-The Economic Times The first cut of the back series of GDP numbers based on the new methodology and new base year of 2011-12 have finally Been released. The Central Statistics Office will confirm this, sooner or later. What the new series does show is that India is capable of attaining double-digit growth (10.2% in 2007-08 and 10.8% in 2010-11), and of recovering fast from a sharp slowdown inflicted by global...
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Back series GDP data not official: Ministry of Statistics -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu This exercise will then be considered in the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics and subsequently by the National Statistical Commission. The government on Sunday clarified that the back-series GDP data purportedly released by the government was just a draft using one of several possible calculation methods, and that the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) would announce the results when it settles on a final method. “It is clarified...
More »Will Ayushman Bharat Lead to Universal Health Coverage for India? -Subhojit Dey
-TheWire.in The Ayushman Bharat scheme provides support to the most deprived portion of India’s population and engages private insurance players, positive steps that must be welcomed. In his speech on the 72nd Independence Day this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked that India’s economy, once a sleeping elephant is now running. The same cannot, however be said about the healthcare system of India. This elephant is malnourished, weak, diseased and lumbering at...
More »GDP under Modi govt higher than UPA's last four years: Niti Aayog VC
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday that the GDP growth rate under four years of the Modi government is still higher than the growth rate of last four years of UPA. In a series of tweets, Kumar said, "Growth rate under four years of Modi Government is still higher than the growth rate of last four years of UPA. This is being managed despite...
More »Kerala floods is man-made calamity: Madhav Gadgil
-India Today Kottayam/ Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has Been facing unusually high rainfall since early August, which has led to statewide floods killing hundreds and causing severe damage. At least 167 people have lost their lives and over two lakh people are in relief camps. Most of the regions impacted by this monsoon were once classified as ecologically-sensitive zones (ESZs) by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), also known as the Gadgil Committee. The report...
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