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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Many economists have&amp;nbsp; questioned the NITI Aayog&amp;rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&amp;nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). &lt;br /&gt;
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New Delhi: &lt;/em&gt;Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog&amp;rsquo;s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to &amp;ldquo;have a look&amp;rdquo; at the data before it was released. He also said the government was open to making any improvements if factual and methodological errors were pointed out in the calculation of data.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Many economists have questioned the NITI Aayog&amp;rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&amp;nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Everybody knows that until not too long ago, the Department of Statistics was part of the Planning Commission.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There have always been close links between the two, simply because we use data so extensively and we work together. For example, the task force on employment statistics was chaired by my predecessor. Its recommendations are now being implemented by the CSO. In this case also, when they were about to release the back series, they asked us to have a look,&amp;rdquo; Kumar said in an interview with The Indian Express.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;NITI organised two roundtables&amp;hellip; wherein the experts gave valuable suggestions. NITI provided the platform and subsequently, the CSO requested participation in the release. Both MoSPI and NITI are components of the Government of India, so why would it be political? Where is the issue? I think Dr Pronab Sen having raised that issue is totally unnecessary. Back series is not just a &amp;lsquo;technistic&amp;rsquo; exercise, it&amp;rsquo;s an issue with many dimensions and it affects the whole macro economy,&amp;rdquo; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The Department of Statistics came into being as a part of the Ministry of Planning in 1973. In 1999, the Department of Statistics and Department of Programme Implementation were merged and an independent Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed. The NDA government formed the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, through a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission which was dissolved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kumar said the new numbers are &amp;ldquo;not just simply factual and correct&amp;rdquo; but a significant improvement, and are more in sync with the System of National Accounts of the UN of 2008. &amp;ldquo;There is no reason for anybody to cast any aspersions on it. The CSO staff are not a political set of people, they are professionals. Now they have brought out a GDP number (July-September quarter) which is lower&amp;hellip; if they were politically driven, this would have been higher than the previous quarter,&amp;rdquo; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&amp;rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&amp;rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&amp;rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &amp;mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kumar said &amp;ldquo;the Committee on Real Sector Statistics was not supposed to estimate back series&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;there was no question of the government accepting&amp;rdquo; their estimates. He said the committee did not adopt the System of National Accounts, 2008 that is now recommended by the United Nations.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://indianexpress.com/article/india/niti-aayog-gdp-data-calculation-rajiv-kumar-5475525/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Many economists have&amp;nbsp; questioned the NITI Aayog&amp;rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&amp;nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Many economists have questioned the NITI Aayog&amp;rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&amp;nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Everybody knows that until not too long ago, the Department of Statistics was part of the Planning Commission.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There have always been close links between the two, simply because we use data so extensively and we work together. For example, the task force on employment statistics was chaired by my predecessor. Its recommendations are now being implemented by the CSO. In this case also, when they were about to release the back series, they asked us to have a look,&amp;rdquo; Kumar said in an interview with The Indian Express.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;NITI organised two roundtables&amp;hellip; wherein the experts gave valuable suggestions. NITI provided the platform and subsequently, the CSO requested participation in the release. Both MoSPI and NITI are components of the Government of India, so why would it be political? Where is the issue? I think Dr Pronab Sen having raised that issue is totally unnecessary. Back series is not just a &amp;lsquo;technistic&amp;rsquo; exercise, it&amp;rsquo;s an issue with many dimensions and it affects the whole macro economy,&amp;rdquo; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sen, former chief statistician of India, had criticised the Aayog&amp;rsquo;s involvement in presenting the data alongside the CSO.