Release of Uniform Guideline for Compilation of District Domestic Product (DDP) Estimates with Base Year 2022-23

• District Domestic Product (DDP) = sub-State estimate of the value of goods/services produced within a district's geographical boundary in a given year — the district-level analogue of GDP/GSDP.
• On 03 June 2026, the National Statistics Office (NSO), MoSPI released the finalised "Guideline for Compilation of DDP Estimates" with base year 2022-23, after a public-consultation draft uploaded on 07 April 2026.
• Significance for UPSC: first uniform, all-India methodology for districts (earlier each State followed its own approach), enabling inter-district comparability, evidence-based planning under Aspirational Districts Programme, and granular SDG monitoring.