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About 340 infra projects show cost overruns of Rs 3.3 lakh cr over delays, other reasons: Mospi report

As many as 340 infrastructure projects, each worth Rs 150 crore or more, have shown cost overruns to the tune of over Rs 3.3 lakh crore owing to delays and other reasons, a report said

EAC-PM to come out with point-by-point rebuttal of former CEA Arvind Subramanian's claims on GDP numbers

The Economic Advisory Council to the prime minister on Wednesday refuted the claims of former CEA Arvind Subramanian regarding overestimation of GDP numbers and said it will come out with a point-by-point rebuttal in due course

Govt defends methodology to measure GDP, rubbishes former CEA Arvind Subramanian's growth overestimation claim

MoSPI said its projections of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth are broadly in line with estimates of various national and international agencies

Two members of National Statistical Commission quit; PC Mohanan and JV Meenakshi resign over disagreement with govt

Two independent members of the National Statistical Commission, PC Mohanan and JV Meenakshi, have resigned over a disagreement with the government on certain issues, an official said on Tuesday.

GDP back series data: Growth during UPA regime 'pretty decent' despite macro instability, says FinMin advisor Sanjeev Sanyal

Defending the revision in GDP growth rates for most of the 10-year UPA rule, Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, said the basis for the revision was use of internationally accepted standards.

NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar accepts P Chidambaram's challenge for debate on revised GDP data

P Chidambaram had termed the revision of GDP data as a "hatchet job" by NITI Aayog and said it was time to wind up the "utterly worthless body".

India to undertake more reforms to grow over 8%, says NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar

"Breaching the 8 percent growth ceiling is not easy, we have to try much harder and undertake the reforms at the level where it matters," NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said

GDP back series data: National Statistical Commission seeks public comment on panel report

The government has maintained that the GDP Back Series Report 2011 was an unofficial document that has not been accepted by it.

GDP growth: BJP should tone down propensity for self-congratulation, relentless running down of all else

A subcommittee of the National Statistical Commission (NSC), an autonomous body, has released a report with a dataset relating to annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates going back to the last years of the Narasimha Rao government.

GDP data showing high economic growth during UPA years 'not official estimates', says Ministry of Statistics

The Ministry of Statistics said that the GDP data released this week that indicates that the country did well economically during the UPA years are not the "official estimates"