It’s time to lay the great Indian GDP controversy to rest

The proposed revamp of India’s national accounts series has raised hopes that it will bring an end to the long-running controversy around India’s gross domestic product (GDP) numbers. The initial signs are promising. Over the past year, the Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation (Mospi) has released pending surveys, and also engaged data users…

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TCA Anant: How India’s statistical system could win the ongoing war of narratives

Several factors feed perceptions of decline.  First and foremost, the demand for data and data-driven dialogue has increased rapidly, while the supply of timely statistical data has not kept pace.  Also Read: India must strengthen its statistics for a new era of data-driven governance Second, government agencies have, at times, idiosyncratically delayed or withheld data…

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