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Statsguru: India's Q2 GDP growth slows down to 7.1% from 8.2% in Q1

Growth in the second quarter has come in below RBI's estimate of 7.4%

We have used more reliable data to decompose economy: Pravin Srivastava

It is difficult to draw a correlation between some economic indicators and GDP growth, says Srivastava

GDP data: Muted growth in major segments in GVA; economists not optimistic

Economists don't agree with the finance ministry's optimism that the economy is on track

Revised GDP numbers: An instance of official statistics gone political?

Whatever the claims about the new GDP numbers being technically superior to earlier estimates, their public credibility depends on their passing some reality checks, writes T N Ninan

What next after mining, manufacturing pull down GDP data?

GDP figures for October-December 2018 quarter will reflect both the stress in the financial services sector as also the corporate sector's festival earnings.

GDP numbers disappoint; 7.5% full-yr target possible if govt tempo keeps up

The farm sector may hold the clue for the delta in GDP growth, both in terms of providing output as well as consumption expenditure

GDP numbers indicate India's farmers are getting little for what they sow

The latest official numbers on the price of agricultural produce gives an idea of what's fueling the farmers' protest in Delhi.

Reflects Modi govt's successful policy efforts: Bibek Debroy on Q2 GDP data

Debroy said the GDP estimates represented a sizable jump from last year's Q2 growth rate estimates of 6.3%, indicating sustained acceleration in India's economic growth

Finance Ministry says Q2 growth reasonable; DEA secy calls it disappointing

FinMin said the July-September quarter faced the challenge of higher oil prices, resulting in much higher import bill and the weakening of the rupee

Slow 7.1% Q2 GDP growth on policy uncertainty, experts disappointed

The rate of economic growth in the same quarter last year had been 6.3%

April-October fiscal deficit crosses full year target at Rs 6.49 trillion

The government has said it was confident of meeting its fiscal deficit target of 3.3% of GDP in FY19

GDP growth slows to 3-quarter low of 7.1% in Q2, still ahead of China

While there was consensus that the economic growth in the second quarter would not be as high as 8.2% recorded in the previous quarter, estimates had varied from 7.2% to 7.6%

Farmers, salaried are losers despite Modi govt's faster dash on GDP track

Average income grew slower than per capita gross domestic product in four out of the last five years

Jaitley spars with Chidambaram over 'hatchet job' remark on GDP revision

New Delhi, 29 November Finance minister Arun Jaitley took on predecessor P Chidambaram on the revision of earlier Gross Domeestic Product (GDP) data for saying this was the result of a hatchet job.The back-series data in question, said Jaitley, had been calculated by a highly credible organisation, the Central Statistics Office, which maintains an arm's length distance from his ministry."Those who took after the new series in 2015 now consider the new series to be a "hatched job" and a "bad joke". What humours some when data shows an upward trend depresses them if it moves in the reverse direction," Jaitley said on his Facebook page.Chidambaram had said on Wednesday of the Niti Aayog's revised GDP numbers: "They are a bad joke. Actually, they are worse than a bad joke. The numbers are the result of a hatchet job." Jaitley reminded Chidambaram that the latter had, on February 3, 2015, welcomed the new GDP series. He quoted Chidambaram as saying: "The new data successfully establishes ..

New GDP data not in sync with real economy; sectors grew faster under UPA

Tax buoyancy, both at the central and state level, was also greater during the term of the previous government

GDP back series data: CSO method theoretically better, says Pronab Sen

Whether the CSO's methodology was appropriate is a technical debate among statisticians, says the former chief statistician

India's Q2 GDP data to be out on Friday: Here's what to expect

The range of GVA growth rate is 7.1 per cent to 7.4 per cent against 8 per cent in the first quarter

What exactly is a 'back series' of GDP and why it is important for economy?

The GDP always has a base year, which defines the composition of the economy in that year. As the composition changes, the base year needs to be revised regularly

GDP back series data: New figures throw up a productivity puzzle

Gross fixed capital formation, which connotes investment in the economy, had touched a high of 35.8 per cent in 2007-08, declining thereafter to 28.5 per cent in 2017-18

Lesson from conflicting GDP data

NDA and UPA should stop gloating over growth and focus on jobs