These are the adjectives used to describe India’s apex statistical organization, the National Statistical Commission (NSC). As secretary, MoSPI, he is the head of main statistical organ of the system, which has to be regulated. The lack of statutory backing and the struggle for identity meant that NSC members often felt their recommendations were falling on deaf ears. Former NSC members said that apart from starving it of funds, the NSC was not consulted on several issues that were under its purview. Still others argued that the use of inappropriate deflators tended to overstate the real GDP growth numbers, i.e., the GDP growth adjusted for inflation.

Source: Mint May 07, 2019 18:00 UTC