{ "dataset_name": "RBI policy repo-rate and monetary-policy decision history", "dataset_repo_id": "ashwingopalsamy/india-repo-rate-dataset", "dataset_schema_version": "1.0.0", "canonical_configuration": "decisions", "rights": { "dataset_license": null, "license_status": "not_asserted", "official_status": "independent_non_official", "source_material_rights": "remain_with_respective_publishers", "notice_section": "Attribution & Usage", "reference_material_url": "https://rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?Id=18086" }, "source_snapshot": { "snapshot_id": "2026-08-14-v2", "snapshot_checksum": "sha256:7c54caa01180d3018077a174f2239df9e221e520c61a31d952d6b152a16d3c26", "retrieved_at": "2026-08-14T07:35:45.400Z" }, "configurations": { "decisions": { "row_grain": "one row per canonical monetary-policy/rate observation", "parquet_path": "data/decisions.parquet", "fields": [ { "name": "decision_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Stable dataset-generated identifier for one canonical ledger row.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "snapshot_decision_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Original decision identifier from SnapshotV2.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "canonical_key", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Globally readable instrument/date key: IN:RBI:policy_repo_rate:YYYY-MM-DD.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "jurisdiction", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 jurisdiction code: IN.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "country", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Country name: India.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "central_bank", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Central bank responsible for the instrument.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "central_bank_code", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Short central-bank code: RBI.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "decision_authority", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Authority identified by the source type, or null when not known.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Null means the value is unavailable in the canonical snapshot." }, { "name": "instrument", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Human-readable policy instrument name.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "instrument_code", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Stable machine-readable instrument code.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "record_type", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "policy_decision for a policy-resolution record; historical_rate_observation for imported history.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "date_semantics", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Whether the date represents a resolution/effective date or a historical observation date.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "decision_date", "arrow_type": "date32[day]", "nullable": true, "description": "Date of the identified policy decision; null for imported historical observations.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null means no separate policy-decision date is identified by the source record." }, { "name": "effective_date", "arrow_type": "date32[day]", "nullable": false, "description": "Date on which the canonical rate observation is effective or recorded.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "year", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Calendar year derived from effective_date.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "month", "arrow_type": "int8", "nullable": false, "description": "Calendar month number derived from effective_date.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "policy_rate_pct", "arrow_type": "double", "nullable": false, "description": "Policy repo rate in percent, retained as a convenient numeric view.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "policy_rate_bps", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Policy repo rate in basis points; exactly round(policy_rate_pct * 100).", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "previous_policy_rate_pct", "arrow_type": "double", "nullable": true, "description": "Previous canonical policy rate in percent.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null for the first canonical observation." }, { "name": "previous_policy_rate_bps", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": true, "description": "Previous canonical policy rate in basis points.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null for the first canonical observation." }, { "name": "change_bps", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Signed change from the previous canonical policy rate in basis points; zero for the initial observation.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "action", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Canonical transition label: initial, hike, cut, or hold.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "stance", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Monetary-policy stance when explicitly available.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Null means the canonical source does not provide a structured stance." }, { "name": "is_rate_change", "arrow_type": "bool", "nullable": false, "description": "True when change_bps is non-zero.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "decision_summary", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Short deterministic factual summary generated from structured fields; source prose is not republished.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "regime_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Stable join key for the repository-provided regime interval containing effective_date.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null means effective_date falls in a gap between regime intervals." }, { "name": "regime_type", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Repository-provided contextual regime type.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Null means the value is unavailable in the canonical snapshot." }, { "name": "regime_label", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Repository-provided contextual regime label.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Null means the value is unavailable in the canonical snapshot." }, { "name": "primary_source_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Highest-priority source attached to this decision under the deterministic source-priority policy.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "primary_source_type", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Type of primary_source_id.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "primary_source_title", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Title of primary_source_id.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "primary_source_url", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "URL of primary_source_id.