Release of Publication “Women and Men in India 2025: Selected Indicators and Data”

• Flagship gender statistics compendium of MoSPI; 27th edition released April 2026, presenting sex-disaggregated indicators across population, education, health, economy, decision-making and violence.
• Critical for UPSC because it is the official benchmark data source on India's gender gap, feeding SDG-5, Beijing Platform monitoring and Mains GS-1/GS-2 answers.
• Adds metadata for 50 key indicators for the first time, standardising concepts, definitions and sources.