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Department of Statistics came into being as a part of the Ministry of Planning in 1973. In 1999, the Department of Statistics and Department of Programme Implementation were merged and an independent Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed. The NDA government formed the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, through a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission which was dissolved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kumar said the new numbers are &amp;ldquo;not just simply factual and correct&amp;rdquo; but a significant improvement, and are more in sync with the System of National Accounts of the UN of 2008. &amp;ldquo;There is no reason for anybody to cast any aspersions on it. The CSO staff are not a political set of people, they are professionals. Now they have brought out a GDP number (July-September quarter) which is lower&amp;hellip; if they were politically driven, this would have been higher than the previous quarter,&amp;rdquo; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&amp;rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&amp;rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&amp;rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &amp;mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kumar said &amp;ldquo;the Committee on Real Sector Statistics was not supposed to estimate back series&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;there was no question of the government accepting&amp;rdquo; their estimates. He said the committee did not adopt the System of National Accounts, 2008 that is now recommended by the United Nations.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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New Delhi: &lt;/em&gt;Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog&amp;rsquo;s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to &amp;ldquo;have a look&amp;rdquo; at the data before it was released. He also said the government was open to making any improvements if factual and methodological errors were pointed out in the calculation of data.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;NITI organised two roundtables&amp;hellip; wherein the experts gave valuable suggestions. NITI provided the platform and subsequently, the CSO requested participation in the release. Both MoSPI and NITI are components of the Government of India, so why would it be political? Where is the issue? I think Dr Pronab Sen having raised that issue is totally unnecessary. Back series is not just a &amp;lsquo;technistic&amp;rsquo; exercise, it&amp;rsquo;s an issue with many dimensions and it affects the whole macro economy,&amp;rdquo; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sen, former chief statistician of India, had criticised the Aayog&amp;rsquo;s involvement in presenting the data alongside the CSO.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&amp;rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&amp;rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&amp;rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &amp;mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kumar said &amp;ldquo;the Committee on Real Sector Statistics was not supposed to estimate back series&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;there was no question of the government accepting&amp;rdquo; their estimates. He said the committee did not adopt the System of National Accounts, 2008 that is now recommended by the United Nations.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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-The Indian Express&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Many economists have&amp;nbsp; questioned the NITI Aayog&amp;rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&amp;nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
New Delhi: &lt;/em&gt;Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog&amp;rsquo;s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to &amp;ldquo;have a look&amp;rdquo; at the data before it was released. He also said the government was open to making any improvements if factual and methodological errors were pointed out in the calculation of data.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Many economists have questioned the NITI Aayog&amp;rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&amp;nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Everybody knows that until not too long ago, the Department of Statistics was part of the Planning Commission.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There have always been close links between the two, simply because we use data so extensively and we work together. For example, the task force on employment statistics was chaired by my predecessor. Its recommendations are now being implemented by the CSO. In this case also, when they were about to release the back series, they asked us to have a look,&amp;rdquo; Kumar said in an interview with The Indian Express.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;NITI organised two roundtables&amp;hellip; wherein the experts gave valuable suggestions. NITI provided the platform and subsequently, the CSO requested participation in the release. Both MoSPI and NITI are components of the Government of India, so why would it be political? Where is the issue? I think Dr Pronab Sen having raised that issue is totally unnecessary. Back series is not just a &amp;lsquo;technistic&amp;rsquo; exercise, it&amp;rsquo;s an issue with many dimensions and it affects the whole macro economy,&amp;rdquo; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sen, former chief statistician of India, had criticised the Aayog&amp;rsquo;s involvement in presenting the data alongside the CSO.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Department of Statistics came into being as a part of the Ministry of Planning in 1973. In 1999, the Department of Statistics and Department of Programme Implementation were merged and an independent Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed. The NDA government formed the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, through a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission which was dissolved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kumar said the new numbers are &amp;ldquo;not just simply factual and correct&amp;rdquo; but a significant improvement, and are more in sync with the System of National Accounts of the UN of 2008. &amp;ldquo;There is no reason for anybody to cast any aspersions on it. The CSO staff are not a political set of people, they are professionals. Now they have brought out a GDP number (July-September quarter) which is lower&amp;hellip; if they were politically driven, this would have been higher than the previous quarter,&amp;rdquo; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&amp;rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&amp;rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&amp;rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &amp;mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kumar said &amp;ldquo;the Committee on Real Sector Statistics was not supposed to estimate back series&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;there was no question of the government accepting&amp;rdquo; their estimates. He said the committee did not adopt the System of National Accounts, 2008 that is now recommended by the United Nations.