-PTI As per the back series data on GDP, Indian economy clocked a 10.08 per cent growth rate in 2006-07, the highest since liberalisation of the economy in 1991 New Delhi: Amid ongoing controversy over the back series GDP figures showing better economic performance during the UPA regime, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Sunday said "these are not official estimates" and the data will be released officially later. As...

-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...

-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...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A government-appointed panel has estimated that the economy grew at a double-digit rate (10.1 per cent) in 2006-07, a first in the post-liberalisation era and the second highest ever. The new series uses 2011-12 as the base year for prices, as against 2004-05 in the old series. The panel headed by Sudipto Mundle concluded that the difference is minimal, addressing concerns often raised about the...

-Livemint.com Rural development secretary Amarjeet Sinha on how MGNREGS has evolved since 2006 to result in income, acreage, water tables, productivity and fodder availability Agrarian distress and rural distress are terms used interchangeably, but the rural economy today is very different from what it was many years ago, given the diversification of rural incomes and hence incorrect to think one means the other, says Amarjeet Sinha, secretary, ministry of rural development. In...