The reasoning: burden and classification
India has ≈ 10.1 crore people with diabetes and ≈ 13.6 crore with prediabetes (ICMR‑INDIAB 2023), with large state variation (highest in Goa, Puducherry, Kerala; rising fastest in less‑developed states). Types: type 1 (autoimmune, ≈ 5–10%), type 2 (≈ 90%), gestational (GDM), others (MODY, fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes, drug‑induced).