The EPWRF India Times Series (EPWRFITS), an interactive online database launched in January 2011, is an initiative taken by the EPW Research Foundation (EPWRF) with an aim to provide time series data facilitating research across various sectors of the Indian Economy.
Perceiving the indispensable role of and need for authentic time series data in socio-economic research and analysis, the EPW Research Foundation has built the EPWRF India Time Series based on the core values – ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, and COMPLETENESS.
EPWRF India Time Series is a unique online database with its comprehensive coverage of the Indian economy for a fairly long time period, and it comprises over a lakh variables encapsulated in 27 modules. The database tries to provide a continuous time series from 1950, depending on the availability.