NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar on Thursday accepted the problem of former finance minister P Chidambaram for a debate on the revised GDP information which showed economic growth all the way through the present NDA regime was better than that in the UPA rule.
"Hon. @PChidambaram_IN Ji,challenge accepted. Let's discuss & dissect back series data. I gave 3 hrs of detailed interview yesterday & it is somewhat disingenuous of you to say that I asked the media to not ask questions. Do give more coherent reasons for ur difficulty with new data," Kumar stated in a tweet.
He was responding to Chidambaram who had sought a debate with Kumar over the brand new set of information.
"I wonder if Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar will agree to a debate the data than telling journalists that their questions are "undeserving of an answer," Chidambaram had tweeted.
Through extra tweets, Kumar also stressed out that Niti Aayog uses information broadly for making logical policy recommendations and the information is always in keeping with assessment and quality check via eminent statisticians.
"Therefore, it was logical for @NITIAayog to provide the platform for its free up. Pronab Sen would know that MOSPI & Yojana Bhavan labored carefully together," he stated.
Chidambaram had termed the revision of GDP information as a "hatchet process" by Niti Aayog and said it was time to windup the "utterly nugatory frame".
"Former chief statistician Pronab Sen is really right kind. Niti Aayog has nothing to do with tabulation of information," the previous finance minister added.
Kumar, later, informed PTI that at one level of time the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MOSPI) was a division of the erstwhile Planning Commission.
He stated Niti Aayog had provided platform to mavens and statisticians to examine the GDP back-series) information.
"GDP back-series information is a technical thing, it has an enormous macroeconomic impact, so we've finished it in a extra macroeconomic way," the vice-chairman stated and added he was deeply pained at individuals who politicised it for no explanation why at all.
On feedback made via the previous finance minister, Kumar stated: "Chidambaram has finished great disfavour to officers of CSO. CSO officers have finished amazingly technically detailed workout".
In January 2015, the federal government moved to a brand new base year of 2011-12 from the sooner 2004-05 for nationwide accounts. The base year of nationwide accounts were revised previous in January 2010.
The CSO on Wednesday launched back-series information with 2011-12 as base year.
The new numbers display India's economic growth rate averaged 6.7 in step with cent all the way through the Congress-led UPA regime as in comparison to 7.three in step with cent under the prevailing govt. Previous numbers had put the typical growth rate all the way through the 10-year UPA rule at 7.75 in step with cent.
"Hon. @PChidambaram_IN Ji,challenge accepted. Let's discuss & dissect back series data. I gave 3 hrs of detailed interview yesterday & it is somewhat disingenuous of you to say that I asked the media to not ask questions. Do give more coherent reasons for ur difficulty with new data," Kumar stated in a tweet.
Hon. @PChidambaram_IN Ji,problem accepted.Let’s talk about & dissect back series information.I gave three hrs of detailed inter… https://t.co/DHCnrmhfhn
— Rajiv Kumar 🇮🇳 (@RajivKumar1) 1543471401000He was responding to Chidambaram who had sought a debate with Kumar over the brand new set of information.
"I wonder if Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar will agree to a debate the data than telling journalists that their questions are "undeserving of an answer," Chidambaram had tweeted.
Through extra tweets, Kumar also stressed out that Niti Aayog uses information broadly for making logical policy recommendations and the information is always in keeping with assessment and quality check via eminent statisticians.
"Therefore, it was logical for @NITIAayog to provide the platform for its free up. Pronab Sen would know that MOSPI & Yojana Bhavan labored carefully together," he stated.
Therefore, it was logical for @NITIAayog to provide the platform for its free up. Pronab Sen would know that MOSPI… https://t.co/RnsxSml9XY
— Rajiv Kumar 🇮🇳 (@RajivKumar1) 1543471369000Chidambaram had termed the revision of GDP information as a "hatchet process" by Niti Aayog and said it was time to windup the "utterly nugatory frame".
"Former chief statistician Pronab Sen is really right kind. Niti Aayog has nothing to do with tabulation of information," the previous finance minister added.
Former Chief Statistician Pranab Sen is really right kind. Niti Aayog has nothing to do with tabulation of information.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) 1543422780000Kumar, later, informed PTI that at one level of time the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MOSPI) was a division of the erstwhile Planning Commission.
He stated Niti Aayog had provided platform to mavens and statisticians to examine the GDP back-series) information.
"GDP back-series information is a technical thing, it has an enormous macroeconomic impact, so we've finished it in a extra macroeconomic way," the vice-chairman stated and added he was deeply pained at individuals who politicised it for no explanation why at all.
On feedback made via the previous finance minister, Kumar stated: "Chidambaram has finished great disfavour to officers of CSO. CSO officers have finished amazingly technically detailed workout".
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In January 2015, the federal government moved to a brand new base year of 2011-12 from the sooner 2004-05 for nationwide accounts. The base year of nationwide accounts were revised previous in January 2010.
The CSO on Wednesday launched back-series information with 2011-12 as base year.
The new numbers display India's economic growth rate averaged 6.7 in step with cent all the way through the Congress-led UPA regime as in comparison to 7.three in step with cent under the prevailing govt. Previous numbers had put the typical growth rate all the way through the 10-year UPA rule at 7.75 in step with cent.
Niti Aayog VC accepts Chidambaram's 'challenge' on revised GDP data
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