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How Indian is this product? Scores Amazon.in, Flipkart, Blinkit and Zepto listings on manufacturing, assembly and design. Is this product really Indian? Kitna Indian gives you a score out of 100 on Amazon.in, Flipkart (including Flipkart Minutes), Blinkit and Zepto, and shows how it got there. A phone assembled in Tamil Nadu from imported displays and chips is not the same as a pressure cooker forged in Hosur. A yes/no "Made in India" label treats them the same. Kitna Indian doesn't. HOW THE SCORE WORKS Kitna Indian = 50% Manufacturing + 30% Assembly + 20% Design & R&D - Manufacturing: where the components and raw materials are made - Assembly: where the final product is put together - Design & R&D: where the brand, IP and product design come from Every score falls into a band: - 80-100: Strongly Indian - 55-79: Substantially Indian - 30-54: Mixed Origin - 0-29: Largely Foreign - Not Enough Data: shown instead of a made-up number WHAT YOU GET - Product pages: a badge next to the product with the score, a breakdown by pillar, the evidence used, and how confident the estimate is. - Search results: a small score on every result, so you can spot the Indian options without opening ten tabs. - Quick commerce: works on Blinkit, Zepto and Flipkart Minutes as well as the main marketplaces. On Blinkit, open "View more details" and the score updates with the product's country of origin. - Toolbar: the current product's score on the extension icon, with details in the popup. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT KNOWS Signals are ranked by how far they can be trusted: 1. A curated list of 181 brands common in Indian shops and quick-commerce apps, from phones and appliances to shampoo, detergent, dairy and snacks. Each has figures for every pillar, a written reason, a source link and a confidence level. 2. The Country of Origin declared on the listing. 3. The manufacturer, packer or importer address. An Indian importer counts against a product, because it means the goods came from abroad. 4. The GS1 barcode prefix. This is a weak signal, only ever used for the design pillar, and the badge says so. Search results only show a title, so their scores are marked "est." (estimated from the brand). Once you open a product, its measured score is remembered and replaces the estimate next time. When there is no brand match, no score is shown, because a grey zero would wrongly suggest "not Indian". If you think a score is wrong, use the Report button on the badge. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Runs only on amazon.in, flipkart.com, blinkit.com and zepto.com - No account, no analytics, no tracking - No server of its own: scoring happens in your browser - Doesn't load extra product pages in the background Kitna Indian is an independent project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Amazon, Flipkart, Blinkit, Zepto, or the Government of India's Make in India programme. Scores are researched estimates, not certified figures.