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "primary_source_published_at", "arrow_type": "timestamp[us, tz=UTC]", "nullable": true, "description": "Publication timestamp of primary_source_id when supplied.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Null means the source record does not provide a publication timestamp." }, { "name": "primary_source_retrieved_at", "arrow_type": "timestamp[us, tz=UTC]", "nullable": false, "description": "Retrieval timestamp of primary_source_id.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "primary_source_checksum", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "SHA-256 checksum recorded for primary_source_id.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "source_ids", "arrow_type": "list", "nullable": false, "description": "All source identifiers attached to the canonical row, sorted deterministically.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "source_count", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Number of distinct attached source identifiers.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "provenance_class", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Strongest attached provenance class: official_primary, official_secondary, or legacy_import.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "verification_status", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Deterministic verification label exposing primary, legacy, secondary, or mixed support.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "snapshot_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "SnapshotV2 identifier used as the build input.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "snapshot_checksum", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "SnapshotV2 content checksum used as the build input.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "snapshot_retrieved_at", "arrow_type": "timestamp[us, tz=UTC]", "nullable": false, "description": "SnapshotV2 retrieval timestamp.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "dataset_schema_version", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Independent semantic schema version for this dataset.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "record_text", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Deterministically generated factual sentence intended for search, RAG, and agent use.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." } ] }, "annual": { "row_grain": "one row per calendar year from the earliest through latest snapshot year", "parquet_path": "data/annual.parquet", "fields": [ { "name": "year", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Calendar year, including years with no canonical ledger records.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "start_policy_rate_pct", "arrow_type": "double", "nullable": true, "description": "Rate in force immediately before January 1 of the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when no earlier canonical rate is available." }, { "name": "end_policy_rate_pct", "arrow_type": "double", "nullable": true, "description": "Rate in force on December 31 of the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when no canonical rate is in force by year end." }, { "name": "min_policy_rate_pct", "arrow_type": "double", "nullable": true, "description": "Minimum known in-force rate during the year, including a carry-in rate.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when no canonical rate is known during the year." }, { "name": "max_policy_rate_pct", "arrow_type": "double", "nullable": true, "description": "Maximum known in-force rate during the year, including a carry-in rate.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when no canonical rate is known during the year." }, { "name": "net_change_bps", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": true, "description": "End rate minus start rate in basis points; null if either boundary is unknown.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when start_policy_rate_pct or end_policy_rate_pct is null." }, { "name": "gross_hikes_bps", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Sum of positive canonical transitions within the calendar year.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "gross_cuts_bps", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Absolute sum of negative canonical transitions within the calendar year.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "decision_count", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Count of all canonical ledger rows whose effective_date falls in the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "policy_decision_count", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Count of policy_decision rows in the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "historical_observation_count", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Count of historical_rate_observation rows in the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "hike_count", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Count of canonical rows labeled hike in the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "cut_count", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Count of canonical rows labeled cut in the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "hold_count", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Count of canonical rows labeled hold in the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "first_decision_date", "arrow_type": "date32[day]", "nullable": true, "description": "Effective date of the first canonical row in the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when the year has no canonical ledger rows." }, { "name": "last_decision_date", "arrow_type": "date32[day]", "nullable": true, "description": "Effective date of the last canonical row in the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when the year has no canonical ledger rows." }, { "name": "year_end_action", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Action of the final in-year canonical row; null when the year-end rate is carried in from an earlier year.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when no canonical row in the year establishes the year-end state." }, { "name": "year_end_stance", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Stance of the final in-year canonical row.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when no in-year stance is available." }, { "name": "year_end_regime_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Regime containing December 31 under start-inclusive/end-exclusive matching.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when December 31 falls in a regime gap." }, { "name": "year_end_regime_type", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Repository-provided regime type at December 31.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null means the value is unavailable in the canonical snapshot." }, { "name": "year_end_regime_label", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Repository-provided regime label at December 31.