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://indianexpress.com/article/india/niti-aayog-gdp-data-calculation-rajiv-kumar-5475525/&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to read more. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&amp;rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&amp;rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&amp;rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &amp;mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Everybody knows that until not too long ago, the Department of Statistics was part of the Planning Commission.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;NITI organised two roundtables&amp;hellip; wherein the experts gave valuable suggestions. NITI provided the platform and subsequently, the CSO requested participation in the release. Both MoSPI and NITI are components of the Government of India, so why would it be political? Where is the issue? I think Dr Pronab Sen having raised that issue is totally unnecessary. Back series is not just a &amp;lsquo;technistic&amp;rsquo; exercise, it&amp;rsquo;s an issue with many dimensions and it affects the whole macro economy,&amp;rdquo; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sen, former chief statistician of India, had criticised the Aayog&amp;rsquo;s involvement in presenting the data alongside the CSO.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Department of Statistics came into being as a part of the Ministry of Planning in 1973. In 1999, the Department of Statistics and Department of Programme Implementation were merged and an independent Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed. The NDA government formed the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, through a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission which was dissolved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kumar said the new numbers are &amp;ldquo;not just simply factual and correct&amp;rdquo; but a significant improvement, and are more in sync with the System of National Accounts of the UN of 2008. &amp;ldquo;There is no reason for anybody to cast any aspersions on it. The CSO staff are not a political set of people, they are professionals. Now they have brought out a GDP number (July-September quarter) which is lower&amp;hellip; if they were politically driven, this would have been higher than the previous quarter,&amp;rdquo; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&amp;rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&amp;rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&amp;rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &amp;mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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-The Indian Express<br />
<br />
<em>Many economists have&nbsp; questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). <br />
<br />
New Delhi: </em>Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to &ldquo;have a look&rdquo; at the data before it was released. He also said the government was open to making any improvements if factual and methodological errors were pointed out in the calculation of data.<br />
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Many economists have questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI).<br />
<br />
&ldquo;Everybody knows that until not too long ago, the Department of Statistics was part of the Planning Commission.<br />
<br />
There have always been close links between the two, simply because we use data so extensively and we work together. For example, the task force on employment statistics was chaired by my predecessor. Its recommendations are now being implemented by the CSO. In this case also, when they were about to release the back series, they asked us to have a look,&rdquo; Kumar said in an interview with The Indian Express.<br />
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<br />
Sen, former chief statistician of India, had criticised the Aayog&rsquo;s involvement in presenting the data alongside the CSO.<br />
<br />
The Department of Statistics came into being as a part of the Ministry of Planning in 1973. In 1999, the Department of Statistics and Department of Programme Implementation were merged and an independent Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed. The NDA government formed the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, through a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission which was dissolved.<br />
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<br />
The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.<br />
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These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC).<br />
<br />
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<br />
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Many economists have&nbsp; questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). 

New Delhi: Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s presence...',
