.in
bpsc.bihar.gov.in
bpssc.bihar.gov.in
bssc.bihar.gov.in
cag.gov.in
cca.gov.in
cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
cdsco.gov.in
cdscomdonline.gov.in
cea.nic.in
cetonline.karnataka.gov.in
chandigarh.gov.in
civilaviation.gov.in
clinicalestablishments.gov.in
cmaay.arunachal.gov.in
cmhis.nagaland.gov.in
cmladlibahna.mp.gov.in
consumeraffairs.nic.in
cpcb.nic.in
csbc.bihar.gov.in
cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk
cybercrime.gov.in
ddd.gov.in
ddnews.gov.in
dea.gov.in
dgfscdhg.gov.in
dgft.gov.in
digitalsky.dgca.gov.in
doj.gov.in
dot.gov.in
dsssb.delhi.gov.in
dsssbonline.nic.in
education.gov.in
edudel.nic.in
egramswaraj.gov.in
empsconline.gov.in
epfindia.gov.in
erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu
esb.mp.gov.in
eservices.punjab.gov.in
esic.gov.in
etenders.gov.in
fert.gov.in
fincomindia.nic.in
foscos.fssai.gov.in
fssai.gov.in
gem.gov.in
goaonline.gov.in
gov.uk
gpsc-ojas.gujarat.gov.in
gpsc.goa.gov.in
gpsc.gujarat.gov.in
gssc.goa.gov.in
gsssb.gujarat.gov.in
gst.gov.in
hallticket.tgpsc.gov.in
handicrafts.nic.in
health.delhi.gov.in
heavyindustries.gov.in
highereducation.tripura.gov.in
hppsc.hp.gov.in
hprca.hp.gov.in
hpsc.gov.in
hssc.gov.in
idex.gov.in
ies.gov.in
in.emb-japan.go.jp
in.usembassy.gov
incometax.gov.in
india.diplo.de
india.gov.in
indiabudget.gov.in
indiacode.nic.in
indianfrro.gov.in
indianrailways.gov.in
indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in
indirammaindlu.telangana.gov.in
inspace.gov.in
ipindia.gov.in
ipindiaonline.gov.in
ipr.nagaland.gov.in
ireps.gov.in
ism.gov.in
isro.gov.in
it.assam.gov.in
j1visa.state.gov
jaljeevanmission.gov.in
jeevandayee.gov.in
jkpsc.nic.in
jkssb.nic.in
joinindianarmy.nic.in
josaa.nic.in
jpsc.gov.in
jssc.jharkhand.gov.in
keralapsc.gov.in
kisan.cg.nic.in
kmut.tn.gov.in
kokrajhar.assam.gov.in
kpsc.kar.nic.in
kvic.gov.in
kviconline.gov.in
kvsangathan.nic.in
kygcms.tn.gov.in
labour.gov.in
ladakh.gov.in
ladakibahin.maharashtra.gov.in
lakshadweep.gov.in
lifemission.kerala.gov.in
maayojana.rajasthan.gov.in
mahapolice.gov.in
mahtarivandan.cgstate.gov.in
malda.gov.in
mca.gov.in
megrecruitment.nic.in
meity.gov.in
meraparivar.haryana.gov.in
mha.gov.in
mib.gov.in
missionshakti.wcd.gov.in
mizoram.gov.in
mksy.up.gov.in
mod.gov.in
mohfw.gov.in
morth.nic.in
mplads.mospi.gov.in
mppsc.mp.gov.in
mpsc.gov.in
mpsc.meghalaya.gov.in
mpsc.mizoram.gov.in
mpscmanipur.gov.in
msh.meity.gov.in
myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in
mymeg.meghalaya.gov.in
myscheme.gov.in
nalsa.gov.in
ndma.gov.in
newsonair.gov.in
nhai.gov.in
nhm.gov.in
nosmsje.gov.in
npsc.nagaland.gov.in
nrega.dord.gov.in
nrega.nic.in
ojas.gujarat.gov.in
ondls.gov.in
onetimeregn.haryana.gov.in
online-inspire.gov.in
onlinemaps.surveyofindia.gov.in
opsc.gov.in
ors.gov.in
ossc.gov.in
osssc.gov.in
pc.odisha.gov.in
penkalvi.tn.gov.in
pfms.gov.in
pib.gov.in
pmay-urban.gov.in
pmayg.dord.gov.in
pmaymis.gov.in
pmedrive.heavyindustries.gov.in
pmfme.mofpi.gov.in
pmgsy.dord.gov.in
pmindia.gov.in
pmjay.gov.in
pmkisan.gov.in
pmmvy.wcd.gov.in
pmsonline.bihar.gov.in
pmsuryaghar.gov.in
pmsvanidhi.mohua.gov.in
pmvishwakarma.gov.in
power.delhi.gov.in
ppsc.gov.in
prb.wb.gov.in
psc.ap.gov.in
psc.cg.gov.in
psc.uk.gov.in
psc.wb.gov.in
punjab.gov.in
railmadad.indianrailways.gov.in
recruitment.py.gov.in
regn.hpsc.gov.in
rpa.meghalaya.gov.in
rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in
rrbapply.gov.in
rrbguwahati.gov.in
rrbpatna.gov.in
rssb.rajasthan.gov.in
samagra.education.gov.in
saralsanchar.gov.in
sbm.gov.in
scholarship.up.gov.in
scholarships.gov.in
sci.gov.in
sdma.goa.gov.in
seedfund.startupindia.gov.in
sevasindhugs.karnataka.gov.in
sha.uk.gov.in
sikkim.gov.in
slprb.ap.gov.in
socialjustice.gov.in
socialsecurity.wb.gov.in
socialwelfare.goa.gov.in
spsc.sikkim.gov.in
ssc.gov.in
sssb.punjab.gov.in
sssc.uk.gov.in
startupindia.gov.in
state.bihar.gov.in
studyinjapan.go.jp
subhadra.odisha.gov.in
texmin.gov.in
tgpsc.gov.in
thc.nic.in
thoubal.nic.in
thulasi.psc.kerala.gov.in
tn.gov.in
tnpsc.gov.in
tnusrb.tn.gov.in
tourism.gov.in
tpsc.tripura.gov.in
transdev.assam.gov.in
transport.delhi.gov.in
trb.tn.gov.in
trb.tripura.gov.in
udyami.bihar.gov.in
udyamregistration.gov.in
unifiedportal-emp.epfindia.gov.in
uppbpb.gov.in
uppsc.up.nic.in
upsc.gov.in
upsconline.nic.in
upsssc.gov.in
vahan.parivahan.gov.in
vyapam.cgstate.gov.in
wb.gov.in
wbkanyashree.gov.in
wcd.delhi.gov.in
wcd.gov.in
wcd.py.gov.in

