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Three years ago, key statistics panel revised UPA growth up, Niti Aayog rejected it -P Vaidyanathan Iyer

-The Indian Express Then Chief Statistician T C A Anant confirmed that the release of data was withheld. “Niti Aayog had issues with a particular proxy we used for corporate sector growth estimates,” Anant told The Indian Express. In what adds a fresh twist to the controversy over the downward revision of UPA growth data, it is now learnt that almost three years ago, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), in the...

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India's GDP Debate: What Explains Reduced Growth Rates Under the UPA? -R Nagaraj

-TheWire.in How correct was it for the Central Statistics Office to have selectively used contested methods for preparing the back series data? The spotlight is back on India’s growth rates, three years after the gross domestic product (GDP) data using the 2011-12 base year was released. Before trying to delve into the controversy surrounding the back-series data – which saw GDP growth from 2006-2012 reduce significantly – it is important to understand how...

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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”...

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Recalculating GDP figures isn't wrong, it's strange. Let CSO explain this -Ashok V Desai

-The Economic Times The NDA government has been a pioneer a number of times. Demonetisation and the goods and services tax (GST) are only its bestknown antics. Now it has taken the lead in politicising national income statistics. Normally, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) issues a press note every quarter, giving figures of national income and its components for the previous quarter. The figures do not make headlines. The common man has...

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Back series data trim GDP growth rates for FY05-12 -KR Srivats

-The Hindu Business Line But the economy size gets a bump-up under new base year New Delhi: It’s official now. The government-initiated recalibration of the economy for the years 2004-05 to 2011-12, based on the new base year 2011-12, paints a somewhat less cheerful picture on the GDP growth front for these years. However, the new methodology of changed base year (2011-12) with the latest data sources and improved coverage has bumped up...

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