	'disp' => '<div align="justify">-The Indian Express<br /><br /><em>Many economists have&nbsp; questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). <br /><br />New Delhi: </em>Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to &ldquo;have a look&rdquo; at the data before it was released. He also said the government was open to making any improvements if factual and methodological errors were pointed out in the calculation of data.<br /><br />Many economists have questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI).<br /><br />&ldquo;Everybody knows that until not too long ago, the Department of Statistics was part of the Planning Commission.<br /><br />There have always been close links between the two, simply because we use data so extensively and we work together. For example, the task force on employment statistics was chaired by my predecessor. Its recommendations are now being implemented by the CSO. In this case also, when they were about to release the back series, they asked us to have a look,&rdquo; Kumar said in an interview with The Indian Express.<br /><br />&ldquo;NITI organised two roundtables&hellip; wherein the experts gave valuable suggestions. NITI provided the platform and subsequently, the CSO requested participation in the release. Both MoSPI and NITI are components of the Government of India, so why would it be political? Where is the issue? I think Dr Pronab Sen having raised that issue is totally unnecessary. Back series is not just a &lsquo;technistic&rsquo; exercise, it&rsquo;s an issue with many dimensions and it affects the whole macro economy,&rdquo; he said.<br /><br />Sen, former chief statistician of India, had criticised the Aayog&rsquo;s involvement in presenting the data alongside the CSO.<br /><br />The Department of Statistics came into being as a part of the Ministry of Planning in 1973. In 1999, the Department of Statistics and Department of Programme Implementation were merged and an independent Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed. The NDA government formed the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, through a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission which was dissolved.<br /><br />Kumar said the new numbers are &ldquo;not just simply factual and correct&rdquo; but a significant improvement, and are more in sync with the System of National Accounts of the UN of 2008. &ldquo;There is no reason for anybody to cast any aspersions on it. The CSO staff are not a political set of people, they are professionals. Now they have brought out a GDP number (July-September quarter) which is lower&hellip; if they were politically driven, this would have been higher than the previous quarter,&rdquo; he said.<br /><br />The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.<br /><br />These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC).<br /><br />Kumar said &ldquo;the Committee on Real Sector Statistics was not supposed to estimate back series&rdquo; and &ldquo;there was no question of the government accepting&rdquo; their estimates. He said the committee did not adopt the System of National Accounts, 2008 that is now recommended by the United Nations.<br /><br />Please <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/niti-aayog-gdp-data-calculation-rajiv-kumar-5475525/" title="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/niti-aayog-gdp-data-calculation-rajiv-kumar-5475525/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>',
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-The Indian Express<br />
<br />
<em>Many economists have&nbsp; questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). <br />
<br />
New Delhi: </em>Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to &ldquo;have a look&rdquo; at the data before it was released. He also said the government was open to making any improvements if factual and methodological errors were pointed out in the calculation of data.<br />
<br />
Many economists have questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI).<br />
<br />
&ldquo;Everybody knows that until not too long ago, the Department of Statistics was part of the Planning Commission.<br />
<br />
There have always been close links between the two, simply because we use data so extensively and we work together. For example, the task force on employment statistics was chaired by my predecessor. Its recommendations are now being implemented by the CSO. In this case also, when they were about to release the back series, they asked us to have a look,&rdquo; Kumar said in an interview with The Indian Express.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;NITI organised two roundtables&hellip; wherein the experts gave valuable suggestions. NITI provided the platform and subsequently, the CSO requested participation in the release. Both MoSPI and NITI are components of the Government of India, so why would it be political? Where is the issue? I think Dr Pronab Sen having raised that issue is totally unnecessary. Back series is not just a &lsquo;technistic&rsquo; exercise, it&rsquo;s an issue with many dimensions and it affects the whole macro economy,&rdquo; he said.<br />
<br />
Sen, former chief statistician of India, had criticised the Aayog&rsquo;s involvement in presenting the data alongside the CSO.<br />
<br />
The Department of Statistics came into being as a part of the Ministry of Planning in 1973. In 1999, the Department of Statistics and Department of Programme Implementation were merged and an independent Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed. The NDA government formed the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, through a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission which was dissolved.<br />
<br />
Kumar said the new numbers are &ldquo;not just simply factual and correct&rdquo; but a significant improvement, and are more in sync with the System of National Accounts of the UN of 2008. &ldquo;There is no reason for anybody to cast any aspersions on it. The CSO staff are not a political set of people, they are professionals. Now they have brought out a GDP number (July-September quarter) which is lower&hellip; if they were politically driven, this would have been higher than the previous quarter,&rdquo; he said.<br />
<br />
The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.<br />
<br />
These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC).<br />
<br />
Kumar said &ldquo;the Committee on Real Sector Statistics was not supposed to estimate back series&rdquo; and &ldquo;there was no question of the government accepting&rdquo; their estimates. He said the committee did not adopt the System of National Accounts, 2008 that is now recommended by the United Nations.<br />
<br />
Please <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/niti-aayog-gdp-data-calculation-rajiv-kumar-5475525/">click here</a> to read more. <br />
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-The Indian Express

Many economists have&nbsp; questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). 