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null means the value is unavailable in the canonical snapshot." }, { "name": "year_end_source_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Primary source supporting the rate in force at year end.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null when no year-end rate is known." }, { "name": "year_end_source_url", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "URL of year_end_source_id.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Null means the value is unavailable in the canonical snapshot." }, { "name": "source_count", "arrow_type": "int32", "nullable": false, "description": "Distinct sources used by in-year canonical rows and the year-end carry-in state.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "provenance_summary", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Sorted pipe-delimited provenance classes represented in the year.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "snapshot_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "SnapshotV2 identifier used as the build input.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "snapshot_checksum", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "SnapshotV2 content checksum used as the build input.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "snapshot_retrieved_at", "arrow_type": "timestamp[us, tz=UTC]", "nullable": false, "description": "SnapshotV2 retrieval timestamp.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "dataset_schema_version", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Independent semantic schema version for this dataset.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "record_text", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Deterministically generated factual annual summary for search, RAG, and agent use.", "source_native": false, "derived": true, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." } ] }, "sources": { "row_grain": "one row per source document/resource", "parquet_path": "data/sources.parquet", "fields": [ { "name": "source_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Stable source identifier from SnapshotV2.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "publisher", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Publisher derived from the source URL/domain.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "source_type", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Source adapter/type from SnapshotV2.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "title", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Source title from SnapshotV2.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "url", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Authoritative source URL from SnapshotV2.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "published_at", "arrow_type": "timestamp[us, tz=UTC]", "nullable": true, "description": "Source publication timestamp when supplied.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Null means the source record has no publication timestamp." }, { "name": "retrieved_at", "arrow_type": "timestamp[us, tz=UTC]", "nullable": false, "description": "Source retrieval timestamp.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "checksum", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "SHA-256 checksum recorded for the source.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "is_primary_source", "arrow_type": "bool", "nullable": false, "description": "Whether the source is classified as a direct primary RBI rate source.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "provenance_class", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "official_primary, official_secondary, or legacy_import.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." } ] }, "events": { "row_grain": "one row per contextual macro/policy event", "parquet_path": "data/events.parquet", "fields": [ { "name": "event_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Stable contextual event identifier from SnapshotV2.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "date", "arrow_type": "date32[day]", "nullable": false, "description": "Calendar date of the contextual event.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "label", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Short event label.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "description", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Contextual event description from the repository snapshot.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "event_type", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Repository event type.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "citation_url", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Citation URL for the contextual event.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." } ] }, "regimes": { "row_grain": "one row per repository-provided regime interval", "parquet_path": "data/regimes.parquet", "fields": [ { "name": "regime_id", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Stable deterministic regime interval identifier.", "source_native": false, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "start_date", "arrow_type": "date32[day]", "nullable": false, "description": "Inclusive start date of the contextual regime.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "end_date", "arrow_type": "date32[day]", "nullable": true, "description": "Exclusive end date of the contextual regime.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Null represents an open-ended interval." }, { "name": "regime_type", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Repository-provided contextual regime type.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." }, { "name": "label", "arrow_type": "string", "nullable": false, "description": "Repository-provided contextual regime label.", "source_native": true, "derived": false, "null_semantics": "Not nullable." } ] } }, "relationships": [ "decisions.source_ids resolves to sources.source_id.", "decisions.primary_source_id and annual.year_end_source_id resolve to sources.source_id.", "decisions.regime_id and annual.year_end_regime_id resolve to regimes.regime_id when non-null.", "events are contextual and are not joined to decisions or interpreted as causal explanations." ], "semantic_rules": [ "Parquet is canonical; CSV and JSONL are interoperability exports and are not additional Hugging Face configurations.", "decision_date is null for imported historical observations because the source does not identify a separate policy decision date.", "effective_date is the canonical ledger ordering/effective date for every decision row.", "annual start rate is the latest known rate strictly before January 1; end rate is the latest known rate on or before December 31.", "annual gross hikes and gross cuts use only canonical transitions within that year; a first observation is not a hike or cut.", "regime intervals use start-inclusive/end-exclusive matching; gaps remain null.", "unknown values are typed nulls, never empty strings or sentinel labels." ], "csv_conventions": { "null": "empty cell", "lists": "compact JSON arrays, for example [\"source-a\",\"source-b\"]", "booleans": "true or false", "timestamps": "UTC ISO-8601 text ending in Z" } }