Public bodies and official portals on other addresses (27)

aiimsexams.ac.in
apscrecruitment.in
cgtmse.in
eximbankindia.in
ibps.in
ibpsreg.ibps.in
jansamarth.in
jk.mygov.in
manakonline.in
mudra.org.in
ncgtc.in
nmc.org.in
nta.ac.in
opportunities.rbi.org.in
pmrf.in
pravaah.rbi.org.in
pspcl.in
rbi.org.in
recruitment.sbi.bank.in
sbi.bank.in
sbi.co.in
sidbi.in
slprbassam.in
standupmitra.in
tgprb.in
tnpscexams.in
westbengalssc.com

International organisations (9)

adb.org
aiib.org
data.worldbank.org
imf.org
jica.go.jp
kfw-entwicklungsbank.de
ndb.int
projects.worldbank.org
reliefweb.int

Not government: newspapers, reference sites and other publishers (84)

a.apsc.nbapps.info
admitcard.ukssscrecruitment.in
adv062026.hryssc.com
aninews.in
apply-bpssc.com
apply-csbc.com
business-standard.com
cbgaindia.org
chevening.org
citizenmatters.in
competition.careers360.com
daad.de
daad.in
dailypioneer.com
deccanchronicle.com
deccanherald.com
devdiscourse.com
download.onlineregistrationindia.com
drishtiias.com
dtnext.in
eastmojo.com
economictimes.indiatimes.com
en.wikipedia.org
english.punjabkesari.com
etvbharat.com
factly.in
freepressjournal.in
gatescambridge.org
gconnect.in
github.com
gulftoday.ae
heraldgoa.in
ianslive.in
indiasnews.net
indiatvnews.com
kashmirlife.net
kashmirobserver.net
keralakaumudi.com
latestly.com
lokmattimes.com
m.greaterkashmir.com
millenniumpost.in
myneta.info
nabl-india.org
nationalheraldindia.com
nbmcw.com
news.careers360.com
newslaundry.com
onmanorama.com
organiser.org
orissapost.com
outlookindia.com
pdymun.in
plutusias.com
preference.ssscuk.com
protean-tinpan.com
prsindia.org
ps.ctestservices.com
pscuk.net.in
pw.live
rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk
sentinelassam.com
shcilestamp.com
swarajyamag.com
telanganatoday.com
test.learnpunjabi.org
tet2dsc.apcfss.in
thefederal.com
thegoan.net
thehindu.com
thehitavada.com
thenewsmill.com
thenewsminute.com
theprint.in
thesouthfirst.com
thestatesman.com
theweek.in
time4education.com
timecore.time4education.com
tribuneindia.com
usief.org.in
web-upsc.getmarks.app
wionews.com
zeenews.india.com

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