New Delhi: Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s presence...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">-The Indian Express<br /><br /><em>Many economists have&nbsp; questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). <br /><br />New Delhi: </em>Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to &ldquo;have a look&rdquo; at the data before it was released. He also said the government was open to making any improvements if factual and methodological errors were pointed out in the calculation of data.<br /><br />Many economists have questioned the NITI Aayog&rsquo;s role in the release of the statistical&nbsp; exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI).<br /><br />&ldquo;Everybody knows that until not too long ago, the Department of Statistics was part of the Planning Commission.<br /><br />There have always been close links between the two, simply because we use data so extensively and we work together. For example, the task force on employment statistics was chaired by my predecessor. Its recommendations are now being implemented by the CSO. In this case also, when they were about to release the back series, they asked us to have a look,&rdquo; Kumar said in an interview with The Indian Express.<br /><br />&ldquo;NITI organised two roundtables&hellip; wherein the experts gave valuable suggestions. NITI provided the platform and subsequently, the CSO requested participation in the release. Both MoSPI and NITI are components of the Government of India, so why would it be political? Where is the issue? I think Dr Pronab Sen having raised that issue is totally unnecessary. Back series is not just a &lsquo;technistic&rsquo; exercise, it&rsquo;s an issue with many dimensions and it affects the whole macro economy,&rdquo; he said.<br /><br />Sen, former chief statistician of India, had criticised the Aayog&rsquo;s involvement in presenting the data alongside the CSO.<br /><br />The Department of Statistics came into being as a part of the Ministry of Planning in 1973. In 1999, the Department of Statistics and Department of Programme Implementation were merged and an independent Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed. The NDA government formed the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, through a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission which was dissolved.<br /><br />Kumar said the new numbers are &ldquo;not just simply factual and correct&rdquo; but a significant improvement, and are more in sync with the System of National Accounts of the UN of 2008. &ldquo;There is no reason for anybody to cast any aspersions on it. The CSO staff are not a political set of people, they are professionals. Now they have brought out a GDP number (July-September quarter) which is lower&hellip; if they were politically driven, this would have been higher than the previous quarter,&rdquo; he said.<br /><br />The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government&rsquo;s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA&rsquo;s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA&rsquo;s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) &mdash; lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively.<br /><br />These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC).<br /><br />Kumar said &ldquo;the Committee on Real Sector Statistics was not supposed to estimate back series&rdquo; and &ldquo;there was no question of the government accepting&rdquo; their estimates. He said the committee did not adopt the System of National Accounts, 2008 that is now recommended by the United Nations.<br /><br />Please <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/niti-aayog-gdp-data-calculation-rajiv-kumar-5475525/" title="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/niti-aayog-gdp-data-calculation-rajiv-kumar-5475525/">click here</a> to read more. <br /></div>'
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Under fire, NITI Aayog says was told to look at GDP back series data -Sunny Verma

-The Indian Express Many economists have  questioned the NITI Aayog’s role in the release of the statistical  exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). New Delhi: Facing Criticism over the NITI Aayog’s presence at the release of the GDP back series data by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked to “have a look” at the data before it was released. He also said the government was open to making any improvements if factual and methodological errors were pointed out in the calculation of data. Many economists have questioned the NITI Aayog’s role in the release of the statistical  exercise of CSO, which comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). “Everybody knows that until not too long ago, the Department of Statistics was part of the Planning Commission. There have always been close links between the two, simply because we use data so extensively and we work together. For example, the task force on employment statistics was chaired by my predecessor. Its recommendations are now being implemented by the CSO. In this case also, when they were about to release the back series, they asked us to have a look,” Kumar said in an interview with The Indian Express. “NITI organised two roundtables… wherein the experts gave valuable suggestions. NITI provided the platform and subsequently, the CSO requested participation in the release. Both MoSPI and NITI are components of the Government of India, so why would it be political? Where is the issue? I think Dr Pronab Sen having raised that issue is totally unnecessary. Back series is not just a ‘technistic’ exercise, it’s an issue with many dimensions and it affects the whole macro economy,” he said. Sen, former chief statistician of India, had criticised the Aayog’s involvement in presenting the data alongside the CSO. The Department of Statistics came into being as a part of the Ministry of Planning in 1973. In 1999, the Department of Statistics and Department of Programme Implementation were merged and an independent Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed. The NDA government formed the National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, through a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015, in place of the Planning Commission which was dissolved. Kumar said the new numbers are “not just simply factual and correct” but a significant improvement, and are more in sync with the System of National Accounts of the UN of 2008. “There is no reason for anybody to cast any aspersions on it. The CSO staff are not a political set of people, they are professionals. Now they have brought out a GDP number (July-September quarter) which is lower… if they were politically driven, this would have been higher than the previous quarter,” he said. The back series data released last Wednesday trimmed the growth numbers for the UPA government’s nine years (2005-06 to 2013-14), with the Indian economy growing at an average 6.7% in four years of the UPA’s first term (2005-06 to 2008-09) as well as the UPA’s second term (2009-10 to 2013-14) — lower than the earlier estimates of 8.1% and 7.0% (2004-05 base) respectively. These growth rates compare with an average 7.4% growth rate (2011-12 base year) seen during the first four years of the present NDA government. The earlier back series estimates were presented by a Committee on Real Sector Statistics appointed by the National Statistical Commission (NSC). Kumar said “the Committee on Real Sector Statistics was not supposed to estimate back series” and “there was no question of the government accepting” their estimates. He said the committee did not adopt the System of National Accounts, 2008 that is now recommended by the United Nations. Please click here to read more.